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Yard Waste Recycling Center Information
The District offers to Hendricks County households the ability to recycle brush, grass clippings, leaves, Christmas trees and other organic matter at two Yard Waste Recycling Centers. The centers, located in Brownsburg and Plainfield, are open three days each week...
The Basics of Recycling Plastics
THE BASICS OF RECYCLING PLASTICS The basic concept of recycling is easy to grasp: take something that would otherwise be trash and give it a new life as a different product. What can get tricky are recycling rules; especially when it comes to plastics. Plastic is...
Garage Sale Hosting 101
Clear the clutter and make some dough! Host a Yard Sale or Garage Sale. These sales are an excellent way to give new life to your previously loved and no longer needed items. We have said it before and we will say it again…”Reuse is even better than recycling”. ...
Free Wood Chips Available
Residents are encourage to help themselves to wood chips located at the District’s Yard Waste Recycling Center in Brownsburg (90 Mardale Drive). The center is open from 7am to 5pm on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Interested residents can call 317-858-8231 with questions.
Planning Picnics & Parties
Now that nicer weather is finally here, it’s time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors! Perhaps your summer plans include picnicking or hosting a backyard barbeque. These are wonderful times of making memories with those you love. They can also be very environmentally friendly activity with just a little extra planning.
Community Grant Awards Announced
Each year the District earmarks $20,000 to provide grants to fund local projects that further the District’s mission of promoting recycling, waste reduction and responsible waste management in this community. On April 28, 2015, the District’s Board of Directors approved the funding of four grant requests the District received during the spring round of the Community Grants Program.
Don’t Throw it Out When School’s Out!
School’s out for summer…well…close enough… It is time for cleaning out desks and lockers and thinking about reducing school supply waste. Before your kiddos dump their folders, notebooks, glue, scissors, pencils, pens, and the like, talk with them about what could be REUSED.
Safe Sharps Disposal Program
The Safe Sharps Disposal Program is a partnership between the District and the Hendricks County Health Department that gives residents a safe, secure way to dispose of used syringes, lancets and other medical sharps. The program keeps sharps out of the residential...
Green Cleaning
Challenge: Read the ingredients listed on the back of one of your household cleaners. Can you pronounce them all? Do you know what they are? Do you know what the health and environmental effects of those cleaners are? Maybe you should. Good news! You can. By taking...
Tox-Away Days Beginning Again Soon
The District will again provide five Tox-Away Days in 2016. The events are an opportunity for Hendricks County residents to properly recycle or dispose of household hazardous wastes, medical sharps, unwanted medicines, tires, appliances, computer components and...
For those looking for a wonderful outlet for your previously loved books. What a great way to Reuse! This local bookstore could use your generous donations.
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Saving bottle caps? You can support the great work of the Cascade High School THRIVE program by recycling them at any of the locations below.
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