City of St. Louis
Department of Streets
Refuse Division
Recycling Program

America Recycles Day 2009

Fourth Annual America Recycles Day Expo
Friday, November 13th, 2009, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
City of St. Louis, City Hall Rotunda
1200 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103

2009 America Recycles Day Expo Downloadable PDFs

8 1/2" x 11" flyer

11" x 17" mini-poster

On Friday, November 13, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the City of St. Louis will celebrate America Recycles Day with its Annual America Recycles Day Expo in the City Hall Rotunda.

One purpose of this Expo is to connect City officials and employees with sources of reused- and recycled-content products, as well services that can help our City Government reduce, reuse, and recycle solid and hazardous wastes. Another purpose is to connect City residents, businesses, and institutions with reduce/reuse/recycle-related products and services, particularly from companies and organizations that are based from or already operate in our City, in turn fostering economic and community development.

Open to the general public (free-of-charge), this Expo will feature businesses and organizations that offer reused and recycled content products, recyclables collection and processing services, and educational programs. ARD Flag

Exhibitors:

St. Louis Teachers' Recycle Center, Inc. (reuses household, commercial, and industrial materials) www.stlouisteachersrecycle.homestead.com
Habitat For Humanity - Saint Louis' ReStore (reuses building and construction materials) www.habitatstl.org/restore
City of St. Louis Animal Care and Control (connects pets with new homes) http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/health/arc/adoptapet.html
Note: Feel free to bring donations of the following used (or new) items: sheets, towels, blankets, stuffed animals, pet toys, small-lipped container lids (e.g., butter, cottage cheese, yogurt) for feeding kittens and puppies, newspaper and shredded paper (for bedding and litter), pet carriers, litterboxes, collars, and leashes.
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (provides public education about reducing household hazardous waste and composting yard waste to avoid impacting our sewer system) www.stlmsd.com
Home Eco (retails reused and recycled content apparel, home, and garden products) www.home-eco.com
Missouri Department of Conservation - Grow Native! (educates about landscaping and gardening with native plants, which can reduce use of lawn and garden chemicals) www.grownative.org
e-cycle St. Louis (recycles electronics) www.ecyclestlouis.org
EarthWays Center (provides public and classroom education about reduce, reuse, and recycle; retails reused and recycled home and garden products) www.earthwayscenter.org
Strategic Materials (hauls and processes recyclable glass) www.strategicmaterials.com
Smurfit-Stone Recycling Division (hauls and processes various recyclables) www.smurfit.com:8080/content/Products/Recycling
Remains, Inc. (hauls and processes recyclable textiles) Phone: 314.865.0303 Fax: 314.865.0549
Arch Paper (manufactures paper from recyclable textiles) www.archpaper.net
QRS Recycling (hauls and processes various recyclables) www.qrsrecycling.com
Rebounces (reuses tennis balls) www.rebounces.com
Pedro’s Planet, Inc. (retails recycled content office products, hauls various recyclables) www.pedrosplanet.com
EPC (reuses and recycles electronics) www.epcusa.com
Earth Circle Recycling (hauls multiple recyclables) www.earthcirclerecycling.com
St. Louis Composting (recycles organics, such as yard or landscaping waste, pre- and post-consumer food waste) www.stlcompost.com
Source One Packaging, Inc. (sells recycled content packaging) www.sourceone-packaging.com
Central Paper Stock (hauls and recycles books, papers, and plastics) www.paperrecycler.com
Energy Conservation Products (sells and installs recycled content insulation) Phone / Fax 636.937.6596
Operation Food Search (reduces food waste, reuses and recycles furniture and metals) www.ofsearch.org
Project, Inc. (hauls fluorescent bulbs and lamps) www.projectinc.org
St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District (waste reduction, reuse, and recycling education, technical and financial assistance) www.swmd.net
St. Louis Public Library (reuses books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs/videos, audio materials, games) www.slpl.org
St. Louis Green (recycles holiday lights) www.stlouisgreen.com
Book Swap - New This Year! Bring a book to share, take a book to read. If you'd like to donate prior to the day of this Expo, please drop off books at the City of St. Louis Refuse Division, 4100 South First Street (2nd Floor) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. By sharing books, you'll save trees, and have more people with whom you can discuss those stories and ideas!
The Upcycle Exchange - New This Year! "Upcycling" is about creatively repurposing or reusing things that still have plenty of life in them. Visit with The Upcycle Exchange and make upcycled gift tags for the upcoming holidays (you know, for those gift certificates and hand-crafted gifts you're sharing with family and friends). They'll provide some neat cardstock and share tools (e.g., fancy tag punches, holiday stamps) for you to design your own gift tags. The Upcycle Exchange http://lucoop.com/pilot is a program "...aimed at initiating a cradle-to-cradle inspired production concept for the indie craft community. The basic premise is that customers can receive incentives, such as discounts on merchandise or other perks, when they collect and donate materials that crafters use to create handmade merchandise." For a list of reusables that you can donate to or acquire from them, visit http://lucoop.com/pilot/wish-list.
Pledge to Recycle, and you could win a prize!
At The Event: The Pledge
At the America Recycles Day Expo, visitors will have a chance to make the 2009 America Recycles Day Pledge: A commitment to improving recycling efforts over the next year.
Signing the pledge automatically enters attendees into a drawing for a variety of reused, recycled, and reusable prizes packages.
Prizes

Children's Prize Package Includes:
Jump rope made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE plastic (e.g., milk jugs).
Sand play set made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE plastic (e.g., milk jugs).
Recycling truck made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE plastic (e.g., milk jugs).
Tea set made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE plastic (e.g., milk jugs).
Cookware and dining set made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE plastic (e.g., milk jugs).
Tool set made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE plastic (e.g., milk jugs).
"Junk Mail Origami" book, by Duy and Tramy Nguyen.
"Baby Animals" book, by Leslie Bockol, made from 98% post-consumer recycled materials.

Composting and Gardening Prize Package Includes:
Compost sieve made from post-consumer recycled plastic.
Gardening gloves made from 20% post-consumer recycled PET plastic.
Plant Nanny's which reuse glass and plastic bottles to water plants while you're away.
"Let It Rot" composting book, by Stu Campbell.

Kitchen Prize Package Includes:
Napkin holders made from post-consumer recycled glass.
Reusable stainless steel food storage/carrier.
Coasters made from reused vinyl records.
Cutting board made from 100% post-consumer recycled paper.
Reusable sandwich baggies.
Bottle opener made from reused bicycle parts.
Glass tumblers made from reused wine bottles.
Chimes made from reused flatware.

Pet Prize Package Includes:
Pet bed made from 80% post-consumer recycled PET plastic.
Collar made from reused billboard material.
Collar made from reused necktie.
Chew Toy made from recycled PET plastic.
Harness and Leash made from 100% recycled plastic.
Compostable pet waste bags and dispenser made from recycled plastic.
"eco dog" book, by Corbett Marshall and Jim Deskevich.
Pet Waste Composter
Litter made from post-consumer recycled newspaper.

Clipboards
Clipboards are made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic.