How "green" is Cheyenne?? (construction, college, living)

[Kokopelli]

I am a "green living" forums moderator on another website, so I take "green living" very seriously. Does anyone know how "green" Cheyenne is? Particularly in the area of recycling?

There is no such thing as "recyclable collections" in my town - which is very disheartening - but I'm wondering if Cheyenne does this. At the very least, is there somewhere in town that collects aluminum? Newspapers? Plastics? Somewhere to TAKE these recyclables?

[Oil_Baron]

I know of some - There are a couple places in town that have drop off spots for aluminum, steel, newspapers, and glass. Several stores are now offering discounts for returned/reused plastic bags. There are also a couple business that I know of that take used toner. I haven't seen any plastic collection points yet.

Our freinds to the south, just 45 miles away have extensive green programs. For both good and bad, Cheyenne follows many things they do a few years after, so I'd be expecting some more green to spill over soon. Pun intended.

[Kokopelli]

Originally Posted by Oil_Baron

I know of some - There are a couple places in town that have drop off spots for aluminum, steel, newspapers, and glass. Several stores are now offering discounts for returned/reused plastic bags. There are also a couple business that I know of that take used toner. I haven't seen any plastic collection points yet.

Our freinds to the south, just 45 miles away have extensive green programs. For both good and bad, Cheyenne follows many things they do a few years after, so I'd be expecting some more green to spill over soon. Pun intended.

That's good to know - about what items they do recycle.

And I've never been to a store that gave discounts on the return of bags! That's great!!

As for used toner, the nearest Walgreens to me will refill your old, used ink cartridges. Wonder if your Walgreens does this. I'll have to check that out. Been wanting to take part in that, if I can.

Thanks for the info.!! Appreciate it!!

[sunsprit]

In addition to the several "re-cycling" bin centers in town ... at the Albertsons parking lot on Ridge Road, and the state offices on Pershing Blvd, the city of Cheyenne operates a re-cycling center just off Dell Range for trees, yard wastes, mulch, leaves, and construction materials. Residents can even take manure and other animal waste to the center. They compost what they can of it for re-sale (cheap!), organize and re-sell a lot of the other stuff, too. Waste motor oil is accepted by the city at the muni garage for re-cycling. Sears, Checker Auto, and several others accept lead-acid batteries, waste oil, used anti-freeze, and such items for proper re-cycling. Cheyenne operates an additional center (off College Ave) for waste household chemicals/paints, tires, computers/electronics, and other common items which cannot be dumped into the landfills anymore.

[Kokopelli]

Originally Posted by sunsprit

In addition to the several "re-cycling" bin centers in town ... at the Albertsons parking lot on Ridge Road, and the state offices on Pershing Blvd, the city of Cheyenne operates a re-cycling center just off Dell Range for trees, yard wastes, mulch, leaves, and construction materials. Residents can even take manure and other animal waste to the center. They compost what they can of it for re-sale (cheap!), organize and re-sell a lot of the other stuff, too. Waste motor oil is accepted by the city at the muni garage for re-cycling. Sears, Checker Auto, and several others accept lead-acid batteries, waste oil, used anti-freeze, and such items for proper re-cycling. Cheyenne operates an additional center (off College Ave) for waste household chemicals/paints, tires, computers/electronics, and other common items which cannot be dumped into the landfills anymore.

Great information!! Thanks!!

I'm glad to see that even though Cheyenne may be "cold", at least it's "green"!!

[Oil_Baron]

http://kgwn.tv/news.aspx?ID=1 (broken link)

[Oil_Baron]

Just found out yesterday the city is adding, or already has added plastic bottle recycling to the blue bin pickup spots in town. The news report I quoted above was in reference to some curbside recycling the city is testing with on the east side of Cheyenne - the link is already expired but I could do a search for the story if you'd be interested. Also thanks to sunsprit - I wasn't aware of how extensive the rest of the City's program is.

[sunsprit]

The WT-E article mentioned that curbside re-cycling was to be introduced shortly as a "test" in limited areas. The bins are ordered, and should be available in a few months.

Of interest is that they're only going to provide one bin per address, so the residents don't have to sort the recyclable items ... paper, plastic, glass, etc. It will all be sorted later by the public works department.

I'm wondering if this is a tie-in to the proposed "trash-to-energy" project that Cheyenne is looking into at this time. Supposedly, they have a company with some new German technology that will efficiently fuel a boiler for electicity generation with a lot of otherwise waste materials instead of dumping them into the landfill.

[Green Stargazer]

The city does have what is called a blue bin recycling program. These are large blue bins and take newspaper, glass, cardboard, tin and aluminum cans, and ONE location accepts # 1 and 2 recyclable plastics. It is a pilot program so they require more than when there is an established recycling program. It's a start!

Click this link for locations and program requirements Recycling

(It also has info about the Sun Valley pilot program)

[Coolhand]

OK OK, since nobody has said it..... I always thought Cheyenne was kind of brown?

Sorry... it was a long day here and my brain is tired. This was the first thing that popped to mind.