recycling

Cobb County November 12, 2024

Three reports with photos from Keep Cobb Beautiful events

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following three reports, with photos, from recent Keep Cobb Beautiful events. Paint recycling at Jim Miller Park Barry submitted the following report and…

Environment August 21, 2024

Recycling more than pop cans: A circular economy for our energy landscapes

by Martin J. Pasqualetti, Arizona State University; Chad Walker, Dalhousie University, and Michelle Adams, Dalhousie University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] From cereal boxes to…

Large group photo of volunteers on Earth Day at Truist Park

Environment April 23, 2024

Earth Day at Truist Park with the Atlanta Braves

Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos from the Atlanta Braves game on Earth Day, where the focus was on recycling: Keep Cobb Beautiful in conjunction with WestRock Recycling…

Cobb County October 16, 2023

$737k renovation of WestRock Recycling complete

County leaders, Keep Cobb Beautiful staff and volunteers, and county residents showed up to cut the ribbon on the $737,000 in renovations to the WestRock Recycling drop-off center approved by…

Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid cuts ribbon with Commissioners JoAnn Birrell (L) and Monique Sheffield (R)

Environment October 14, 2023

Westrock Recycling Center gets renovations

Cobb BOC Chairwoman Lisa Cupid cuts ribbon with Commissioners JoAnn Birrell (L) and Monique Sheffield (R) flanking her. Photo provided by Barry Krebs. from Barry Krebs Barry Krebs is well…

The Pebblebrook High School Marching Band

Cobb County October 7, 2023

Photos from two community events: Faith & Blue March + KCB recycling

[Photo of the Pebblebrook High School Marching Band provided by Barry Krebs] Barry Krebs is well known in Mableton and other parts of south Cobb for the wide variety of volunteer work…

Environment July 25, 2023

Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste

by Michaela Barnett, University of Virginia; Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia; Patrick I. Hancock, University of Virginia, and Shahzeen Attari, Indiana University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County October 5, 2022

Keep Cobb Beautiful’s Fall Community Recycling Event Saturday October 15

Keep Cobb Beautiful‘s Fall Community Recycling event will take place next Saturday, October 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jim Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Rd SW, Marietta, GA…

Environment September 13, 2022

A conversation with an environmental scientist about plastic recycling and the decline in curbside pickup

Curbside recycling programs have experienced hard times recently, not just nationally, but locally as well. Powder Springs recently discontinued it’s curbside recycling program, and Kennesaw considered dropping the service, but…

Brick Kennesaw government building with four tall wooden columns

Kennesaw August 30, 2022

Kennesaw recycling services on the line due to cost under proposed contract

By Rebecca Gaunt Kennesaw City Council will vote next week on a new contract with BFI Waste Services to continue sanitation services by Republic, but a hike in price may…

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