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KSB bids farewell to Eric Robinson

KSB bid farewell to The Sylvania Telephone’s Journalist Eric Robinson Thursday. Eric has shown great support for KSB over the last year and a half and we will all miss him very much. Thank you Eric! Good luck at your new job in North Carolina.

Eric being presented Award of Appreciation from Bill Revesz, KSB Chairman

 

July is "Cigarette Litter Prevention Month

- Photo by Sylvania Telephone

 

“Adopt-a-County Road” Program

Keep Screven Beautiful was recently awarded a $2000.00 grant from the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation. This grant will allow KSB to start an Adopt-A-County Road program. Adopt-A-County Road is a litter control program sponsored by Keep Screven Beautiful (KSB) to provide volunteer community support for anti-litter and beautification programs with the potential for a cost of savings to Screven County. Although not required, participating groups may also wish to initiate special beautification projects (e.g. planting flowers, working with land owners to clean-up unsightly private property, etc.) This program will reduce litter along the streets, enhance the environment and beautify Screven County. Any civic-minded organization or group can adopt a section of county road.

 

Organizations and citizen groups accept responsibility for a minimum of a one mile section of a county road a minimum of four times a year. Due to issues placing signs on dirt roads, you must adopt the entire length of a dirt road. All participants in the Adopt-a-County Road program must sign a waiver and release form prior to working on the streets.

 

KSB will furnish and erect two road signs indicating the section of road under adoption and the name of the organization. KSB will also supply trash bags, gloves and vests.

 

Drop by the Keep Screven Beautiful office at 412 Pine Street, call 564-9171 or email at Lisa.Guidos@KeepScrevenBeautiful.com and we will send you an application package. For more information or to download the Adopt-a-County Road application, go to  http://www.keepscrevenbeautiful.com/ProjectsAndEvents/AdoptAHighway.htm

 

KSB wins Keep America Beautiful Bill Nash Award

Bill Revesz, Stan Sheppard and Lisa went to the Keep America Beautiful President's Circle Awards Luncheon in Washington DC Thursday to accept the William “Bill” Nash Award. This award is the top honor that Keep America Beautiful gives to new affiliates. It is named in honor of the man who helped to build the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Network of Affiliates from the 1970s through the 1990s.

 

The Nash Award recognizes one new KAB affiliate (certified in the last three years) for outstanding achievement in implementing the KAB System. Lynn Cobb, Manager of Keep Georgia Beautiful nominated KSB. For more information, visit http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pressreleases_2007WilliamNashAward.

KSB Chairman Bill Revesz and Director Lisa Guidos with Lynn Cobb (center), Manager of Keep Georgia Beautiful.

 

Adopt-a-Highway

Adopt-A-Highway is a litter control program sponsored by the Georgia Clean and Beautiful Commission and the Georgia Department of Transportation to attract public involvement in picking up litter along Georgia highways. *

 

Litter along Georgia highways has reached an epidemic stage. Keeping our roadways clear of litter has proven to be a very time consuming and extremely expensive operation for the Department of Transportation.

 

This program is gaining attention statewide as it is becoming a major part of our Keep Georgia Clean and Beautiful volunteer network.  Adopt-A-Highway is also an integral part of the Department's own anti-littering campaign, "Let's Keep Georgia Peachy Clean."

Who can adopt?

Any civic-minded organization, such as Garden Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Church Groups, Junior or Senior High School Student Councils, FFA/FHA, Rotary Clubs, etc. can adopt a stretch of highway (one mile minimum) leading into their community.

What are the responsibilities of an adopting organization?

Through such adoption, an organization would have responsibility of controlling the litter problem within that section of highway.  In addition, the organization will:

  • Develop a functional plan that will influence and encourage the public to improve the appearance of their adopted highway;

  • Plan for a general cleanup four times a year;

  • Assist the Georgia Department of Transportation in securing media coverage for the program; and

  • Coordinate with the Department's personnel and Adopt-A-Highway project coordinator to carry out the plan.

What are the responsibilities of the Georgia Department of Transportation?

The Department of Transportation will:

  • Furnish and erect two highway signs indicating the section of highway under adoption and the organization responsible;

  • Furnish manpower and equipment necessary to aid with general cleanups;

  • Coordinate media coverage to inform the public of the program; and

  • Provide assistance by department personnel and project coordinator in carrying out the overall plan.

What is the objective of Adopt-A-Highway?

The objective of the program is to create public awareness of the litter problem along Georgia's highways by making the adopted section of highway an example of community involvement that improves the beauty of the area through volunteer effort.

How do I sign up?

