Switch to Digital Television, February 17, 2009
The below television information is in part from the website of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
If you are connected to cable or satellite for your television signal, you should contact your provider but you will likely get television signals without interruption.
If you have a non-digital television and you currently receive your television signal through an antenna, here is...
What you can do:
- Your television will still be able to play videos from your DVD player or VCR, and
- You can still play video games on your television, or
- You can purchase a converter box to be able to convert digital signals to show up on your analog television. Starting in early 2008, coupons will be available at www.dtv2009.gov worth $40 each, two per household, toward the purchase of a converter.
"Take It Back"
(June 2008)
Grand Traverse County
Resource Recovery department obtains 50th participating provider/business!
The "Take It Back" program provides information where consumers can return unwanted products to local providers/businesses for reuse, recycling or responsible disposal. The program is growing on weekly basis.
This is another program developed by the Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery Department, in order to reach the Grand Traverse County diversion goal of 42% by the year 2012. For more information please view the "Take It Back" link. The information is continuously updated with the most current data.
Can you help?
If you know of a business location that will accept product according to our registration requirements, please let us know.
With your help in identifying "Take It Back" opportunities, together we will build this program as a leading example of what can be accomplished and contributed by the Grand Traverse County community.
Take It Back Provider/Business Registration Form
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RECYCLING EVENTS Update!
Brush Drop-off Site is Open
This increasingly popular site is open on Tuesday from noon to 7 PM, Thursday and Saturday, 9-3 PM. Acceptable materials include: brush, branches, grass clippings,leaves-$5.00/cubic yard or $1.00/bag. Untreated construction wood-$8.00 cubic yard, Pallets-$1.00 each, stumps .50/inch diameter up to 24".
Earth For Earth Day & Clean Out Your Files week
April 26, 2008 was a banner day for Grand Traverse County's recycling program. Over 29,750 pounds of old computers and computer related material was collected at the Sams Club parking lot through the Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan-Dell program. Goodwill is a registered provider of the Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery "Take It Back" program.
Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge Exceeds Goals!
Grand Traverse County significantly contributes!
In addition residents were treated to 100 yards of free compost, courtesy of the Traverse City Street Department and Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery. The event took place at the Farmers Market parking lot on Grandview Parkway and attracted hundreds.
Waste Management of Michigan donated a recycling container at the Farmers Market parking lot during the week of April 21. Accepted material included Newspapers, Magazines, Old Files, Office Paper, and Junk Mail. 4 tons of material was collected by Waste Management.
Household Hazardous Waste & Pesticide Collection
...was conducted on May 1, 2008 (Thursday) There was NO CHARGE to Grand Traverse County households for this service. Accepted material included oil based paints, automobile fluids, cleaning products, pesticides, batteries, mercury, moth balls, pool chemicals and more...
Over 200 appointments were scheduled for this ever popular event. Hazardous waste amounting to thousands of pounds was collected.
The next collection will be July 31,2008
Appointments are required and can be made starting June 30, 2008. It's easy to make an appointment. Create your appointment online or call the RecycleSmart Hotline at 941.5555
Note: The limited number of appointments fill quickly.
Friday, July 11, 2008
The Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery Department featured an information booth during the National Cherry Festival/DTE Energy Environmental Day. This event was held on Friday, July 11 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Open Space Park. Fifteen area businesses/organizations were on sight providing information and demonstrations.
Published on a monthly basis, the RecycleSmart e-Newsletter will keep you informed on the most current Grand Traverse County recycling opportunities and issues.
As our obligation to become better stewards of our natural resources has grown, so have the ways in which we may preserve them. We believe recycling itself is a reusable and renewable resource—a means by which everyone can do their part. Although we may not always realize it, recycling is a process whose benefits affect our lives everyday and whose products surround us in remarkable ways—in kitchens, on rooftops, even the clothing on our backs.
Recycling is a manufacturing process with a wonderful twist — a way to make more with less. Every pound we recycle is one less pound we have to mine, smelt or mill. One less pound we have to bury or burn. Cans become more cans. Paper becomes insulation. Steel finds its way back into cars. All of which uses a lot less energy than if we were to make these things from scratch.
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