St. Louis Teachers' Recycle Center
featured on KSDK's "Show Me St. Louis"
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Excerpt: "This is the St. Louis teachers Recycle Center and what you are experiencing today is our new play your art out studio so we give children things to play with so they can come in and makes art and they seem to go really well together" Susan says. Ex-teacher Susan Blanford is the founder of this new non profit that helps companies recycle their by-products. "It's all materials that were headed to a landfill from industry or individuals" Susan says. Then she shows kids that you can make art out of almost anything! The lesson plan in this business is simple. RECYCLE, because your trash could turn into someone else's unburied treasure!

The St. Louis Teacher's Recycle Center is located in Crestwood Court and in Chesterfield Mall. For more info or to find out how you can donate supplies head to www.SLTRC.com or call (636) 227-7095.

This video was created to provide a brief overview of what Single-Stream Recycling is and how it works in St. Louis. It includes interviews with citizens, local officials and area professionals active in the recycling industry.

From the kitchen, to the curb, to the Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) - where the co-mingled recyclables (paper, plastic, bottles, cans, etc.) are mechanically sorted, bundled and marketed for reuse.

Participants - homeowners and businesses - save time and space by collecting recyclables in one container. Combined collection for mechanical sorting - The Single-Stream Way!

For more information, contact Rebecca Shelby
St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District
314-645-6753

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