Tons of recyclables are ‘Unboxed’
BY RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
Saturday, January 05, 2013
1/05/13 at 4:10 AM
The “Unboxing” recycling
effort has recovered more
than 3 million pounds of
recyclables, an increase of
more than 300 percent over
last year, American Waste
Control announced Friday.
The 12-day, post-Christmas
campaign, a collaboration
among the city of Tulsa,
the Metropolitan Environmental
Trust and American
Waste Control, ends Sunday.
Harley Hollan Cos. also is
accepting donations at its facility,
5677 S. 107th East Ave.
“We’re off to a terrific start
this year,” Kenny Burkett,
founder and owner of American
Waste Control, said in
a statement. “Already we’re
recovering more than three
times what we did last year
and getting more participation.
Campaigns like this are
a great way to provide for a
cleaner future and give to
others in need.
American Waste Control is
donating part of the proceeds
from the recyclables to the
Tulsa-area Salvation Army
and the Sandy Hook Elementary
School Fund in Connecticut.
Proceeds from the Harley
Hollan collections will benefit
Turning Tulsa Pink, which
supports the families of women
and children with cancer.
American Waste Control
owns Tulsa Recycle and
Transfer, which recently
underwent a $10 million upgrade
at its North Peoria Avenue
facility, which processes
all of the city of Tulsa’s
household recyclables.
Home to Oklahoma’s only
licensed hybrid Material Recovery
Facility, AWC processes
and reclaims more than 80
tons of recyclables per day
from the waste stream.
How to participate
Where: American Waste Control/Tulsa Recycle and Transfer’s
Mr. Murph center, 1150 N. Peoria Ave., or at more than 60 Mr.
Murph 24-hour locations across northeastern Oklahoma
When: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday
What: electrical wires, Styrofoam, cardboard, Christmas trees,
regular paper, cardboard, plastics, aluminum and glass
Where: Harley Hollan Cos., 5677 S. 107th East Ave.
When: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday
What: cardboard, Styrofoam, Christmas lights, paper and
plastics No. 1 (bottles), No. 2 (jugs), No. 4 (trash bags) and
No. 5 (medicine bottles, bottle caps, and condiment and
syrup containers)
Rhett Morgan 918-581-8395
rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
