For Immediate Release, Atlanta, Georgia, Jul. 15, 2024 – CompostNow and Live Thrive’s CHaRM have partnered to offer a Hard-to-Recycle pick-up service in Atlanta, Georgia. This program offers a convenient way for homes and businesses to keep hard-to-recycle materials out of landfills, directly from their doorstep.
“We’ve been listening closely to our members’ request for an easy solution to divert their hard-to-recycle items from the landfill, and we believe this program will further support community members in their resource recovery and diversion efforts,” said Kat Nigro, Chief Operating Officer, CompostNow. “Partnering with Live Thrive, a cornerstone in our community with years of dedicated service, also allows us to amplify the valuable contributions they’ve made in making our communities more sustainable. We’re excited to increase our collective impact, together!”
The service is easy to participate in and currently accepts 14 streams of materials that are not collected in most local recycling programs such as plastic film, styrofoam, and small electronics. For subscribers to CompostNow’s home composting services, hard-to-recycle items are collected alongside their compost bin. Those without a compost service subscription can schedule a one-time pick-up through CompostNow. The collected items are sent to Live Thrive’s CHaRM Atlanta, where they are prepared to be refurbished, re-engineered, or recycled through local partners.
“Our long-standing partnership with CompostNow made this new collaboration a perfect fit,” said Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe, executive director, Live Thrive. “Now, recycling and composting will be easier than ever. And we know that when we make caring for the environment convenient, more people will participate, and everyone wins.”
CompostNow is excited to offer this service in partnership with Live Thrive. Any resident of Atlanta who would like to participate in the program or is interested in learning more can visit this page.
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About Live Thrive
Live Thrive is a 501 (c) 3 that empowers people, organizations, universities, communities and businesses to make positive, healthy and sustainable changes to the environment through partnerships and community events. The organization works with Atlanta-based corporations to develop educational and recycling programs for employees. In 2023, the organization was named Southeast Recycling Development Council (SERDC) Non-Profit Recycling Champion Winner and honored with the Jeff Woodward Legacy Builder Award by Atlanta Toolbank. Live Thrive has also been recognized by Shaw Industries Group Inc. as a recipient of the sustain[HUMAN]ability® Leadership Recognition Program and as one of Georgia’s Clean 13 Water Heroes – both of these honors highlight Live Thrive’s statewide initiatives to benefit the environment and water quality. Since its 2010 inception, Live Thrive has been recognized by Keep Georgia Beautiful, Georgia Water Coalition, Southface, the Atlanta Metro Chamber, US Green Building Council, Georgia Natural Gas, Atlanta Business Chronicle and Fulton County Citizens Commission, among others. www.livethrive.org
About CHaRM
Atlanta’s only permanent facilities for the recycling of materials too harmful to place at the curb, Live Thrive’s two CHaRMs – Centers for Hard to Recycle Materials – encourage reuse while diverting thousands of tons of household hazardous waste and other hard-to-recycle items from local homes, water supplies and landfills. In 2023 alone, CHaRM Atlanta reused/recycled/reengineered more than 251,012 pounds of Styrofoam, 503,225 pounds of chemicals, 453,224 pounds of glass, 4,000 mattresses and much more for a total in excess of 5.7 million pounds of materials. In June 2024, Live Thrive opened CHaRM DeKalb, offering area residents a second option for recycling and reuse.
CHaRM Atlanta is located at 1110 Hill Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30315.
CHaRM DeKlab is located at 1225 Columbia Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30032.
About CompostNow
Founded in 2011, CompostNow is a solutions provider for organics recycling with expertise in hauling, logistics, consultation, production, and distribution of compost. Their collection services and network of facilities help thousands of homes, businesses, and municipalities divert and compost over a million pounds of pre-consumer and post-consumer organic waste each month. CompostNow’s work is rooted at the intersection of healthy people and healthy planet, and their mission is to rebuild the health of our soil by diverting waste from landfills and using it to create compost for our communities. B Corp Certified
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