Please drop by the Keep Screven Beautiful office at 412 Pine Street, call 564-9171 or write us at Lisa.Guidos@KeepScrevenBeautiful.com and we will send you an application package. We will be glad to help you with the paperwork.

Current areas adopted in Screven County

  • State Road 24 (Newington Hwy)
    Mile post 30.5 - 31.5
    “In Memory of Flora Revesz”

  • State Road 73 (301 N)
    Mile post 15.2 - 17.2
    “Jr. Woman's Club”

  • State Road 73 (Sylvania By-Pass)
    Mile post 17.2 (Town House Restaurant) – Intersection of Hwy 21
    “Keep Screven Beautiful”

 

*The above information is from the Adopt-a-Highway program.

 

Scrap Tire Event

 

Rivers Alive 2007

Keep Screven Beautiful has just signed up for Rivers Alive and we need your help!

 

Rivers Alive is a volunteer cleanup that targets waterways in Georgia including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetlands. The mission of Rivers Alive is to create awareness and involvement in the preservation of Georgia's water resources.

 

This year’s Rivers Alive will be on Saturday, September 29th.

 

Everyone is invited to participate including non-profit organizations, corporations, community and civic groups, school groups, faith-based groups, individuals, and governmental agencies.

 

For updated information, call Lisa at 564-9171 or go to Adopt-a-Stream & Rivers Alive.

 

Got Tires?

Screven County residents will soon be able to dispose of scrap tires free of charge thanks to a grant available from the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

 

Keep Screven Beautiful, along with the Screven County Commissioners and the Solid Waste Coordinator are proud to announce that Screven County has been awarded $17,000 from the EPD to help clean up scrap tires around the county.

 

Disposing of scrap tires properly is important because if let around, they can collect rainwater that creates an ideal habitat for rodents and mosquitoes. In the heat of summer stacked tires can also ignite, creating tire fires that are difficult to extinguish and can burn for months, generating unhealthy smoke and toxic oils.

 

The scrap tire efforts will be carried out in three phases, the first being in August. The exact dates will be announced within the week.

 

The collection of the tires will be at the Scale House at the Screven County Landfill. You must be a Screven County resident to participate in this project. You will be asked to provide identification and proof of residency when dropping off tires.

 

If you have any questions or concerns, call Keep Screven Beautiful at 564-9171 or visit www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com.

 

International Compost Awareness Week

May 6th through 12th is International Compost Awareness Week. The theme for 2007?  "The Possibilities are Endless ... Compost!"

 

Compost is one of Mother Nature's best ways to mulch and add soil amendments to your garden.  You can make compost in your back yard with materials around your yard and in your house.  Recycling these materials also reduces the amount of waste going into the landfill.  According to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, composting saves us money by lowering garbage bills and replacing the need for commercial soil amendments.  Composting also saves water by helping the soil hold moisture and reducing water runoff.  It also helps your garden by improving the health of the soil.

 

Composting helps the environment in lots of ways. By creating your own compost pile in your back yard, you are recycling organic materials and saving on the cost of transporting it to the landfill.

 

For a list of materials you can compost and a list of materials you shouldn't, plus ideas on how to use compost around your home, visit http://www.keepscrevenbeautiful.com/compost.htm or call Keep Screven Beautiful at 564-9171 and request a brochure on composting.

 

The Screven County Landfill would like to remind you that you can get free compost at the landfill. Come to the landfill Monday through Friday between the hours of 7 AM and 4 PM and someone will help you load your truck. Once you see how it helps your garden, we're sure you'll start making your own!

 

Great American Cleanup

Over 400 volunteers turned out this year to make this year’s Great American Cleanup our most successful yet. Citizens from all over Screven County picked up almost 11 ½ tons (22,940 pounds) during the week of April 9th through the 14th. Groups and organizations from all over the county volunteered their time to help keep Screven County a beautiful place to live. Sites were located at the county fire stations in Jackson, Oliver, Jenk Hill, Rocky Ford, Cooperville, Newington and Hiltonia and at the Screven County Chamber of Commerce in Sylvania.

 

There was a friendly competition between the communities. Newington and Sylvania tied for first place in the weight category. With both having 5160 pounds. Rocky Ford came in second place with 5020 pounds and Oliver came in third place with 3200. Jackson had 1690 pounds, Jenk Hill had 1370 pounds, Hiltonia had 1020 pounds and Cooperville had 320.

 

Sylvania won with the highest number of volunteers with 225. Hiltonia came in second with 60 and Newington third with 32.

