Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 21, 1991 TAG: 9104190323
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Compiled by MONTGOMERY COUNTY IMPROVEMENT
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
\ Annie Kay's Whole Foods (552-6870), 301 S. Main St. 24 hours; bins are beside store. Aluminum, glass.
\ Blacksburg Band Boosters (951-0804), South Main Street behind Hop-In and John's Used Cars. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Newspapers, aluminum.
\ Hethwood Shopping Center, North Main Street beside Food Lion. Aluminum, glass.
\ Eats Natural Food Cooperative (552-2279), 1200 N. Main St. 24 hours; Bins beside store. Aluminum, glass.
\ Blacksburg Chevron (552-1411), 600 N. Main St. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Motor oil.
\ Campus Exxon (951-7398), 600 N. Main St. Motor oil.
\ Advance Auto Parts, 800 N. Main St. Batteries. Limit of 25 per week per customer.
\ Blacksburg Radiator and Glass (951-1717), 105 W. Clay St. Used anti-freeze.
\ Bug Shop (552-8800), Luster's Gate Rd. Used anti-freeze.
\ Garbor's Import Car Service (552-6731), U.S.460, South, Used anti-freeze.
\ Newman Community (951-0087), 203 Otey St. Side porch 24 hours; Newspapers, aluminum, glass, bi-metal, HDPE.
\ Reynolds Aluminum Truck (800-228-2525), 702 University Blvd., Capri Theatre, Tues.-Sat. 1:30-4:30 p.m.
\ Virginia Tech Campus Ecocycle Club Virginia Tech campus, Aluminum.\ Christiansburg
\ Christiansburg Presbyterian Church and\ Boy Scout Troop No. 141. Bins are off College Street. 24 hours. Aluminum, glass.
\ Cycle Systems (382-3900), 175 Scattergood Drive. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Tin cans, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans, copper, aluminum, stainless steel, aluminum foil, car & truck radiators. Temporarily not accepting newspapers. No mixed paper, plastics or motor oil.
\ Jack's Garage (382-4800), 1205 W. Main St., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Motor oil.
\ Wright's Amoco (382-4306), 2350 Roanoke St. N.E. Motor oil, no more than 5 gallons at a time.
\ Advance Auto Parts, Hill's Shopping Center. Batteries. Limit of 25 per week per customer.
\ Christiansburg High School (382-5178), Contact Mr. Studabaker, Aluminum.
\ Christiansburg High Vocational (VICA) Pat Brown, 382-5178, outside the vocational wing of the school. Aluminum, glass.
\ Christiansburg Radiator and Air Conditioning (382-5561), 1205 NW Radford St. Used anti-freeze.
\ Kelly's Auto Repair (382-3886), 565-C N. Franklin St. Used anti-freeze
\ The Sports Car Clinic (382-1133), 3345 N. Franklin St. Used anti-freeze.\ Montgomery County
\ Blue & White Recyling Bins. Glass, aluminum.\ Brush Mountain, off U.S. 460;\ Prices Fork Elementary School; near\ Edna's Steakhouse, U.S. 11 West off of Virginia 604.
\ Montgomery County Recycling Center (382-6919), County Drive off U.S. 460, across from Corning Glass. Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aluminum, glass, motor oil, bi-metal, No. 2 plastics, newspapers.
\ Auburn High & Middle School Archaeology and Ecology Club (382-5160), Riner. 24 hours. Aluminum, glass, plastics.\ Pulaski
\ Gem City Iron & Metal Co. (980-4441), 306 First St. N.E. Aluminum, glass, plastics, newspaper. No mixed paper.
\ Kroger, Virginia 99. 24 hours; bins are in parking lot. Newspaper, glass, aluminum.
\ First Presbyterian Church (980-2418), Fourth and Jefferson streets, Aluminum, glass collected daily.\ Radford
\ Reynolds Aluminum Truck (800-228-2525), U.S. 11 and Virginia 114 near Fairlawn Food Lion Store, Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon. Aluminum, copper, brass, radiators, insulated wires.
\ Advance Auto Parts, New River Shopping Center. Batteries, limit of 25 per customer per week.
\ Woman's Club (639-1182) Radford NRV Shopping Center, Second Sat. of each month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Newspapers, plastics.\ Floyd
\ Bio-Energy Association (745-3923) Used anti-freeze.\ Roanoke
\ Cycle Systems Inc. (800-542-7000), 2580 Broadway S.W. Aluminum, bi-metal cans, tin, steel, scrap metal, radiators, batteries, glass, lead, newspaper, mixed paper, cardboard, computer paper, No. 1 and No. 2 plastics.\ Recycling Hints
\ Newspaper: Must be clean. Tie in bundles or stack in paper bags. Some collectors want glossy inserts removed.
\ Aluminum: Separate bi-metal cans. Remove labels.
\ Glass: Rinse and separate by color. Remove metal rings, lids, etc.
\ Other food containers: Rinse, remove lids and labels.
\ Plastics: Read the label. Divide into No. 1 and No. 2 plastics -\ No. 1 PEET (Polyethylene plastic) includes 2-liter beverage bottles, salad dressing bottles, peanut butter jars, mouthwash bottles.\ No. 2 HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) includes detergent bottles, bleach bottles, milk and orange juice jugs.
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