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Waste , ffvm page A6 electronically, sending out an email when it is time for them to be emp tied. This means they are emptied much less than traditional public trash cans, according to the City, saving manpower hours, fuel and reducing dump truck emissions. Most of the Big Belly units also feature a receptacle for recy clables like aluminum cans and foil, glass bot tles and jars, plastic bot tles, steel cans, aerosol cans, corrugated card board and other paper products. The City con tracts with Waste Management to process and market its recy clables. The rash cans have been placed in high foot traffic, non-residential areas, including busy spots near the Benton Convention Center, the Clark Campbell Transportation Center and the* Wells Fargo fftnter "What we're trying to do is capture other recyclable materials that people have on their per son. We're talking about paper cups, we're talking newspapers, we're talk ing about people who have plastic bottles," said Sanitation Division Deputy Director Randy Britton. "...We're trying 'to capture all that stuff and keep it out of the landfill." Currently there are six Big Belly units that have replaced normal public trashcans in the city, including one donat ed by Waste Management in 2010 when the city started using them. They've reduced trash pick up from a nightly to every two to four weeks. Britton said his department is still figur/ ing how many of the . " ' * Photo by Todd Luck Recycling units are attached to many of the Big Belly cans. Owens trash cans it needs. He said the units, which are made by Massachusetts based BigBelly Solar, cost S3,500 and save enough money to pay for themselves within a year and a half on average. According to BigBelly's web site, more than 1,000 customers, includ ing parks, transit authori ties and cities across the country and abroad, are using the trash cans. In addition to going greener, the City is work ing to increase its overall amount of recycling col lection. Not only does recycling keep waste out of landfills, the process makes money for City coffers. Once items are collected, recyclables are taken to a local material recovery facility where they're separated, ? pre pared and sold to compa nies who will use them to make new products. To encourage resi dents to recycle at home, the City once provided 18-gallon recycling bins. Last April, the bins were replaced by blue 96-gal lon rollout carts that are picked up biweekly. Paper, plastic and glass products can all be placed into the carts. The bins required that each type of recyclable be sep arated. The carts still require preparation for some recyclables, such as rinsing out food waste from items and removing the caps from bqples. Recycling Program Administrator Derek Owens said the new carts are a hit with city resi dents. "Ever since we've implemented it in April city-wide it's been doing great, and we're continu ally getting requests from new residents that come into the city for new recycling services," said Owens. "...Our par ticipation has gone up and - we've seen an increase in our tonnages of about 20 percent over wnat we ve gotten in pre vious times." Owens said that the City also can provide recycling pick up for small businesses that don't use dumpsters. Property owners and managers can also request the service for apartment complexes, condos and town homes. Recyclable cardboard can be dropped off at many local fire stations and all recyclables are accepted at the Hanes Mill Road Landfill, 325 Hanes Mill Road, and at recycling centers in Kenersville and Pfafftown. Last fiscal year, 10,665 tons of recy clables were collected in the city. Britton said local residents are cur rently recycling 20-25 percent of what they throw away. Britton said that hd would like to see that number increase and for recyclable collections to one day surpass land fill collections. For more information about recycling, visit www.cityofws .org! Home! Departments!RecycleTod ay or call 336-72 EARTH (723-2784). PUe Photo The Downtown Health Plaza will host the free event on Saturday. Free screenings, services available to all at Health Fair SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Free screenings and other health-related services will be available to the public Saturday, Jan. 12 at the 14th Annual Share the Health Fair. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Downtown Health Plaza, 1200 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. It is sponsored by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the Wake Forest School of Medicine and the Northwest Area Health Education Center. Family-practice physicians and specialists will be present, assisted by medical students, physician-assis tant students, technicians and other health care profes sionals. Spanish-language interpreters also will be in attendance. A variety of screenings will be offered, including blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index, dia betes, vision, glaucoma, hearing, HIV, asthma, osteo porosis and mental health. Individuals who are found to have health issues that require further attention will be given information and referrals about what steps to take. The fair is open to adults and children regardless of age, insurance coverage, income level or immigra tion status. For additional information, visit the web site www.sharethehealthfair.org or send an email to info@sharethehealthfair.org. The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest " H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing - Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. Annual subscription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, PO. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102-1636 If3 CHronicle Br. Martin lulhrr King. Jt. gs. t Imul Pny? 8rt?kf?s< Ilonday, anuary 21,2013 :00 am ? 9:30 am witon Convention Center imitib eating I Sponsored by RAI$Z?& WILLIAM R warren, n ns >??? ? *~ti H r*Ml ; i ^00-wy* Fenwr TRU LI ANT ftderal Crtdtl Union enhanrinj four Kb" MI l/e nniu_m f U np Forsyth) medical center Kmmt*kF?fk WoMrVM<w Iml^SS All are welcome, te reserve plewis@wsckreelcle.cem, er 722-8624 ext 100 I 1 * [u?IHi ii,l mm "L- 1 I '=J , Award-winning gospel artist Luther Barnes
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