 

In appreciation for the hard work of the volunteers, several businesses around the county donated gift certificates and prizes. David Bragg won a Garden Gift Basket from The Cotton Patch. Jimmy Parker won a Beretta Sport Umbrella from Georgia Wilderness Outfitters. Alan L. Stewart won a $25.00 Gift Certificate from Moat's IGA. Brenda Durntz, Rebecca Cook, Bessie K, and Catherine Pierce won $25.00 Gift Certificates from Rebecca's. Patrick Kyle won a ZipZaps micro RC from Radio Shack. Chyna Dammarell, Zack Miller, Brandon Long and Donnie Mobley won $25.00 Gift Certificates from Terry's Tee's. Mary Williams won a $30 Food Certificate from Papa's Pizza. Pauline Dingle won 2 Sunday Lunch Buffets from Cedar's in Cooperville. Roland Stubbs and Eric Johnson won $10 Gas Certificates from Brower Food Shops.

 

Keep Screven Beautiful would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Screven County and our event sponsors for a very successful Great American Cleanup. We had a great turnout this year and everyone had a great time. To learn more about how to Keep Screven Beautiful, visit our website at www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com.

 

Great American Cleanup This Saturday

Volunteers from across the county will meet in Sylvania, Newington, Oliver, Cooperville, Rocky Ford, Jenk Hill, Hiltonia, and Jackson this Saturday from 8 AM until Noon in order to improve their local parks, public spaces, waterways, hiking trails, sidewalks and streets by participating in Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup™. Supplies such as trash bags, gloves, and safety t-shirts will be provided. We will have drawings for several gifts and names will be chosen from the list of volunteers. There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup.

 

Also this Saturday, Keep Screven Beautiful, along with Keep Bulloch Beautiful (KBB), is pulling together a “Meet at the Bridge” team to meet at the Bulloch/Screven County line. Several KBB Board Members and elected officials will be participating. Meet at 9:30 at Dover Road.

 

Visit www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com or call 564-9171 or 564-5869 to volunteer.

 

The Great American Cleanup is Saturday, April 14th

The Great American Cleanup is an annual, nationwide, community improvement campaign started by Keep America Beautiful in 1999. Each April, thousands of Georgians celebrate Keep Georgia Beautiful Month by cleaning, restoring, and beautifying their communities as part of the Cleanup. Visit http://www.keepscrevenbeautiful.com/ProjectsAndEvents/GreatAmericanCleanup.htm for details. You can select the area of the county that you would like to pick up. An area can be suggested if you do not have one in mind.

 

Sign up your group or club at the Keep Screven Beautiful office at 412 Pine Street, the Screven County Chamber of Commerce or see Alan Scott at Timken. You can also sign up in the communities listed below.

 

Keep Screven Beautiful along with Keep Bulloch Beautiful (KBB) are pulling together a “Meet at the Bridge” team to meet at the Bulloch/Screven County line. Several KBB Board Members and elected officials will be participating. Please let Lisa Guidos (564-9171, 564-5869 or Lisa.Guidos@KeepScrevenBeautiful.com) know if you are interested.

 

This year, in addition to picking up trash, we will be separating recyclable materials. Items that will be recycled include: cardboard, batteries, electronics, glass, plastics (#1 and #2), aluminum cans, newspapers, magazines, packing peanuts (clean), used clothing, old cars, appliances such as old washing machines and old mobile homes ($250.00 plus you transport to landfill -call 863-7001).

 

Once all of the trash and recycled materials have been collected, the items will be weighed. The weights of all items will be announced later. There will be a friendly competition between the communities and there will be prizes given later.

 

This year, several local businesses have donated prizes to be given away to volunteers. Be sure and sign up for the chance to win! Local sponsors include: The Cotton Patch, Georgia Wilderness Outfitters, Moat's IGA Super Market, Rebecca's, Radio Shack, Brower's, Terry's Tee's, Screven County Fire Department and local stations, Sylvania Fire Department, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Screven County Chamber of Commerce, City of Sylvania, City of Newington, City of Hiltonia, Papa's Pizza, Howell's Nursery in Rocky Ford and WZBX/WSYL, our local radio station.

 

The state sponsors for this year will be: Coca-Cola, Georgia Power and the Keep Georgia Beautiful program at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The national sponsors are Pepsi, Wrigley, Honda, Glad, Waste Management, Sprint, Scott's Miracle Gro, Sparkle, Firestone, Sams and Troy-Bilt.

Newington

  • Monday, April 9th – Saturday, April 14th at Noon

  • Sign up your group or club at the Newington City Hall. See Varnette Perkins M, Tu, Th & F 9 AM - 12 PM.

  • Supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety t-shirts will be provided. These supplies can be picked up during the week of April 9 - 13 at the Newington City Hall. See Varnette Perkins M, Tu, Th & F 9 AM - 12 PM.

  • Once you have collected the trash and recycled items, you can drop it off across from the Police Station (former location of Calvin's Garage). If you live in town, you can place items at the road in front of your house during the week of April 9 - Saturday April 14. City workers will pick the items up and take them to the drop off location.

  • There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup at the Newington Town Park at Noon. It will be at the Fire Station if it rains.

Sylvania

  • Saturday, April 14th 8 - Noon

  • Sign up your group or club at the Keep Screven Beautiful office at 412 Pine Street or at the Screven County Chamber of Commerce.

  • Supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety t-shirts will be provided. These supplies can be picked up during the week of April 9 - 13 at the Chamber of Commerce.

  • Once you have collected the trash and recycled items, you can drop it off at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

  • There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot at Noon.

Hiltonia

  • Some groups in Hiltonia will be picking up on Friday, April 13th, and others on Saturday, April 14th.

  • See Ms. Maudie Powell Monday - Friday 8:00 - 12:00 at the Hiltonia City Hall to sign up your group or club.

  • Mrs. Vivian Forehand will be passing out trash bags, gloves, and t-shirts.

  • There will be a bin for drop-off at the Hiltonia Fire Department on Friday & Saturday.

  • There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup.

Rocky Ford

  • Saturday, April 14th 8 - Noon

  • Sign up your group or club at Rocky Ford City Hall Mon - Friday, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, or at the Fire Department on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 8:00 am.

  • Supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety t-shirts will be provided. These supplies can be picked up Saturday, April 14th at 8:00am at the Rocky Ford Fire Department.  

  • There will be a bin for drop-off at the Fire Department the day of the cleanup (April 14th.)

  • There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup at the Rocky Ford Fire Department at Noon.

Oliver

  • Saturday, April 14th 8 - Noon

  • Sign up your group or club at Oliver City Hall from 4 PM - 6 PM Monday through Thursday and Saturday, April 7th. You can also sign up at the Oliver Fire Department on the morning of the cleanup.

  • Supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety t-shirts will be provided. These supplies can be picked up Saturday, April 14th at 8:00am at the Oliver Fire Department.

  • Once you have collected the trash and recycled items, you can drop it off at the Oliver Fire Station.

  • There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup at the Oliver Fire Department at Noon.

Jenk Hill

  • Saturday, April 14th 8 - Noon

  • Sign up your group or club at the Jenk Hill Fire Department on the morning of the cleanup.

  • Supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety t-shirts will be provided. These supplies can be picked up Saturday, April 14th at 8:00am at the Jenk Hill Fire Department.

  • There will be a bin for drop-off at the Fire Department the day of the cleanup (April 14th.)

Cooperville

  • Saturday, April 14th 8 - Noon

  • Sign up your group or club at the Cooperville Fire Department.

  • Supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety t-shirts will be provided. These supplies can be picked up Saturday, April 14th at 8:00am at the Cooperville Fire Department.

  • There will be a bin for drop-off at the Fire Department the day of the cleanup (April 14th.)

  • There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup at the Cooperville Fire Station at Noon.

Jackson

  • Saturday, April 14th 8 - Noon

  • Sign up your group or club at the Jackson Fire Department.

  • Supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety t-shirts will be provided. These supplies can be picked up Saturday, April 14th at 8:00am at the Jackson Fire Department.

  • There will be a bin for drop-off at the Fire Department the day of the cleanup (April 14th.)

  • There will be refreshments served after the Cleanup at the Jackson Fire Station at Noon.

 

Adopt-A-Highway

Sisters Judy Strange, Diane Revesz and Angie Ferguson clean up State Road 24 (Newington Hwy) for the Adopt-A-Highway program. Their family adopted mile post 30.5 - 31.5 in honor of Flora Revesz, Bill and Diane Revesz's daughter.

 

Adopt-A-Highway is a litter control program sponsored by the Georgia Clean and Beautiful Commission and the Georgia Department of  Transportation to attract public involvement in picking up litter along Georgia highways.

 

Any civic-minded organization, such as Garden Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Church Groups, Junior or Senior High School Student Councils, FFA/FHA, Rotary Clubs, etc. can adopt a stretch of highway (one mile minimum). Through the adoption, the organization would have responsibility of controlling the litter problem within that section of highway by planning a cleanup four times a year.

 

The Department of Transportation will furnish and erect two highway signs indicating the section of highway under adoption and the organization's name. They will also furnish equipment such as trash bags. They will pick the bags up the next business day after the cleanup.

