Recycling Drop-Off Day

ITS ABOUT TIME TO THROW AWAY THAT CHRISTMAS TREE.. BUT NOT IN YOUR GARBAGE. FOX 7S JULIE DOLAN TELLS US THERES AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY TO GET RID OF YOUR HOLIDAY TRASH. INSTEAD OF THROWING EVERYTHING AWAY THIS YEAR, RECYCLE IT. JANUARY 5TH, THE SOLID WASTE DISTRICT IS HOSTING A RECYCLING DROP OFF DAY . AND YOU MAY EVEN GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. SOLID WASTE DISTRICT EMPLOYEE, JIM DANIELS SAYS DROP OFF DAYS ARE IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO ARENT OFFERED CURB-SIDE PICK-UP. EMPLOYEES AT TRISTATE RESOURCE RECOVERY SAY PARTICIPATION IN CURB-SIDE PICK-UP HAS BEEN ON A DECLINE THE LAST FEW YEARS. DANIELS SAYS LESS THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN EVANSVILLE WHO QUALIFY FOR THE RECYCLING SERVICE, USE IT. ITEMS LIKE WRAPPING PAPER, BOXES PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM THAT WILL ALL BE ACCEPTED AT THE DROP-OFF. THEY HOPE TO COLLECT AT LEAST TEN TONS OF RECYCLABLE ITEMS NEXT SATURDAY. JULIE DOLAN, FOX 7 THE DROP OFF WILL BE A WEEK FROM TODAY. TAKE YOUR RECYCLABLES TO THE CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT FROM 8-AM TO 12 P-M. FOX SEVEN WILL HAVE MORE WAYS FOR YOU TO LIVE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. IN THE NEW YEAR, WERE STARTING OUR GREEN INITIATIVE, WHERE WELL BRING YOU WEEKLY REPORTS ON WAYS TO PROTECT THE EARTH, AND SAVE A DIME OR TWO.