Keep Onslow Beautiful

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Keep Onslow Beautiful

• Lisa Grant,
• Administrator
• Seen here during
• Litter Sweep Event

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Keep Onslow Beautiful (KOB)

• We are a Keep America Beautiful affiliate.
  www.kab.org
• Keep America Beautiful has been the nations
  leading community improvement organization
  successfully implemented an effective, systematic
  strategy for educating on recycling and reducing
  litter, and changing individual attitudes about
  solid waste.

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KOB Mission

• Our mission is to engage individuals to take
  greater responsibility for improving their
  community environments.

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Keep Onslow Beautiful (KOB)

• Keep Onslow Beautiful is responsible for
  educating the community about environmental
  issues such as recycling, littering, illegal
  dumping, storm water, pollution, protecting
  wildlife, and preservation of our natural
  resources.
• KOB started the very first Onslow School
  Recycling Program in 2006 with the help of a
  DPPEA grant. In 2006, we started school
  recycling at 3 schools and in 2007 we expanded to
  2 more schools.
• We are now expanding to more schools each year.
  In 2007-08, we are able to expand to 12 more
  schools with the help of the USDA and DPPEA.
• We also encourage and inspire citizens to
  participate in clean-ups, recycling, reporting
  litterbugs, beautification projects, and everyday
  involvement in insuring a clean environment for
  the future of Onslow County.
• We also coordinate the Environmental Quality
  Indicators Report (EQI) each year, reporting on
  the overall environmental quality in Onslow
  County.

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Keep Onslow Beautiful (KOB)

• Guiding Principles
• Individual Responsibility
• Education
• Partnerships
• Volunteerism
• Focus Areas
• Keep Onslow Beautiful provides sustainable
  solutions to improve the physical and visual
  aspects of community environments that
  individuals can directly impact through their own
  actions in the areas of
• Litter Prevention
• Beautification and community improvement, and
• Waste Reduction

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KOB Programs

• Environmental Education Outreach Program
• For ALL Onslow County Schools, Public, Private,
  and College
• Presentations offered to schools, childcare
  facilities, and civic groups on a variety of
  environmental issues such as Recycling,
  Stormwater, and more

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School Recycling Program

• Keep Onslow Beautiful started the very first
  Onslow County School Recycling Program in 2006
  with the help of a grant from DPPEA. We started
  the program with 3 schools and expanded to 2 more
  schools and we are now expanding to 12 more with
  the help of DPPEA and the USDA.

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Onslow County Environmental Education Outreach
Program - Schools

• In-Classroom Presentations offered by Keep Onslow
  Beautiful
• Tours of the Recycling Facility Offered by
  Coastal Enterprises w/ Keep Onslow Beautiful
• Canoe Ecology Tours on the New River Offered by
  the New River Foundation w/ Keep Onslow
  Beautiful.
• Trees Planted at 30 Schools each year by Keep
  Onslow Beautiful.

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Onslow County Environmental Education Outreach
Program

• For More Information
• Call
• [phone]
• To report an Illegal Dumpsite Call
• [phone] x311

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KOB Programs - Recycling

• In Onslow County
• Recycling Money
• Using the Pay As You Throw (PAYT) program at the
  Onslow County Convenience Centers Recycling is
  simple economics.

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Recycling Money!

• Onslow County Convenience Centers
• 1.50 / bag of trash
• FREE Recycling
• THE MORE YOU RECYCLE, THE MORE MONEY YOU SAVE!!!!!

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Convenience Centers TRASH RECYCLE

• I use the convenience centers and I have 2
  people in my household. I recycle everything
  that I can and I compost my organics (food
  scraps). It takes me three months to get a full
  bag of trash to take to the dump.
• I pay 1.50/ bag every 3 months because of
  recycling at the convenience centers.

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Convenience Center Locations

• Landfill Site
• [phone]
• 415 Meadowview Rd
• Open Mon Sat 630am 5pm

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Convenience Center Locations Cont.

• Swansboro
• [phone]
• On Swansboro Loop Rd
• Open Mon, Wed, Fri
• 8am 6pm

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Convenience Center Locations Cont.

• Catherine Lake
• [phone]
• On Bannermill Rd ½ mile off Hwy 111
• Open Mon, Wed, Fri, 8am-6pm

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Convenience Center Locations Cont.

• Folkstone
• [phone]
• On Old Folkstone Rd 1 mile east of Hwy 17
• Open Mon, Wed, Fri 8am-6pm

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Convenience Center Locations Cont.

