Save The Date!
Thursday, Nov. 15
America Recycles Day Expo
There
are businesses and organizations that have chosen to locate within
and/or operate in the City of St. Louis. To express our appreciation,
we work to promote what they do and what they have to offer.
On Thursday, Nov. 15, we will be hosting our
Third Annual America Recycles Day Expo in the elegant Rotunda
of our grand, old City Hall.
Part of the Recycling Program's mission is to
educate City residents and employees about reducing waste, reusing
materials, and recycling our precious natural resources. And,
there are environmental events that are helpful on that front.
However, in a busy, busy world - quite full of news about a wide
assortment of air, soil, and water issues - details specifically
about developments and efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle (RRR)
sometimes get lost in the shuffle.
The
purpose of our America Recycles Day Expo is to help connect local
businesses and organizations that provide RRR-related products
and services with City officials and employees (especially those
with procurement responsibilities), City residents, and other
City businesses.
So, whether in your capacity as a City Government
employee, or as a resident, on Thursday, November 15th, please
join us and check out the wide variety of RRR options that are
already available to you. Past exhibitors have included:
• companies that sell recycled-content office supplies
• recyclers of aluminum, glass, plastic, steel, paper, cardboard,
textiles, plastic bags, electronics, and ceiling tiles
• retailers of reused and recycled products (e.g., building and
construction, clothing, home décor, lawn and garden, personal
care)
Last
year, City employees who attended the America Recycles Day Expo
and entered the raffle won recycled-content prizes, including
an indoor/outdoor carpet, a fleece blanket, and clipboards. Other
prizes that were available included an all-expenses-paid 7-night
Alaskan Cruise for two (adults), a recycled aluminum content bicycle
(under 18), and an artistically-rendered end table.
For more information about this event and photographs
from previous years, please visit our webpage at:
http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/recycle/ARD.html.
