
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

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
- Banned Materials, ABC Containers
- Carpet Recovery
- Curbside Recycling
- Earthday Network
- Earth 911
- EcoCycle
- EnviroLink Network
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Global Green
- Institute for Lifetime Environmental Assessment
- Planning Site
- Recycling Guide
- Solid Waste Diversion Calculator
- WasteNews
Local Recycling Information
- City of Fayetteville Sanitation
- Cumberland County Solid Waste Management
- Harnett County
- Lee County
- City of Sanford, NC
- Moore County
- Scotland County
Magazines
Products
- build it naturally
- Eleek, Inc.
- EnviroGlas Products
- Litter Pickers
- PaperStone Products
- Recycline
- syndeCrete
- Walker Zanger Catalog
Reuse
Federal Sites
National Sites
- American Plastics Council
- The National Recycling Coalition
- North Carolina Recycling Business Assistance Center
North Carolina Sites
- Carolina Recycling Association
- Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
- Made in North Carolina: Recycled Content Products Fuel the State's Economy
- NC General Assembly-Environmental Review Commission
- North Carolina Recycling Markets Directory
- North Carolina Waste Trader
- Pollution and Prevention
- Recycling Means Business: The Impact of Recycling on North Carolina's Economy