Tag: recycling

Plogging event set as part of the Great American Cleanup
The Keep America Beautiful organization has an initiative every spring called the Great American Cleanup. Marking its 22nd year in 2020, the initiative inspires people to take action every day to improve and beautify their communities in nearly every way possible. You can join the conversation by following #DoBeautifulThings on Twitter and Instagram or by liking […]

Join the Great American Cleanup on March 20
COSHOCTON – The annual “Great American Cleanup” is scheduled for March 20. This project is the country’s largest community improvement project with more than 20,000 communities participating each year. As part of the Keep American Beautiful organization (KAB.org), this national program engages over five million volunteers to take action in their communities each year to […]

Disposable battery and cell phone recycling now available
COSHOCTON – Disposable battery and cell phone drop-off sites are now available for the public to use throughout Coshocton County. Program Manager Jeff Wherley from the Coshocton County Recycling & Litter Prevention Office said the sites are at no cost to use for all disposable batteries brought by the public. “I have had requests for […]

Waste Parchment stepping up services
COSHOCTON – It is so great to have a local company willing to help the community with its services. In this case, it’s Waste Parchment. Waste Parchment is based out of Millersburg, but owned by Coshocton resident Rocky Smith. It specializes in recycling textbooks from area schools. According to Mark Hoxworth, plant manager, they have […]

No replacement found yet for WestRock recycling
COSHOCTON – Jeff Wherley from the Coshocton County Recycling & Litter Prevention office is working hard to help businesses find a new place to recycle their paper products now that WestRock is closing. “I am working with some different business and trying to find a possibility,” he said. “We have to find a business to […]