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MoveOutATX helps keep items out of landfills
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MoveOutATX is a community effort to keep good stuff out of the landfill during the university move-out season. The program kept 62 tons of material out of landfills and provided over $150,000 in economic value to our local economy in 2018.
Gently-used items, such as furniture, cleaning supplies, clothing and more will be accepted at temporary donation stations in and around West Campus July 20-21, 26-28 and 31. Items collected will be donated to participating reuse organizations. Participants and volunteers will receive a sticker, redeemable for perks like freebies and discounts at over 25 local eateries and retailers! Volunteers are still needed, so sign up today.
MoveOutATX is facilitated by the City of Austin in partnership with the UT Office of Sustainability, Keep Austin Beautiful and the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling.
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Austin treads lightly with tires
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Nearly 300 million tires are produced in the United States each year. That amounts to about one per person! What happens to all those tires once they can no longer be used? They can pile up quickly but, ARR has a Zero Waste solution, that even gives back to the Austin community.
Austin residents can drop off tires at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, or have them picked up through their curbside bulk collection service. These tires are then taken by truck to a recycling facility, where they are shredded with a machine that looks like a giant paper shredder. A strong magnet pulls the steel belts out of the shredded tires, and the leftover rubber is then recycled.
Over half a million pounds of Austin’s tires have been recycled. The material has been used to build playgrounds, roads, and track and field surfaces that benefit our community.
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