 

If you have questions or would like help with the required paperwork, call (564-9171) or stop by the Keep Screven Beautiful office at 412 Pine Street. You can also visit their website at www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com.

 

Volunteers Take Action for a Cleaner, Greener Tomorrow as
Keep Screven Beautiful Kicks off 2007 Great American Cleanup™

For Immediate Release

Contact: Lisa J. Guidos, Keep Screven Beautiful

(912) 564-9171

Lisa.Guidos@KeepScrevenBeautiful.com

 

Clean-up and Beautification Efforts to Take Place Nationwide as Part of America’s Largest

Community Improvement Event Led Nationally by Keep America Beautiful

 

Screven County, Georgia (Feb. 28, 2007) – Volunteers across the country are rallying to improve their local parks, public spaces, waterways, hiking trails, sidewalks and streets by participating in Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup™, the nation’s largest annual community improvement program, which takes place from March 1 through May 31.  Keep Screven Beautiful will kick-off their activities on Saturday, April 14 at 8:00. Visit www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com or call 564-9171 to find out individual community schedules or to volunteer.

 

“Americans have always taken pride in the beauty of their communities and country, and Keep America Beautiful has been proudly leading the charge to take care of tomorrow today,” said G. Raymond Empson, president of Keep America Beautiful.  “In its 22nd year, The Great American Cleanup continues to make a lasting impact by creating a cleaner, safer and more beautiful environment.  Through litter and waste removal, recycling drives, beautification efforts and educational outreach, our volunteers are keeping America beautiful.”

 

Screven County’s Great American Cleanup activities are part of  a larger national effort that is expected to involve close to 2.5 million people, volunteering more than 8 million hours to clean, beautify and improve 15,000 communities during 30,000 events in all 50 states.  Activities will include beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter and removing scrap tires, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events.  

 

For the fifth consecutive year, President George W. Bush will be serving as Honorary Chair of the Great American Cleanup.  Mrs. Laura Bush will also be joining him for the third consecutive year as Honorary Chair.

 

The 2006 Great American Cleanup produced phenomenal results with over 228 million pounds of litter and debris collected; more than 2.5 million scrap tires and 37 million plastic (PET) bottles removed from the waste stream; 10,000 illegal dump sites cleaned; 38.5 million pounds of aluminum and steel recycled; over 5.5 million trees, flowers and bulbs planted and more than 6,000 miles of rivers, lakes and shorelines cleaned by the strength of over 2 million volunteers.

 

Many of America’s leading companies are dedicated to supporting and sponsoring the efforts for the 2007 Great American Cleanup.  The National Sponsors are: American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Firestone Complete Auto Care™ and TiresPlus™, GLAD® ForceFlex® Trash Bags, Pepsi-Cola Company, Sam’s Club®, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, Sparkle® Paper Towels from Georgia-Pacific, Sprint Foundation, Troy-Bilt®, Waste Management, Inc., and the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company; Educational Partners: Rubber Manufacturers Association and The Wireless Alliance.

 

About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. This national nonprofit forms public-private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community’s environment. The Great American Cleanup™ is the organization’s signature program that mobilizes millions of volunteers to improve their communities through hands-on participation. For more information, visit www.kab.org.

 

New Litter Laws – Better secure that load!

Recently, Governor Sonny Perdue unveiled Georgia’s new statewide anti-litter campaign - Litter. It Costs You. The campaign includes a three-pronged approach: Education, Enforcement and Eradication. Part of this campaign includes new and stricter litter laws known as the Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act of 2006. This act makes it easier for law enforcement officers to punish litter offenders.

 

If you are caught littering in Georgia you can be ordered to pay a fine of as much as $1,000 or more. You can also be ordered to clean up a littered area in a community. The act also holds the driver of the car responsible for any litter leaving the vehicle. It doesn't matter if you throw it out or not. This includes a passenger throwing it out of the window or it blowing out the back of your truck.  

 

In fact, the new laws state that you can receive up to a $1000.00 fine for operating a vehicle that does not have the contents covered. It doesn't matter if it flies out or not. So, be sure and tie down anything that you place in the back of your truck. It MUST be secure.

 

All law enforcement agencies, officers, and officials of the state can enforce the new laws. There are other officials such as the Screven County Public Works Director, the Code Enforcement Officer and the Animal Control Officer that also have the authority to write litter citations.

 

Visit www.litteritcostsyou.org today to learn more about the new litter laws and visit www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com to learn how you can help Keep Screven Beautiful.

