We now have a concise and helpful guide to Floyd County’s recycling efforts. For a small rural county Floyd does a great job in trying to divert waste materials from the landfill to be recycled. In addition to 8 recycling locations (convenience centers) at Green Box sites across the county, […]
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SustainFloyd collects many harder-to-recycle items on First Saturdays from 10 am to 12:30 pm at the Floyd Farmers Market. You can find our collection table outside next to The Refillery during warm weather, and in the Sustain Floyd office at The Station during cold weather. See Directions & Parking below. For
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When all the visitors leave and it’s time to move on to a fresh New Year there are abundant opportunities to take the more ecologically friendly road. From the wrappings and packaging of the presents under the tree, the tree itself, the old Christmas lights, unwanted gifts and overstocked food
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Learn about inexpensive and thoughtful ways to turn your food waste back into nourishment for the soil. Mark gives ideas for low cost, efficient and bear proof composing.
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Bulk Soaps, Lotions, Eco-Friendly Cleaning Supplies & More In 2022 SustainFloyd realized that the best way to reduce plastic waste is by avoiding single use plastics like shopping bags, take-away food containers and product packaging. With so much uncertainty about what happens to plastic waste that we try to recycle,
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The world of waste materials is so complicated that even the experts struggle to understand how to make the most impact. Still, there are obvious ways in which we can make a difference. One simply immediate way is to reduce packaging. According to the EPA, containers and packaging accounted for