Recycling Centers in NW Houston

Updated on May 06, 2008
D.M. asks from Houston, TX
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I am trying to once again become the little tree-hugger I've always been teased about being (even way before it was cool!). It seems like once we moved out of our in-laws house about 1.5 yrs ago (where they had the recycling center pick up their goods every week) we got lazy about recycling. About a week ago I realized just how much trash we throw away each week that could be reused- in compost or on the flower beds, or recycled.

So now I'm looking for ideas on sorting our things at home. We live outside city limits, so we are able to burn or compost any biodegredable trash to use on our flower beds, but I'm looking for an easy way to sort this stuff in my house without it being too cluttered. A friend of mine thought she had seen an "at-home recycling center" on the IKEA website, but when we went to look for it, she couldn't find it.

I'm also on the look-out for somewhere to take this stuff, besides dropping it off at either my parents' or his parents' house to be picked up every week (they live in the same neighborhood).

AND... if anyone has some good ideas about starting a compost pile, I would love to hear them! We generally burn our yard trash, as does most of the neighborhood, and I've heard it's great to put on the beds, but any other advice would help too! I'm knew to this whole gardening thing, but I've always been green. Testing that thumb now... LOL

Thanks for any advice!

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C.U.

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If you have things that you're wanting to get rid of that someone else would be intersted in taking off of your hands, there is freecycling. I found out about freecycling while reading news articles on my yahoo account. Then I typed in "freecycle" in google. That is how I was able to find out how to join my local freecycling group. Since joining, I have been able to get rid of ceiling lights that my husband was replacing, courogated (sp?) edging brick, a printer, a plastic outdoor castle for kids to play in, etc. I've also gotten some great things through freecycling: 6 Azalea bushes, 2 yellow angel trumpets, toys and clothes for both my 2 year old and 4 year old, clothes for me...The list goes on and on. It's free to join, and it costs nothing for people to pick up stuff from you. (The only cost to you is if you pick up something from some one else - - in the form of gas to get over to the giver's house and back). It's great!

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A.H.

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There are two recycle centers in The Woodlands. One is on Research Forest Dr. and the other is on Budde Rd. The one on Budde Rd. takes everything including old paint. There are a few things they charge a fee for, like old computers and stuff like that, but your common stuff is free. Actually Budde Rd turns into Pruitt Rd. and it on Pruitt Rd. Google Montgomery County recycle centers and it comes up.

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A.

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Oh its so nice to hear that someone is also as environmentally helpful as we are trying to be. I am in the mist of recycling everything and reducing the amounts that we use. I no longer get the plastic bags at grocery stores. I have 8 reusable canvas bags. The ones sold at krogers are the best so far. They have flat bottoms and can hold more than the amount that 3 plastic bags can and they are so much easier to carry and put away. So if you have not already done so, you can purchase them for $1 each and every time you use them at krogers you get .05 credit per bag! I don't get into the other store much other than WalMart and they don't give any credit, but I sure do cut down on all those bags that the walmart cashiers insist on shoving down your shopping carts (one bag per item I think is their motto).

Most public school campuses have recycling receptors for paper product. I make sure that all our boxs and envelopes, newspapers, kids school work, art paper, mailers all go into a paper bag in the house near where I open the mail and in easy access. I take the bag up to the school every week and empty the content.

Aluminum: Our church has trash bins outside where they take aluminum cans and I believe the church elders crush the cans once a week and turn them in for money and the money is donated to the church. Great concept, maybe you can encourage your church or another facility to do that.

Plastic: The HEB on Rayford Sawdust in the Woodlands has a receptor for plastics, I take them up there. Tide, downy containers. Water bottles that I've reused about 5 times b4 they go into the recycling bag.

NW recycling center: This is a great place to dump everything. My glass bottles go up there. So all our beer, and wine bottles goes up there. My hb will take them in for me on the weekends about once a month. I just put the bottles back into the boxes that they came in, I keep these in the garage and out of immediate site. They also will collect all the other products as well and my hb said the workers are helpful in unloading your items. You just need to make sure that they brown and clear glass are seperated, if not and they are not busy they will help you do it too.

I have to admit that I don't do much with empty food cans. I don't use canned products much and having to rinse them b4 they go into the reclying center is a bit of a pain.

I can't get my neighborhood to reactivate thier recycling pickup program. They said that most of the time the trash trucks were picking up the recyling and it all probably got thrown into the trash dump.

Also, if you know of any boyscouts, you make be able to convince him to convince his troop to collect recycling products as one of their activities.

Its pretty amazing that when you do it, how much recyclable trash one family generates. I wish 10% of my friends and neighbors would do 1/2 of what I'm doing. It will be so much better for our kids in the future. We all generate too much trash.

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R.J.

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I too am a "tree hugger". Recycling has always been an important part of my life. I was very disappointed when we moved into our new neighborhood and curbside recycling wasn't offered with garbage pick-up. We now have 5 garbage cans in our garage that we use for cans, glass and plastic (3 for plastic). We also have bins for paper and cardboard. When they get full (about once a month) we load the paper/cardboard and take it over to the green/yellow bins at my daughters school. The school gets money for the paper/magazines and cardboard and it is close by. Most schools in CFISD have those bins as it is a fundraiser for them. We take the cans, glass and plastic to a recycling center just off of I-10. It is more effort for us every month or two but we make it a family affair.
The recycling center we use is Vista Fibers, 1200 Brittmoore 713-461-993, A,G,OCC,OMP,MAG,ONP,P,TIN,TEL.
You can also find other recycling centers at http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/03/recycle...

Hope that helps!
Happy Recycling!

Abbreviations:
A = Aluminum
B = Batteries
G = Glass
M = Metal
MOP = Office Paper
NF = Non-ferrous Metal
P = Plastic
OCC = Cardboard
ONP = Newspaper
TEL = Telephone Books
TIN = Tin Cans
O = Oil

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C.M.

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There is a new spot N45 and 2920. If your coming from the South Exit 2920 go through light and it is on the rught hand side. Before the cruve and the bridge. Or there is one in Tomball.There is also one on 249. It depends on were you live.

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