Spring 2022 Recycling Heroes

Written By Gene Nagle

Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful and all of Gordon County had a great recycling day on April 9th, 2022. We are very proud of the community participation and impact that we have had since Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful got started by a handful of committed individuals in 2018.

 

The Spring 2022 Recycling event was a great success!

Thank you to all the heroes who volunteered and to the community heroes who brought materials to recycle. None of this will end up in the landfill or on our roadsides or waterways. Here’s a summary what we accomplished:

  • 251 vehicles came through

  • We recycled:

    • 746 tires

    • 2000 lbs. - paper (shredded onsite)

    • 2400 lbs. - hard and soft plastics

    • 1950 lbs. - electronics

    • 350 lbs. - batteries

    • 36 pairs - tennis shoes

  • Our fantastic community donated:

    • 16 units of blood via Blood Assurance

    • 2 tubs of food collected for the VAC

    • 100 pairs of eye glasses

  • And we gave out approx. 200+ trees

We plan to hold our next recycling event in the Fall of 2022. We want to continue to grow this event, get more people involved — both as volunteers and recyclers — and we want to continue to provide everyone in Gordon County with options to recycle. We hope to see you at one of our next events!

Gene Nagle