America Recycles Day 2007
  
 

Virginia Recycles Day 2007

VIRGINIA PRIZES
The VRA will award two grand prizes this year by a random drawing of all pledge cards received. One adult and one youth will each be awarded $250 which they can donate to a local environmental charity of their choice. It could be a local school's environmental club, a litter program, a clean water program, local recycling office, etc.

ARD has an online pledge form. If you are still interested in using paper pledge cards at your events, AR will soon provide us with a design that I can email to you. Completed pledge cards should be mailed to VRA, P.O. Box 2107, Midlothian, VA 23113 by November 23rd.

EVENTS
Abingdon
Washington County Public Library kicks off a recycling program
Contact:
Will Stein
205 Oak Hill St NE
Abingdon, Va. 24210

Bedford
One day e-waste event on October 13th for County residents only at no charge. They will be taking just about anything that is electronic.
Contact:
Vicki Esposito
Recycling Coordinator
Bedford County Department of Solid Waste
122 E. Main Street, Suite 210
Bedford, VA 24523
540-586-7656
Fax 540-297-1038

Chesapeake 
Collecting pledge cards in all 7 library branches.
Setting up recycling displays at libraries.
Mayor is reading an ARD proclamation at the November 13 City Council meeting.

Contact:
Gail McClure Bradshaw
Coordinator of Special Programs
City of Chesapeake
Parks and Recreation Department
P. O. Box 15225, Chesapeake, VA  23328
112 Mann Drive, Chesapeake, VA   23322
Phone:  (757) 382-6411
FAX:      (757) 382-6012 direct or (757) 382-8418 department

Chester
SBM Site Services
Celebrating America Recycles for their employees.

Frederick
eCycle, Nov. 10, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., landfill's citizens' convenience site; collect electronics for recycling; businesses and residents; some fees apply; promote ARD; distribute pledge cards/premiums

To call an event an "America Recycles" event you need to:

a) promote recycling in some way

b) recognize the "America Recycles" campaign in some way. 

Ideas include: 

  -  hanging the AR posters in the location where your event or outreach will occur

  -  encouraging participation in the AR pledge contest

  -  including the AR logo on your promotional pieces (newspaper ads, flyers, website, etc)

BACKGROUND
America Recycles Day(ARD) is a national campaign to promote recycling. The heart of the ARD campaign are thousands of local pledge drives where recycling coordinators encourage people to fill out a pledge card to recycle more and buy more recycled products in the coming year. The act of pledging or making a commitment is an effective communications tactic in raising awareness about issues like recycling. Last year in Virginia we collected over 3,000 pledges and are on target to collect even more this year. VRA is a state coordinator for the campaign.

ARD WEBSITE
Visit the newly designed America Recycles Day Web site www.americarecyclesday.org.

Please contact me with any questions about this year's America Recycles campaign.

Erica Trout
ericatrout@msn.com
(Southern, central, eastern and western Virginia)

John Snarr
jsnarr@mwcog.org
(Northern Virginia)