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Video - Monday, July 28, 2008

 

When they moved to Broken Arrow over three years ago, friends Peggy Klare and Vicki Gaines didn't know what to do with their recyclable refuse.

"We had both been recycling for several years, I in Tulsa and she in Oklahoma City, and we were surprised to find they didn't have it here, so she had the idea of starting our own company one day so, I said let's go for it," said Vicki Gaines.

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Gentle Earth Recycling is committed to developing innovative recycling programs for the private and public sectors that will limit the abundance of reusable materials from ending up in landfills every year while supporting initiatives to improve the environmental quality of our community through recovery, reuse, recycling and effective energy use. Gentle Earth Recycling now serves Broken Arrow, Bixby, South Tulsa (commerical-all of Tulsa) and Owasso with both residential and commercial programs.

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To engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments.

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 Commercial Customer Pricing:

Due to volume and size of receptacles, Commercial
customers' service will be customized to meet their specific needs.

 Residential - $9.50 per month for two pickups

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We accept the following items for recycling: 

  • Aluminum Cans 
  • Newspapers (including inserts)
  • Magazines
  • Clear and colored plastic bottles (#1 and #2 - detergent, water, and 2 liter, etc.)
  • Corrugated cardboard.
    * Pizza boxes are corrugated but our drop off site told us that these boxes are contaminated by the food and cannot be recycled.
  • Telephone Books
  • Steel Cans

#3 and #5 plastics can be taken to Whole Foods Market.  There is a continer by the bakery.

Lids can be taken to any Aveda store for recycling.  The lids are recycled by Aveda and used to make bottles for their products. 

Preparing items for recycling:

      • Rinse out all containers
      • Remove lids (plastic lids cannot be recycled)
      • Newspaper must be kept dry

                                We do not pickup Glass, Office Paper, or Mail

There is a one time charge for your bin of $15 plus tax

Please place your bin by the curb the night before or
on your designated pickup day by 6:00 a.m. 

Please check the schedule you received
with your bin for your pickup day. 

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In The News
Friends start curbside recycling 2008-10-02
Friends for more than 20 years, Vicki Gaines and Peggy Klare are again living in the same town. At one time, the two worked together at a bank in Eufaula.
Curbside recycling now offered in Bixby 2008-10-02
Responding to public support, a Broken Arrow recycling company is now offering its curbside recycling service to customers in Bixby. Vicki Gaines of the Broken Arrow-based Gentle Earth Recycling said her business will get enough support in Bixby to warrant making trips outside Broken Arrow.
Firms big and small going green 2008-10-02
Going green is more than just replacing a few light bulbs to some Tulsa area businesses. Lawyers and paralegals at the Riggs Abney law firm have individual recycling baskets beside their desks.
 
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