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105 Collier Rd NW, Suite 1080
Atlanta, GA 30309 404-352-2850
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960Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 336
Atlanta, GA 30342 404-352-2850
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HOW CHaRM’ING!
Recycling center encourages residents
to drop off glass products
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Volunteers show off their CHaRM T-shirts at the special recycling center, which accepts hard-to-
recycle materials including glass, tires, electronics and more.
By Collin Kelley
In response to local recycling
companies increasingly rejecting
glass materials for recycling, Atlanta
City Councilmember Carla Smith is
encouraging city residents to take their
glass items to The Center for Hard to
Recycle Materials (CHaRM), a city-
supported recycling facility located at
1110 Hill St. SE.
CHaRM is open (except holidays)
on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m.
until 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8
a.m. until 4 p.m., and will accept glass
bottles and food-grade glass jars.
It is a permanent drop-off facility
that aims to improve environmental
health by encouraging reuse and
diverting thousands of pounds of
household hazardous waste, bulky
trash and other hard-to-recycle items
from metro Atlanta landfills and water
systems.
Created through legislation drafted
by Smith and fellow councilmember
Alex Wan, CHaRM’s benefit to
residents is that it accepts a wider range
of items than typical curbside recycling.
“It’s important that we do our
part to free our landfills of non-
biodegradable waste,” Smith said. “A
growing number of recyclers in metro
Atlanta, to cut costs, are refusing to
recycle glass, and opting to take the
material to local landfills. That’s greatly
disappointing.”
Smith said while recycling properly
does cost money, Live Thrive Atlanta,
which runs the nonprofit CHaRM,
does welcome donations to continue its
environmental mission.
While there has been coverage in
the local media that local recyclers are
rejecting glass and sending it on to
landfills, that is not the case at CHaRM,
according to executive director Peggy
Whitlow Ratcliffe.
“Strategic Materials, located in
southwest Atlanta, is our processor
and is happy to support CHaRM,” said
Ratcliffe, “We are already bringing
additional containers to the center to
receive Atlanta’s glass recyclables.”
Recyclers have cited increased
costs for sorting mixed recyclables and
have opted for a less environmentally
friendly route. According to reports,
recycling companies don’t want the
extra cost and hassle of separating glass
from other recyclables, so they are
sending it on to landfills.
A complete list of the wide range of
items that CHaRM will accept can be
found at livethrive.org/charm/items-
accepted /.
CHaRM will hold its its inaugural
fundraiser, A CHaRM’ing Evening,
on Thursday, March, 10, at Piedmont
Park’s Greystone building. Yacht Rock
Review will perform, and there will
be fare and cocktails from Atlanta
restaurants. Leading up to and during
the event, CHaRM will sell raffle tickets
to win a 2016 BMW i3 electric car from
Global Imports. Raffle tickets are $100
each, while event tickets are $50 per
person and available at livethrive.org.
26 February 2016 | INtOWIl
AtlantalNtownPaper.com