 

Great American Cleanup Date Announced

Mark your calendar! Keep Screven Beautiful (KSB) will sponsor this year’s Great American Cleanup (GAC) on Saturday, April 14, 2007. The Great American Cleanup is an annual, nationwide, community improvement campaign started by Keep America Beautiful. Each April, thousands of Georgians celebrate Keep Georgia Beautiful Month by cleaning, restoring, and beautifying their communities as part of the Cleanup.

 

For information on how you can volunteer, contact Lisa Guidos at 564-9171 or visit our website at www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com.

 

Cardboard makes money for Screven County

Harris Sutton, an officer at the Screven County Landfill stands in front of a mountain of cardboard ready to be baled and shipped to a recycling facility in Augusta, Georgia.

 

Last year, Screven County recycled 373 tons of cardboard. Recycling that cardboard saved the county $13,055.00 in tipping fees sending it to the landfill in Ridgeland, South Carolina. In addition to the money the county saved, the recycling company paid the county $10,714.18 for the cardboard!

 

Help save the county money, which in turn saves you money by recycling your cardboard. If you have a business, call the landfill at 863-7480 to find out how you can get a cardboard recycling container. Everyone else can save their cardboard and take it to one of our convenient recycling facilities around the county. Call Keep Screven Beautiful at 564-9171 to find the closest facility to you. And, thank you for helping Keep Screven Beautiful!

 

Bring One for the Chipper Reminder

Keep Screven Beautiful (KSB) wants to remind everyone about the "Bring One for the Chipper", a Christmas tree recycling program. KSB along with the Screven County Landfill, the City of Sylvania and the Georgia Forestry Commission will be collecting Christmas trees until January 7.

 

After you have taken off the garland and ornaments, bring your Christmas tree to one of our convenient drop-off sites. These sites are located at the recycling centers around the county. (Please do not throw the tree into the dumpster!)

 

In appreciation of your recycling efforts, when you bring your tree to Convenience Center #1 located at 943 Rocky Ford Road (outside the landfill) on Saturday, January 6, 2007 from 10 AM to 4 PM you will receive a free dogwood seedling, while supplies last.

 

For more details about the 'Bring One for the Chipper' project, visit the Keep Screven Beautiful website at Bring One for the Chipper or call 564-9171. Thanks for helping Keep Screven Beautiful!

 

To the editor:

Keep Screven Beautiful (KSB) would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Screven County for a wonderful turnout at the Downtown Extravaganza. Despite the not-so-pleasant temperatures, the night was a huge success! We gave away hot apple cider, donuts, pencils, rulers, trash bags and stickers. Dozens of wildflower seed packets were distributed. These seed packets were donated by the Georgia Department of Transportation to promote their Wildflower Program.

 

We also had an Opportunity Drawing. Donald Toole won First Prize, a beautiful Christmas gift basket. Cody Lee won Second Prize, a Pancake Breakfast basket. Both gift baskets were prepared and donated by The Cotton Patch.

 

To learn more about how to Keep Screven Beautiful, visit our website at www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com.

 

Thank you,

Keep Screven Beautiful

412 Pine Street, Sylvania

(912) 564-9171

 

KSB will be at the Christmas Extravaganza

Keep Screven Beautiful (KSB) will be giving away apple cider and donuts at the Christmas Extravaganza. We will also be giving away Wildflower seed packets to support the Georgia Department of Transportation's Wildflower Program. We have several exciting projects planned for the next year including "Bring One For the Chipper", our Christmas tree recycling program and our Annual Great American Cleanup. Stop by our booth and learn about us and how you can help Keep Screven Beautiful. You can also check us out at our website: www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com or call us at 564-9171.

 

“Bring One for the Chipper"

Keep Screven Beautiful (KSB) is sponsoring "Bring One for the Chipper", a Christmas tree recycling program. KSB along with the Screven County Landfill, the City of Sylvania and the Georgia Forestry Commission will be collecting Christmas trees from December 26 through January 7.

 

After you have taken off the garland and ornaments, bring your Christmas tree to one of our convenient drop-off sites. (Please do not throw the tree into the dumpster!) The trees will be taken to the Screven County Landfill and chipped into fragrant mulch.

 

Drop-off sites in Sylvania:

  • Convenience Center #3
    Highway 21,
    Location: Next to the old White Stag building

  • Convenience Center #4
    Ogeechee Road and Highway 301,
    Location: In the BiLo Shopping Center.

 

Drop-off sites in the county:

  • Convenience Center #1
    943 Rocky Ford Road
    Location:
    7 AM - 4 PM, Screven County Landfill
    4 PM - 7 AM, Outside landfill and transfer station

  • Convenience Center #2
    Jenk Hill and Ogeechee Road

  • Convenience Center #5
    Highway 301 and Bascom Road, Next to Sylvania Ford.

