Keep Sugar Land Beautiful

Please donate gently used books for reuse

In celebration of America Recycles Day, Keep Sugar Land Beautiful (KSLB) will be at Whole Foods Market in Sugar Land on Tuesday, November 15, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, to answer your recycling questions and to collect gently used books for the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County. What may be recycled in your curbside cart? Where can you donate gently used items? Where can you recycle an old cell phone, TV, or computer? What should you do with leftover paint or cooking oil? Please make plans to join us – Don’t forget to bring gently used books for all ages!

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful is a 501c3 non-profit affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful dedicated to educating and engaging everyone to take responsibility for the environmental health of our community.

For more information on America Recycles Day, please visit www.americarecyclesday.org

2011 KSLB Recycles Day Flyer

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful in partnership with Whole Foods Market invites you to join us for refreshments and recycling tips at the Whole Foods Market in Sugar Land on Saturday, March 6 at 1:00 pm. What can be recycled in your curbside bin? Where can you donate gently used items for reuse? Where can you recycle your cell phone or computer? This is the perfect opportunity to have your recycling questions answered – please plan to join us!

Recycling Collection Event – 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
(located in the parking lot adjacent to City Hall)

• Eagle Electronic Resources will be on-hand to collect household electronics such as TVs, VCRs, stereos, computers, printers, keyboards, scanners, cell phones, digital cameras, pagers and PDAs for recycling and reuse. Both working and non-working electronic equipment will be accepted free of charge from Sugar Land residents, and each resident participating in the electronics recycling event will be entered into a drawing for a FREE 42-inch TV.
• The Fort Bend County Women's Center will be in attendance to accept donations of clothing and household items for resale at the Fort Bend County Women's Center PennyWise Resale locations. The revenue from the sale of these donations will assist survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The Fort Bend Seniors will also be on-hand to collect gently used items such as small electric appliances, bed linens, towels, blankets, and small tools for Fort Bend County senior citizens.
• Residents will also have the opportunity to bring their paper and media discs (CDs, DVDs, and floppy discs) for shredding by On-Site Shred, a document destruction company. Upon conclusion of the event, the shredded material will be recycled.

MYAC Environmental Activity Booths: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Mayor's Youth Advisory Council (MYAC) selected an environmentally themed service project this program year, and the organization has partnered with the City to host a series of environmental activity booths on the Plaza at Town Square during the performance by Vocal Trash. These activities will include face painting, arts and crafts, and a recycling game.

Performance by Vocal Trash: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The City of Sugar Land and Keep Sugar Land Beautiful have partnered with Sugar Land Town Square and Republic Services to host a performance by Vocal Trash, a Texas-based group known for their unique combination of music, dance and comedy while utilizing recycled materials such as a gas can guitar and milk urn bass. The group has traveled all over the world performing at Earth Day events and state fairs, as well as private events for Corporations such as American Airlines and Cingular Wireless. Their performance appeals to all ages and will be a valuable addition to the Earth Day activities.

For more information, contact 281-275-2170 or solidwaste@sugarlandtx.gov

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rock: Sugar Land Earth Day Celebration Ad

What is E-Waste?

Why RECYCLE E-Waste?

Electronic waste (e-waste) is the fastest growing segment of the municipal waste stream.

Electronics may contain toxic materials such as lead, barium, mercury, and cadmium, which are harmful to the environment. Computer monitors and televisions containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs) are considered hazardous waste. Each CRT contains approximately five to eight pounds of lead. CRTs are banned from most landfills.

It is estimated that 50% of the households in the United States own a computer.

Americans discard more than 130 million used cell phones a year. That's four cell phones per second! This adds up to 65,000 tons of potentially toxic waste generated annually. Cell phones should be recycled and not disposed of in Texas landfills or incinerators which could have a widespread impact on public health and the environment.

The toxic material from a single phone is capable of polluting 158,200 gallons of water!

Cell Phones may be recycled at Ben & Jerry's (16155 City Walk) Town Square, Sugar Land

For more information on recycling your e-waste:

• Fort Bend County Recycle Center
• TCEQ
• DELL
• IBM
• HP/Compaq
• Gateway
• Best Buy

House Bill 2714 was signed into law and went into effect on September 1, 2008. The law requires manufacturers to provide Texas household consumers with free and reasonably convenient collection, re-use and recycling opportunities for certain devices.