Emmet County Recycling, Harbor Springs, MI Videos
Videos by Emmet County Recycling in Harbor Springs. Keep it clean. Keep it beautiful. Keep it bountiful. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost!
Happy Earth Day! 🌏
There are so many ways to celebrate - are you picking up litter from the beaches?
Learning something new to recycle?
Taking the plunge and removing food scraps from your waste stream?
Join us on a tour for more ideas!
Next opportunity is Monday, May 6 at 1:30 pm.
Call or visit emmetrecycling.org to register.
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Happy Earth Day! 🌏 There are so many ways to celebrate - are you picking up litter from the beaches? Learning something new to recycle? Taking the plunge and removing food scraps from your waste stream? Join us on a tour for more ideas! Next opportunity is Monday, May 6 at 1:30 pm. Call or visit emmetrecycling.org to register.
Frost Laws are still in effect! 👀 Check out this classic video about our operations and why we are unable to service Paper, Boxes & Bags carts during this timeframe in Bay Harbor, Bear Creek, Little Traverse and Resort Townships. Residents in the city limits of Alanson, Petoskey and Harbor Springs may continue use of rolling carts.
Good Morning! ❄️ The snow is back. How much do you think we’ll actually get? 📏 ♻️ Make sure to keep your recycling totes and carts accessible for our drivers to pick up!
Local hardware + lumber battery host haul yesterday afternoon!
Battery haul from local hardware and lumber stores! Thanks to Preston Feather Building Centers , Meyer Ace Hardware - Harbor Springs, Meyer Ace Hardware - Petoskey Downtown (and North!), W. W. Fairbairn & Sons Hardware Store & Cook's Hardware in Pellston for acting as hosts.
We love recycling - but we love SAFE recycling even more. Certain battery types require the terminals to be taped to ensure safe storage and transportation.
Do you know which of these battery types need to be taped?
🔋 AA, AAA, C + D Household Batteries [non-lithium]
⚡️ Lithium Household Batteries
🔋 Button Cell Batteries
⚡️ Coin Cell Batteries
🔋 9 V and higher
💻Electronics Batteries
🧰Batteries from tools
📲Post below with your guesses and stay tuned for more info!
#EmmetRecycling #batteryrecycling #safetyfirst
Emmet County Recycling keeps things rolling with alternative methods of collection during frost laws in Northern Michigan.
Wipes--disinfecting wipes, baby wipes, and all the rest--are NOT RECYCLABLE. Further, according to numerous sewer operators, wipes--even those wipes labelled "flushable"--should NOT be flushed. [DISGUSTING INFO AND IMAGES AHEAD, read on and/or watch video at your own risk] Wipes don't down break up like toilet paper, instead clustering up with the grease in sewers and forming globs that back up household pipes and regularly plug up sewer lines and pumps. If you must use wipes, dispose of them in the trash going to landfill, please. If possible try the following alternatives: > a spray cleaner and washable, reusable rags for household cleaning > a spray bottle of water followed by toilet paper. These will save you money, too! #WipesNotRecyclable #WipesNotFlushable #DontBelieveTheWipe #EmmetRecycling #RecycleMI #fox13utah Video Credit: Fox13 Utah February 10, 2020
Show northern Michigan some love: recycle just right... #Summertime #RecyclingIsEasy #NorthernMichigan #EmmetRecycling #CheboyganRecycling #PresqueIsleRecycling #RecycleMI
Prevent BATTERY FIRES! 1. Before storing or recycling fire-prone batteries, tape their terminals (+ and -) with clear tape. The video shows a quick way to tape the terminals of a bunch of lithium button batteries. Which batteries are fire prone? > All lithium batteries (Li) > Batteries 9V and greater (often in "cordless" devices) > All batteries from electronics 2. Only recycle batteries in designated battery bins. NEVER in curbside or drop-off site bins. Batteries placed in paper/cardboard or bottles/cans recycling bins are likely to be crushed or compacted. These situations have been causing CATASTROPHIC fires at recycling centers around the world. We've had four battery-caused fires so far. Where are Emmet County's designated battery recycling bins? See https://emmetrecycling.org/what-do-i-do-with/batteries-bulbs for the full list. Recycling batteries is vital to supplying materials for the batteries that will power your next cellphone, cordless drill, or even vehicle; now you know how to do it safely! Thank you for recycling with us! #BatteryRecycling #EmmetRecycling #TapetheTerminals #FireDanger #RecycleMI
Prevent BATTERY FIRES! 1. Before storing or recycling fire-prone batteries, tape their terminals (+ and -) with clear tape. The video shows where they are on this cell-phone battery. Which batteries are fire prone? > All lithium batteries (Li) > Batteries 9V and greater (often in "cordless" devices) > All batteries from electronics 2. Only recycle batteries in designated battery bins. NEVER in curbside or drop-off site bins. Batteries placed in paper/cardboard or bottles/cans recycling bins are likely to be crushed or compacted. These situations have been causing CATASTROPHIC fires at recycling centers around the world. We've had four battery-caused fires so far. Where are Emmet County's designated battery recycling bins? See https://emmetrecycling.org/what-do-i-do-with/batteries-bulbs for the full list. Recycling batteries is vital to supplying materials for the batteries that will power your next cellphone, cordless drill, or even vehicle; now you know how to do it safely! Thank you for recycling with us! #BatteryRecycling #EmmetRecycling #TapetheTerminals #FireDanger #RecycleMI