  • Convenience Center #7
    Location: Off of Highway 21.

 

In appreciation of your recycling efforts, when you bring your tree to Convenience Center #1 located at 943 Rocky Ford Road (outside the landfill) on Saturday, January 6, 2007 from 10 AM to 4 PM you will receive a free dogwood seedling, while supplies last.

 

For more details about the 'Bring One for the Chipper' project, visit Keep Screven Beautiful’s website at www.keepscrevenbeautiful.com/BringOneForTheChipper.htm or call 564-9171.

 

Thanks for helping Keep Screven Beautiful!

 

CHRISTMAS TREES SET FOR THE CHIPPER ON JANUARY 6

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 2, 2006

Contact: Roxi Konnick, Keep Georgia Beautiful 404-679-1580, rkonnick@dca.state.ga.us

CHRISTMAS TREES SET FOR THE CHIPPER ON JANUARY 6

Join the tradition and give a gift to nature this holiday season! Keep Georgia Beautiful invites you to celebrate the 17th annual “Bring One for the Chipper” and recycle your Christmas tree after the holidays.  

 

As part of a statewide effort to reuse Christmas trees, Keep Georgia Beautiful at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs has joined with sponsors The Home Depot, 11 Alive (Atlanta’s NBC affiliate) and The Davey Tree Expert Company to sponsor the “Bring One for the Chipper” program.

 

Georgia residents are invited to bring their trees to a drop off center in their neighborhood on Saturday, January 6, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trees will be chipped into mulch or used as wildlife habitat. The mulch is used for public beautification projects, and in many communities is available free to citizens.

 

In appreciation of their recycling efforts, participants will also receive a free dogwood seedling, while supplies last.

 

Beginning in mid December, local drop off site information will be available by ZIP code on the “Bring One for the Chipper” Web site at www.KeepGeorgiaBeautiful.org. Drop off information is also available by calling 1-800-CLEANUP.

 

Since 1991, “Bring One for the Chipper,” has collected over 4.5 million trees and provided over one million tree seedlings to participants.  Last year, more than 225,000 trees were recycled. The program produces tangible environmental benefits while helping local governments comply with state regulations that prohibit the disposal of yard trimmings in lined municipal landfills.

 

“For seventeen years, ‘Bring One for the Chipper’ and our corporate sponsors have made it possible for Georgians to dispose of their trees in a way that is beneficial to our environment,” said Keep Georgia Beautiful’s Roxi Konnick, coordinator of the statewide event. “Because of this program, thousands of Georgians have made Christmas tree recycling a holiday tradition.”

 

For more information about Bring One for the Chipper, call Keep Georgia Beautiful at (404) 679-1580 or contact your local Keep America Beautiful Affiliate.  

 

KSB Meets Every Third Thursday

The Keep Screven Beautiful Commission meets the third Thursday of each month at the Keep Screven Beautiful office at 412 Pine Street at 10:00 AM. Call 564-9171 or visit www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com for more information.

 

Keep Screven Beautiful Opens Office

The Keep Screven Beautiful (KSB) Commission would like to announce the opening of their new office at 412 Pine Street (across from the Syl-View Health Care Center). The office hours are Monday through Thursday 9 AM to 12 PM.

 

Keep Screven Beautiful is a pre-certified affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Georgia Beautiful. There are several steps involved in becoming certified and KSB has nearly completed the process. Some of the tasks already accomplished are creating a logo, performing a Litter Index of the county and completing a Litter/Solid Waste Survey. The certification process has been underway since July.

 

Lisa J. Guidos, the newly appointed Executive Director along with the Board Members are working hard to complete the certification requirements. The requirements remaining are to appoint a Chairman of the Committee, finalize a budget and complete the Analysis and Recommendations based on the data obtained from the previous certification tasks such as the Litter Index and the Litter/Solid Waste Survey. The estimated completion of all tasks will be in December. There will be a workshop and celebration once the final report has been submitted and approved by Keep America Beautiful and Keep Georgia Beautiful.

 

For more information about KSB and how you can help, call 564-9171 or visit our website at www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com. The KSB Commission wants to thank you for helping Keep Screven Beautiful!

