“Chip-In” 2010!

Scrap Tires are an issue for every county in the re-gion and the state. In the last few years the Solid Waste Grants Program has been working with State Rubber and Environmental Solutions in Denver City, Texas to recycle scrap tires.

Program Grants have provided funds to purchase collection/storage trailers for communities. Tires are col-lected from residents and stored inside a weather-proof trailer until 1500+ build-up. At that point, the Public Works Staff contact Elizabeth Thomas at the PRPC to request an ex-change with the recycler.

State Rubber brings the

community an empty trailer and takes the full back to Denver City for recycling. The recycled rubber is used for sport and playground surfaces and pet toys.

Recently, The High Plains Resource Conservation and Development Office received funds to assist communities in certain counties with costs associated with scrap tire clean-up; including the pur-chase of collection/storage trailers and the exchange fees, which allow communi-ties to hold amnesty events.

The counties eligible for these funds are: Hutchin-son, Hansford, and Moore Counties. There is no application process. Just call for assistance!

Please contact Thomas Reed at the High Plains Resource Conservation and Develop-ment Office at 806-250-2020

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OH! OH! OH! Christmas Chips!Christmas Chips!Christmas Chips! How many Christmas trees are sold in the US every year? 33 million! That’s a lot of mulch!

Did you know pine mulch is preferred for hiking/walking trails? It is not the best mulch for vegetable gardens because of its acidic make-up. It is; however, great for tree and shrub mulch.

Spread mulch 2-3 inches deep and several feet out from tree trucks for best re-sults.

EEE---Success!Success!Success!

On Texas Recycles Day (November 15th) The PEP began a month-long e-Waste Collection/Recycling Event. As of today, it is exciting to report we are shipping 115 pallets of e-waste to the ECS Refining in Terrell, Texas.

Early estimates would put each pallet at 1,500 pounds each! That is 172,500 pounds of e-waste diverted from our regional landfills!

Way To Go Everyone!

115 Pallets!

Scrap Tire Funds

PEP Rally January, 2011

Issue 2 Panhandle Environmental Partnership Monthly Newsletter

For more information on CTRA pricing and CTRA visit www.cash4trash.com

M E M O R A N D U M

DATE: Tuesday, December 21, 2010

TO: PEP Regional Marketing Contract Participants

FROM: Elizabeth Thomas, Regional Program Specialist

SUBJECT: CTRA Monthly Price Sheet

Attached is the CTRA Price Sheet for December, 2010. Merry Christmas to us! All but one of the prices either stayed the same or saw an increase in December! Paper remained steady for the month with Newspaper #8 seeing an increase, but SOW seeing a 4% decrease. All the plastics saw increase and PET had the largest plastic increase at almost 21%. Steel is up to $188/ton so it would be a great time to clean-out and cash-in! Call me if you need anything or to request a pick-up. Thank you for all you do for the Panhandle and for Texas! -Elizabeth

COMMODITIES Oct-10 Nov-10% of

Change Dec-10% of

Change 12-Month Change +

Steel Cans 134.00$ 148.00$ 10.45% 188.00$ 27.03% 52.70%UBC (Aluminum Cans) 1,320.00$ 1,380.00$ 4.55% 1,340.00$ -2.90% 13.04%PET 234.00$ 260.00$ 11.11% 314.00$ 20.77% 48.46%HDPE Natural 396.00$ 422.00$ 6.57% 458.00$ 8.53% 25.59%HDPE Colored 152.00$ 252.00$ 65.79% 278.00$ 10.32% 46.83%HDPE & PET scale price scale price NA scale price NA NAOCC (Corrugated) 110.00$ 135.00$ 22.73% 135.00$ 0.00% 48.15%Deink (#8 News) 80.40$ 80.40$ 0.00% 89.40$ 11.19% -6.59%Mixed Paper 89.75$ 89.75$ 0.00% 89.75$ 0.00% 180.22%ONP (#6 News) 79.05$ 66.00$ -16.51% 66.00$ 0.00% -8.48%SOW (High Grade Office) 181.15$ 181.15$ 0.00% 173.50$ -4.22% 3.12%White Ledger 295.00$ 241.00$ -18.31% 241.00$ 0.00% -8.09%CPO Computer Paper 250.00$ 250.00$ 0.00% 250.00$ 0.00% -4.20%

Emboldened Commodities indicates those materials for which guaranteed floor prices have been set.Emboldened Amounts indicates that the floor prices have been reached.Direct Mill Runs are available for full loads of a single baled commodity and can be shipped at no cost to the member.

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