Local events coordinated by Keep Fayette Beautiful include an aluminum recycling

contest which is currently on-going in all Fayette County Schools. Classes are saving

aluminum cans, tabs and pie plates to be turned in

to Sweet Returns Recycling Company, local sponsor of the contest, on Nov. 21,

Sweet Rewards will pay each participating class

two cents above the going market rate (currently about 35 cents per pound) for all

aluminum collected during the contest period.

In addition, the three classes collecting the most aluminum will be treated to a pizza

party and will win cash prizes of $110, first

place; $80, second place; and $60, third place.

Local residents are encouraged to sell back aluminum for recycling as well. Sweet Returns

is located at 205 Georgia Avenue West in Fayetteville and is open Monday through

Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and on Saturday from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Other activities include partnerships with local retailers who will highlight

products made from and/or packaged in recycled

materials through in-store displays, shelf talkers and posters. Participating retailers

include Home Depot (also a national sponsor of

American Recycles Day), Publix at the Fayette Pavilion and Publix at Peachtree East,

Office Depot and K-Mart at Braelinn Village in

Peachtree City.

Composting (nature's way of recycling) classes will be held at the Fayetteville

Home Depot on Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. A "learn to compost" open house will be held

on Nov. 21 at the Compost Demonstration Site located behind Kentucky Fried Chicken

in Braelinn Village Shopping Center. The demonstration site includes examples of eight

different types of composting bins, and an educational kiosk which illustrates the basics

of composting, what materials can be composted and uses for finished compost.

These composting activities will be conducted by Master Gardeners and Master Composters

from the Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service.

From Nov. 16-20, a display in the Fayette County Extension Service will highlight

products made from recycled materials. Information will be available on recycling

(including a list of items that can be recycled in

Fayette County) and buying recycled.

To develop awareness and encourage the purchase of recycled products, a national

contest has been ordered. The grand prize is

"The American Green Dream House," a

beautiful three-bedroom home built primarily with

recycled-content materials and valued at more than $200,000. Organizers challenge all

Americans to pledge to increase their purchases of products made from, and packaged in,

recycled materials. Pledges can be made on contest entry forms which will be available

at Home Depot or in the Fayette County Extension office. The extension office is open

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Pledges and contest entries can also be submitted on-line at

https://www.americarecyclesday.org. For more information, call 770-460-5730, ext. 134.

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