• Midway Park
• [phone]
• Behind Piney Green Vol. Fire dept
• Open Mon, Wed, Fri 8am-6pm

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Convenience Center Locations Cont.

• Verona
• [phone]
• On Dawson Cabin Rd. ¼ mile east of Puller Hall
  Pistol Range
• Open Mon, Wed, Fri 8am-6pm

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Convenience Centers Open Three Days a Week

• Swansboro 326-7376
• Catherine Lake 324-2723
• Folkstone 327-2444
• Midway Park 353-3980
• Verona 455-3677

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Convenience Centers open 1 day per week

• Silverdale Saturday
• On Belgrade Hwy ¼ mile north of Silverdale School
• Ramsey Friday
• On Ramsey Rd. 5 miles east of gum branch rd.
• Nine Mile Thursday
• On nine mile rd. 1 ½ miles west of hwy 53
• Richlands Wednesday
• On Cavanaughtown rd 1 ½ miles north of Comfort
  hwy
• Belgrade Tuesday
• On Mattocks rd. ½ mile east of Spring Hill
  Crossing
• Hubert Monday
• On Hubert Blvd. ½ mile east of Hubert Fire station

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Landfill and Convenience Center Holidays

• New Years Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Labor Day
• Veterans Day
• Christmas Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• 4th of July

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For more info call

• Landfill [phone]
• Keep Onslow Beautiful [phone] x 401
• Illegal Dumps, Littering, Illegal Burning and all
  other Solid Waste Violations Please report to
  Onslow County Environmental Enforcement (910)
  455-4470 x 311

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24/7 Recycle Drop Off Site

• Keep Onslow Beautiful
• Look for big green container in back of building
• 604 College St., Jacksonville, NC
• Near the Health Dept.

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Convenience Center Charges

• 1.50 / 30 gallon bag of trash
• Recycling FREE
• White Goods (appliances) FREE
• Tires 5 FREE for Onslow County residents only
• Furniture 5.00 each

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North Carolina Landfill Bans

• Since 1994, Aluminum Cans have been banned from
  any NC landfill.
• This was done in an effort to divert a material
  that was much more important to the market than
  it was to landfill.

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Other Landfill Bans

• Prohibit the disposal of motor vehicle oil
  filters, rigid plastic containers, wood pallets,
  and oyster shells in landfills.
• Rigid plastic containers that have a neck smaller
  than the body of the container, and that accept a
  screw top, snap top, or other closure. Does not
  apply to rigid plastic containers that are
  intended for the sale or distribution of motor
  oil.
• Wood pallets, except that wooden pallets may be
  disposed of in a landfill that is permitted to
  only accept construction and demolition debris.
• A county or city may petition the Dept. for a
  waiver from the prohibition on disposal of a
  material in a landfill if they can show that the
  prohibition of it would constitute an economic
  hardship.
• Act becomes effective October 1, 2009

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Other Landfill Legislation

• Require holders of certain ABC Permits to recycle
  all recyclable containers of all beverages sold
  at retail on the premises and to prohibit the
  disposal of those containers in the landfills or
  by incineration.
• Holders of malt beverage permits, on-premises
  unfortified wine permits, on-premises fortified
  wine permits, and mixed-beverages permits.
• Will have to separate, store, and provide for the
  collection for recycling of all recyclable
  beverage containers of all beverages sold at
  retail on premises.
• A permittee will have satisfied the req. for a
  recycling program if they meet the minimum
  standards developed by the Commission pursuant to
  G.S. 130A-309.14(m).
• Act becomes effective January 1, 2008

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Why Recycle?

• Economics You save money by recycling in Onslow
  County Use the Convenience Center and the More
  You Recycle the More Money you Save
• 1.50 / 30 gal bag of trash v. Recycle FREE
• Recycling creates tens of thousands of jobs here
  in North Carolina

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Why Recycle Cont.

• Environment
• It is also important to remember that recycling
  recovers valuable raw materials. If we make
  aluminum cans from recycled cans, then we don't
  have to disturb the environment by mining and
  smelting the mineral bauxite which is used in the
  manufacture of aluminum.

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Why Recycle Review

• Reducing waste by recycling also reduced
  pollution and the need for new landfills.
• Recycling Creates Jobs
• Recycling Money and big business!
• Recycling Saves Natural Resources including Energy

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How to Recycle More?

• Keep Onslow Beautiful
• Holiday Tree Recycling Program
• Turn your trees in by placing them beside the KOB
  Recycle Container near the Health Dept. at 604
  College St. each year after use.

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Recycle More Ink Cartridges

• Recycle your Ink Cartridge by turning it in at
  these locations
• Office Supply Stores
• Keep Onslow Beautiful
• 604 College St. Downtown Jacksonville

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Recycle More Cell Phones

• Recycle your old cell phone at the following
  locations
• Some cell phone stores call your provider
• Keep Onslow Beautiful
• Call [phone]

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Recycle More Clothes and Furniture

• Instead of taking your used clothes or furniture
  to the landfill, take your used items to your
  local thrift store.
• Some thrift stores will even pick your heavy
  items up for you.
• Check the phone book for Thrift Stores

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Recycle More Use Rain Barrels

• Use rain barrels to collect rain water from your
  roof.
• Use the water collected in the barrel to water
  your garden or flowers when it does not rain.
• This is an easy cheap way to Save Our Natural
  Resources Water.

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Recycle More - Compost

• Composting is the cheapest and easiest way to get
  rich organic soil for your garden or flower bed.
• The Use of Carcinogenic Synthetic Fertilizers is
  high in some areas of Onslow County.
• These Fertilizers can cause health problems and
  Cause Water Pollution w/ Stormwater Runoff

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Composting

• Why Should I Compost?
• To Save the Planet
• Reduce Runoff, Rich Organic Soil/Fertilizer,
  Reduce Waste organic waste takes years and
  years longer to decompose in a landfill.
• To Save Money
• Save Money by Reducing Waste
• Save 1.50 / 30 gal bag to dispose of
• Save by not having to purchase fertilizer

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Composting Heres How

• Items you will need
• Pitch fork
• 6 ft of wire fence (more or less depending on
  size)
• Sealable Plastic Bucket
• You will also need a Pile of Leaves and Dirt
• Rabbit Food (optional)

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Compost In the Kitchen

• The Sealable Plastic Bucket is for the Kitchen
• Use the bucket to place your organics (food
  scraps, coffee grinds, tea bags,etc.)
• When full empty in compost bin

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Compost Bin

• Take your wire fence and clamp the two ends
  together Make a Circle with the Wire Fence

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Compost Bin Layers

• Layer your wire fence bin like this
• Dirt
• Leaves
• Rabbit Food (just a sprinkle)
• Dirt
• Leave
• Rabbit Food (just a sprinkle)
• Dirt

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Compost Bin

• Now that your Compost Bin is ALMOST FULL of dirt,
  leaves, and rabbit food
• Take your Kitchen Compost Bucket out the Compost
  Bin
• Dig a small hole and put your food scraps in (No
  meat or bones!)
• Cover the food scraps with dirt and leaves

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Compost Bin After One Week

• After one week of emptying food scraps into your
  bin
• Take the wire fence apart and make a circle next
  to the compost pile creating a new pile
• Take the pitch fork and put the compost pile into
  the new circle compost bin

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Compost Bin Next Steps

• Do the same process of moving the pile after each
  week until you have had the same compost pile for
  6 weeks
• After the 6 weeks you can keep the same pile
  for up to 4 weeks without moving the pile

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Compost Final Steps

• After 16 weeks or more of adding food scraps and
  moving the pile,
• You should have a rich Organic Soil Fertilizer
  that can be added to your garden or flowerbeds
• Then just start all over again.

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Compost Bin

• For more information about Composting please
  visit
• www.carolinascompostingcouncil.org

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Keep Onslow Beautiful

• Littering is Illegal Here in NC!!

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Littering Is Illegal!

• You can face fines, court fees, cleanup fees,
  community service, and many other headaches if
  you litter here in Onlsow
• Onslow County has Environmental Enforcement
  Officers to enforce the Solid Waste Ordinance.

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Littering Is Illegal!

• Call [phone] x 311 if you see
• An illegal dumpsite
• A littered yard
• An abandoned vehicle or mobile home
• Any environmental violation

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Stop Litterbugs!

• If you see a person throw trash out of the window
  (cigarettes, paper, etc.)
• Take down the make and model of car
• License plate number
• Time of day, road, and date
• Type of trash
• Report all this info to [phone] x231

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Keep Onslow Beautiful

• For more info
• Keep Onslow Beautiful 455-4470 contact Lisa Grant
  
• Onslow Landfill 989-2107
• Environmental Enforcement 455-3661 x311
• Environmental Education Outreach 455-4470 contact
  Kelly Lowery