Solid Waste Information and Materials
Ad designed by Becky Haltermon, Assistant Boone County Solid Waste Coordinator
Resource Materials
This web site contains information and materials related to: Household Hazardous Waste, Litter, RRR (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), White Goods, Waste Tires, and Farm Waste/Private Property. If you have additional questions regarding solid waste information or materials contact Amanda Abnee Gumbert or Ashley Osborne (amanda.gumbert@uky.edu; ashley.osborne@uky.edu).
Household Hazardous Waste:
Articles:
Household Hazardous Waste for Halloween
Radio Scripts:
Hidden Household Hazards – 60 seconds
E-Scrap (PDF)
Recycle Antifreeze – 30 seconds
Household Hazardous Waste and Halloween – 60 seconds
Drop-in Ads:
Take the Lid Off (included in PDF and PowerPoint formats)
Oil and Water (included in PDF and PowerPoint formats)
Don't Spoil the Soil (included in PDF and PowerPoint formats)
Brochure:
Household Hazardous Products (PDF)
Litter
Articles:
Radio Scripts:
Clean Up Kentucky – 60 seconds
Cigarette Butt Litter (PDF)
Drop-in Ads:
The following drop in ads can be viewed by clicking here.
Litterbugs
Litterbugs in Your Truck
Curbside Trash
Dumpsters & Litterbugs
Construct a Cleaner Community
Don't Feed the Litterbug
Commonwealth Cleanup Week
Cigarette Butts
Brochures:
Some People Think Littering is no Big Deal... page 1, page 2
Cigarette Litter – Butt Out . . .
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
At The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky (located in Lexington) gardeners have turned trash into treasure. Old chairs, bed frames, and barrels make beautiful flower beds. If you would like to share your "Trash Into Treasure" creation on this web site, please email Ashley Osborne at ashley.osborne@uky.edu.
Photo taken at The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
Photo taken at The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
Articles:
Pollution Solutions by Using the Four “R's”
Don't Spook Mother Nature this Halloween
Buying Recycled and the Recycling Loop
Radio Scripts:
Turning Trash to Treasure – 60 seconds
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – 60 seconds
Close the Recycling Loop – 60 seconds
Shop Wise to Reduce Waste – 60 seconds
Recycling Saves Resources – 60 seconds
Home Composting 1 – 60 seconds
Home Composting 2 (PDF)
Drop-In Ads:
Buy Recycled Content Merchandise (full page ad / flyer)
Worm Composting (included in PDF and PowerPoint formats)
White Goods
Articles:
Recycling White Goods: The Process in Boone County
Radio Scripts:
Appliance Recycling – 30 seconds
Waste Tires
Articles:
Radio Scripts:
Drop-In Ads:
It's Not Too Late – Tire Amnesty
Tire Round-Up (full page ad / flyer)
Farm Waste/Private Property
Articles:
Disposing of Unwanted Farm Pesticides
Hot Fun in the Summertime (But No Burning, Please)
Radio Scripts:
Pesticide Container Rinse & Return
Drop-In Ads:
This page is maintained by Ashley Osborne.
Email questions or comments to ashley.osborne@uky.edu.
Last updated: 08/29/2006
