Saving The Earth One House At A Time

Peggy Klare and Vicki Gaines, owners of Gentle Earth Recycling have been longtime friends for over twenty years. They started the business in September of 2004.  They both are grandmothers.

The business was started out of a need for curbside recycling in Broken Arrow and from a deep desire from both women to do their part in keeping the earth healthy for future generations.

The service allows busy families who might find it difficult to find the time to take their recyclables to a drop off site to just place their items by the curb for pickup.  The women feel that the service gives more residents the opportunity to recycle. And why recycle?

• Saves Natural Resources - By making products from recycled materials instead of virgin materials, we conserve land and reduce the need to drill for oil and dig for minerals.
• Saves Energy - It usually takes less energy to make recycled products; recycled aluminum, for example, takes 95% less energy than new aluminum from bauxite ore.
• Saves Clean Air and Water - In most cases, making products from recycled materials creates less air pollution and water pollution than making products from virgin materials.

• Saves Landfill Space - When the materials that you recycle go into new products, they don't go into landfills or incinerators, so landfill space is conserved.

• Saves Money and Creates Jobs - The recycling process creates far more jobs than landfills or incinerators, and recycling can frequently be the least expensive waste management method for cities and towns.

Gentle Earth Recycling now serves Broken Arrow, Bixby, South Tulsa and Owasso. Their goal is to engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments.