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Hi Recyclers! Here are some great recent press mentions of our efforts:
- Times Picayune, “NOLA Recycles 2010 Wins Support of Mayoral Candidates.“
- New Orleans CityBusiness, “Where Does Recycling Fit Among Mayoral Campaign Issues?“
- WWL-TV, “Environmentalists Pushing for Return of Recycling in New Orleans.“
- NewOrleans.com, “NOLA Recycles 2010 Will Play a Grassroots Part in Holding Landrieu to his Green Campaign Promises.“
Filed under: Press
There’s a great plug for NOLA Recycles 2010 at the end of this article about garbage management (and the need to recycle) during Mardi Gras – check it out here.
More news about our groups efforts coming soon – stay tuned!
Coca Cola’s traveling Recycling Education Vehicle will visit the Tulane campus on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, encouraging students to recycle in the midst of Mardi Gras. The vehicle will be parked between Irby House and Bruff Commons from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be rewards for recyclers who bring bottle and cans and information about Tulane’s recycling system and RecycleMania competition. A count will be kept all day of the number of bottles and cans brought in by students, staff and faculty from the Superbowl and Mardi Gras weekend.
The visit is part of a year-long collaboration between Coke and Tulane to expand campus recycling and ultimately recycle every bottle sold on campus. Recycling bins added to athletic venues this year were provided by Coke, fashioned from barrels that the company uses to ship syrup. With Coke’s assistance, bottle and can recycling on campus increased an estimated 35% between 2008 and 2009, with 31 tons of plastic bottles and aluminum cans recycled in 2009.
Tulane’s uptown campus is in the midst of RecycleMania, a 10 week recycling competition between college and universities. For more information on RecycleMania and recycling at Tulane, visit www.Recycle.tulane.edu.
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NOLA Recycles 2010 is pleased to announce that both our mayor-elect, Mitchell “Mitch” Landrieu, and our City Councilmember District A-elect, Susan Guidry, are both supporters of our Six Point Plan for Recycling. We are excited to work with our elected officials to make recycling a reality in New Orleans this year. Thanks to all of our supporters for voting and getting the word out. Cheers!
And, just as importantly, WHO DAT!!
- NOLA Recycles 2010 Steering Committee
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Election day is almost here! NOLA Recycles 2010 is excited to report that we have received written statements from four of the mayoral candidates in support of our six point plan. We ran an advertisement in the Gambit’s Election Guide announcing this news. The candidates are:
Robert “Rob” Couhig
John Georges
Mitchell “Mitch” Landrieu
James Perry
City Councilmember District A candidate Susan Guidry has also endorsed our 6 point plan.
Thanks for everyone’s support! Now let’s get our the vote this Saturday!
Allied Waste of New Orleans recently announced the reopening of its recycling facility and is hosting a monthly recycling drop-off for the public.
When: 1st Saturday of every month
Where: 804 L&A Road, Metairie, LA
Time: 8:00AM-1:00PM
Items accepted: paper, cardboard, newspaper, magazines, junk mail, aluminum cans, plastic soda and water bottles, liquid detergent and bleach bottles, milk jugs, tin cans, steel cans. They also accept E-waste: computers, monitors, televisions, etc. Unfortunately, no glass accepted.
Directions: Take Airline Highway to La Barre Road (McDonald’s is on the corner). Turn by McDonald’s, cross the railroad tracks and then turn left onto L & A Road. Go approximately 1.8 miles and you will see the facility on the right.
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Many of the candidates responded to their question about recycling – read up here.
Attend as many of these forums as possible and ask the candidates whether they have signed the NOLA Recycles 2010 Candidate Statement!
THURSDAY, JAN. 21
Mayoral candidate forum on the future of public education in New Orleans
When: 6 p.m. Where: Warren Easton Senior High, 3019 Canal
St., New Orleans
Sponsor: Loyola’s Institute for Quality and Equity in Public Education
Candidates for City Council Districts D and E
When: 7-8:3-pm Where: La Quinta Inn 12340 I 10 Service Road
East (NOLA East)
Sponsor: 40 Community members and leaders from local community organizations, including Mary Queen of Viet Nam Church, Village de l’Est, Melia Subdivision, MQVN Community Development Corporation, Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans, Micah Project, and Sierra Club
MONDAY, JAN. 25
Mayoral candidate forum
When: Noon Where: Student Life Center gym, Delgado
Community College, 615 City Park Ave.
Sponsor: Delgado Office of Institutional Advancement. WWL-TV anchor Dennis Woltering to moderate
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27
Mayoral candidate forum on city management and regionalism
When: 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Nunemaker Hall, Loyola University
Sponsor: Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee
Candidates for City Council Districts A and C
When: Noon Where: Lac Maurepas Room, Student Life Center,
Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave.
Sponsor: Delgado Office of Institutional Advancement
MONDAY, FEB. 1
Mayoral candidate forum on housing and transportation
When: 7 to 9 p.m. Where: Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 4123
Woodland Drive, Algiers
Sponsor: Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee
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Have you RSVPed to our next meeting yet?
We delivered our six point plan to all of the candidates who are running for mayor and hope that YOU will join us at our next meeting on
Monday, January 11th
6:30PM-8:30PM
Langston Hughes Academy Charter School, 3519 Trafalgar Street, NOLA 70119
Light refreshments provided!
Click here to learn more and RSVP. See you there, and Happy New Year!