 

November 15 is America Recycles Day

November 15, 2006 is America Recycles Day and the Keep Screven Beautiful Commission wants you to know the facts. Did you know that paper takes up as much as 50% of all landfill space? Or that the energy you save by recycling 1 glass bottle can light a 100-watt light bulb for 4 hours? Or that recycling 1 aluminum can can save enough energy to operate a television or computer for 3 hours? You can reduce your household waste by 20 - 40%, as well as reducing the energy and pollution costs associated with manufacturing more materials just by taking the time to recycle. The EPA estimates that while 75 percent of what Americans trash every week could be recycled, only 25 percent is. Here in Screven County, 16% of what is taken to the landfill is recycled. That's good, but we can do better.

What do I do?

It's easy. All you have to do is sort recyclable materials into a container instead of throwing everything into the trash can (please rinse cans and bottles first). You can recycle almost everything. Here is a list of what is recycled in Screven County:

  • Auto: Car Batteries, Used Tires.

  • Glass: Brown Glass, Clear Glass, Green Glass

  • Metal: Aluminum Cans, Ferrous Metals (Steel, Iron), Nonferrous Metal, Tin or Steel Cans, White Goods (Non-Reusable Large Appliances)

  • Paper: Cardboard, Catalogs, Computer Paper, Magazines, Mixed Paper, Newspaper, White Office Paper

  • Plastic: #1 Plastic (PETE), #2 Plastic (HDPE Clear), #2 Plastic (HDPE Colored)

  • Other: Chemical jugs (must be triple rinsed and hole punched), Old mobile homes

Where do I take it?

Once you have the recycled materials sorted, you can carry the items to any of our Convenience Centers located around the county. Here you will find bins for Plastics, Aluminum Cans, Cardboard and Glass. Some Convenience Centers have bins for magazines. Convenience Center #1, located outside the landfill also accepts yard waste, car batteries, used tires, white goods and chemical jugs. Call the landfill at (912) 863-7480 for information on how to dispose of old mobile homes.

 

Here are the locations of the Screven County Convenience Centers:

 

Convenience Center #1

943 Rocky Ford Road,

Location:

7 AM - 4 PM, Screven County Landfill

4 PM - 7 AM, Just outside landfill

 

Convenience Center #2

Jenk Hill and Ogeechee Road,

Sylvania, GA 30467

 

Convenience Center #3

Highway 21,

Location: Next to the White Stag building.

 

Convenience Center #4

Ogeechee Road and Highway 301,

Location: In the BiLo Shopping Center.

 

Convenience Center #5

Highway 301 and Bascom Road,

Location: Next to Sylvania Ford.

 

Convenience Center #7

Sylvania, GA 30467

Location: Off of Highway 21.

 

Please make sure that you place your materials into the correct bin and only place recycled materials in them, not household garbage. And please, keep the materials lose, not in bags. The bins are designed so that the doors open and the materials will flow out. This will not happen if the bins are clogged with large bags. The county comes by once a week and empties the containers.

What happens next?

Once the county has picked up the materials, they are taken to the county landfill's transfer station where they are sorted. They are then sold to companies that grind, melt and/or produce new products from them. Screven County currently makes about $27,000.00 on recycling annually with scrap metal, cardboard and aluminum bringing in our largest revenue sources.

 

Lots of items around you may be made from recycled materials. The very newspaper you're holding now may have once been notebook paper used at an elementary school. Lawn furniture, plant pots, playground equipment and toys may have once been #1 Plastic (PETE) or #2 Plastic (HDPE) bottles. Up to 90% of recycled glass can be reused to make new glass items, such as bottles and jars. Carpeting, roofing, wallboard, paint, insulation, siding, flooring and many other items can all be made from recycled materials. Be sure to look for recycled materials when purchasing new items. That encourages more manufacturers to use recycled materials and completes the recycling cycle.

How does this help me?

You may be asking, How does recycling help me? When you recycle, the county saves money that it would normally spend on sending it to the landfill in South Carolina and it makes money on the recyclable materials, too. Most importantly, recycling makes the Earth a cleaner and healthier place for our children and future generations. It just makes sense to recycle!

 

For more information on America Recycles Day, recycling and what you can do, visit http://www.americarecyclesday.org/home.html or call the Keep Screven Beautiful office at (912) 564-9171 or visit their website at www.KeepScrevenBeautiful.com. Thank you for helping Keep Screven Beautiful!

 

 

Last updated: July 3, 2008

 

Mission Statement

The Keep Screven Beautiful Commission encourages and educates all citizens of Screven County to end litter, minimize solid waste and beautify our county. The Commission works toward improving litter and solid waste control ordinances and seeks effective enforcement of all pertinent ordinances.

 

 

 

Keep Screven Beautiful

412 Pine Street

Sylvania, GA 30467

Phone: 912.564.9171

Email: Lisa.Guidos@KeepScrevenBeautiful.com