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Sandhills Programs

AWARENESS & EDUCATION
  • bringing information about sustainability and sustainable practices to the region

 

ECO-TOURISM
  • supporting local agriculture and creating cultural connections

 

GREEN BUSINESS
  • gaining commitment from local businesses to take steps to become more sustainable

 

GREEN DESIGN
  • promoting sustainable construction and building operations

 

LAND PLANNING
  • creating resources and tools and improving communication across the region

 

RECYCLING
  • ecouraging not only the recycling of waste but also the use of recycled materials
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RECYCLING Program

ecouraging not only the recycling of waste but also the use of recycled materials

PROJECTS

Carolina Lakes Community Meeting

Sustainable Sandhills visited the Carolina Lakes Community on January 28 to discuss recycling options for their community. Currently the community has the option of recycling at Harnett County's convenience sites (newspaper, glass,aluminum), but would like to expand their recycling options and have more convenient and cleaner sites. Sustainable Sandhills is engaged in an active dialog with the County and Community. More than 50 people attended the event, including Harnett County Commissioner Tim McNeill. After a meeting of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners in May, it was recommended that a Task Force be established to determine the feasibility of a broader recycling program. The first meeting of this Task Force will be on July 18 and on each Wednesday evening through September 16 and again on October 3, 2007.  The Task Force will submit its findings to the Board of Commissioners in October.  Check our Calendar of Events for times and location.

 

INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL

September 24, 2006 Sustainable Sandhills partnered with the City of Fayetteville and Fayetteville Beautiful at the International Folk Festival to promote recycling. Staff and volunteers spent the day encouraging festival-goers to utilize recycling bins and handed out information about recycling programs in the City of Fayetteville and Cumberland County. More than 300 pounds of drink containers (plastic and aluminum) were collected, and organizers of the IFF declared the event to be the cleanest in its 25+ year history.

RESOURCes

Books

  • The Economics of Waste:  Porter, Richard C.
  • McGraw-Hill Recycling Handbook, 2nd Edition:  Lund, Herbert F.
  • Why Do We Recycle?:  Markets, Values, and Public Policy:  Ackerman, Frank

 

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

 

General

 

Local Recycling Information

 

Magazines

 

Products

 

Reuse

 

 

 

Federal Sites

 

National Sites

 

North Carolina Sites

 

 

Videos, Educational Sites