Buckhead recycling event collects 55,000 pounds of waste
Buckhead’s Eco Collection event, which encouraged businesses and residents to recycle and properly dispose of products not safe for normal trash pick-up, collected and disposed of more than 55,000 pounds of waste.
Organizers said 320 residents and 50 businesses dumped 20,000 pounds of electronics, 25,000 pounds of paint, and shred nearly 9,000 pounds of paper over the course of the two-day event.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
