Sunday, January 20, 2013
The Police Activities League is partnering with local nonprofit Tech Dump.
We all probably have e-waste in our homes. Old desktop computer keyboards gathering dust in clostets. Obsolete VCRs cluttering up the TV stand. Cellphones so old they could be used for building materials. Thanks to the Minneapolis Police Activities League, you have a chance to get rid of it all. Next Saturday, Jan. 26, bring your e-waste to the Minneapolis Police Department's Training Unit at 4119 Dupont Ave North, where the League will responsibly recycle it in cooperation with local nonprofit TechDump. The event will accept: Kitchen appliances will not be accepted.
America commemorates the civil rights leader on Jan. 21.
City Services City offices will be closed, but fire and police services will continue to operate normally. The holiday will not impact trash or recycling pickup, but the Downtown Solid Waste customer service office and information line will be closed, along with and the South Transfer Station. Parking Meters City meters will not be enforced on Jan. 21, but Park Board and University of Minnesota meters will be enforced. Museums The Bakken Museum is always closed Sundays and Mondays. The Museum of Russian Art is open normal hours on Monday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parks City parks do not have special Martin Luther King Day hours. However, many events in honor of Dr. King will be held, including a food drive and celebration at Kingfield's …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Delivery of new single-sort receptacles begins at 10 a.m. ceremony.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
After months of waiting, Southwest Minneapolis residents are poised to finally get a simpler recycling system. Thursday morning, Mayor RT Rybak and City Councilmember Sandy Colvin Roy will present the first batch of 9,000 new wheeled recycling bins slated for delivery to city residents between Nov. 12 and Dec. 1. A second phase of distribution will bring the blue carts to the rest of the city's 110,000 recycling customers in the spring. The city has produced an interactive map showing when each block will get its blue carts. “By making it easier to recycle, we expect to collect more recycling and less trash from folks who don’t recycle yet or who don’t recycle as much as they could,” Mayor R.T. Rybak said in a written statement issued …
Monday, October 8, 2012
The federal holiday is a tricky one.
Trying to visit City of Minneapolis buildings on Monday? You might want to wait one more day. Monday is Columbus Day, and while most of Southwest Minneapolis couldn't care less, city offices will be closed in recognition of the federal holiday. In addition, city parking meters will be turned off, but meters owned by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the University of Minnesota will stay in operation. However, you can still put your garbage and recycling out on the usual days this week. The holiday will not impact pick-up schedules, but the main help line will not be staffed on Monday. Fire, police, and 911 service will, of course, continue to operate as normal.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Park Board wants to know what we throw out.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Ever take a plastic water bottle to a Minneapolis park, then finish it and throw it out? What about picnic leftovers—do they wind up in a Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board trash can? The Park Board wants to get to the bottom of those kinds of questions and Monday afternoon, they held a "waste audit" at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. The name of the game, the Park Board said in a written statement, is to find out how much waste at local parks is actually recycleable. The Park Board said in a survey it conducted earlier this year that 76 percent of park patrons regularly recycle at home and work, 55 percent believe it’s “never acceptable” to throw away a recyclable container, and 94 percent say that being sustainable is important or very …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Minneapolis City Council committee approves move to single-sort recycling.
One look at the matrix explaining how to recycle in Minneapolis, and anyone pondering whether or not to join the program might feel a little woozy, no matter what their feelings towards this planet. Nine categories, from batteries to box board, can sometimes be a challenge to sort in order to get the recycling bins out before 7 a.m. on pick-up day, and it shows. According to a presentation given to the Minneapolis City Council's Transportation and Public Works Committee on Tuesday, the program has seen participation in its recycling program either stagnate or decline in neighborhoods across the city, even though residents broadly support the idea of recycling. The committee ultimately approved a proposal from city staff to reduce those …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Yellow Pages distributor Dex offering ways to recycle old phonebooks and unsubscribe from further delivery.
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- James Sanna
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The big, yellow, black, and white anachronisms show up on doorstops across Southwest Minneapolis every year like clockwork. Unwanted, they accumulate in soggy, unsightly piles on apartment stoops or in recycle bins, or just clutter up your house. And the worst part for those more inclined to use the Internet than a book? The yellow pages never stop coming. But what if you could stop the big hunks of processed tree from ever arriving? Now, thanks to phonebook manufacturer Dex, you can. The company is offering a free online unsubscribe service, along with a directory of companies that offer recycling services for companies trying to wean themselves off of the traditional books. The Dex website says unsubscribe requests recieved within 60 …
cindy
1:49 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thank you for sharing this. I'm happy to put an end to those books that always go unused. more ›