(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Scriven and Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority for the information in this column.) Last week, I talked about how recycling can save you money. This week, I am giving you the numbers. Americans throw approximately 35 tons of 16 ounce plastic bottles away each hour. One recycled ton of [...]
(Chelsea Update would like to thank the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority and Laura Scriven for the information in this column.) The Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority (WWRA) single-stream facility on Werkner Road is now open for free tours for your club or group. Tours take about an hour long and include a video, an activity, and [...]
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(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Scriven and the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority for the information in this column.) People everywhere are pinching their pennies and making sacrifices in their lifestyles to make ends meet. Why, then, are some people, literally throwing away their money? When Frank Hammer, chairman of Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority, [...]
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Scriven and the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority for the information in this story.) Friday, March 22 was Math and Science Night at Klager Elementary School in Manchester, and Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority (WWRA) was pleased to be invited to participate. We were asked to prepare materials to teach [...]
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(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Scriven and WWRA for the information in this story.) As tax season looms closer, financial responsibility is on the minds of most people. At Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority (WWRA), we are doing everything we can to not only be responsible, but also to improve the finances of the [...]
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Scriven and Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority for the photo and information in this story.) Lately, at Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority (WWRA), we have been getting requests for a list of materials that can be recycled. That list can be found here under Community Services. Click on Recycling then [...]
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Scriven and Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority for the information in this story.) Once upon a time, there was a milk container. He felt all empty inside. He felt that there was more to his story then just holding milk. So, he picked himself up, rinsed himself off and [...]
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(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Scriven and the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority for the information in this story.) Wednesday, Feb. 6, was the official ribbon cutting at Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority. It was attended by member municipalities and other residents. The morning started with a brief history of the WWRA by Frank Hammer [...]
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(Publisher’s note: my sincere apology to Sybil Kolon on the incorrect spelling of her name.) Twenty years after asking Chelsea area residents to sort and separate paper from cardboard, rigid plastics from glass bottles; that’s no longer the case. Wednesday, Feb. 6, officials from the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority held an official ribbon-cutting for the [...]
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(Chelsea Update would like to thank Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority and Laura Scriven for the information in this story.) In 1991, the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority (WWRA) started operating in Chelsea. For more than 20 years we have asked you to give us your recycling sorted into separate containers and bins based on materials. And, [...]
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