Recycle Those Holiday Lights!

Don’t throw away your holiday lights!

Now that it's time to take down the holiday lights don’t throw out those lights that aren’t working!  Recycle them!

This year, World Bird Sanctuary is partnering with St. Louis Green to ensure that less lights end up in landfills.

You can drop off your holiday lights at any convenient location – a full list is available on the St. Louis Green website.  World Bird Sanctuary is one such convenient location.

At World Bird Sanctuary we support small lifestyle changes that collectively make a big impact on preserving our environment.  Please drop off your non-working lights in the red recycling bin at the top of the stairs that lead to WBS’ nature center.  You can do your part for ensuring a more environmentally sustainable holiday season for St. Louis. 

Look for this red recycling bin at the top of the stairs

St. Louis Green will ensure that they are recycled properly!  The red bin will remain in place until 1/12/14.

 Submitted by Catherine Redfern, World Bird Sanctuary Development Director

Holiday Lights Recycling

Don’t throw away your holiday lights!

Just a reminder that it’s that time of year when we put up our holiday lights and decorate our trees.  But wait!  Don’t throw out those lights that aren’t working!  Recycle them!

  

This year, World Bird Sanctuary is partnering with St. Louis Green to ensure that less lights end up in landfills.

You can drop off your holiday lights at any convenient location – a full list is available on the St. Louis Green website.  World Bird Sanctuary is one such convenient location.

At World Bird Sanctuary we support small lifestyle changes that collectively make a big impact on preserving our environment.  Please drop off your non-working lights in the red recycling bin at the top of the stairs that lead to WBS’ nature center.  You can do your part for ensuring a more environmentally sustainable holiday season for St. Louis. 

Look for this red bin at the top of the amphitheater stairs

St. Louis Green will ensure that they are recycled properly!  The red collection bin will remain in place until 1/12/14.

Submitted by Catherine Redfern, World Bird Sanctuary Development Director

Holiday Lights Recycling

Don’t throw away your holiday lights!

It’s that time of year when we put up our holiday lights and decorate our trees.  But wait!  Don’t throw out those lights that aren’t working!  Recycle them!

This year, World Bird Sanctuary is partnering with St. Louis Green  to ensure that less lights end up in landfills.

You can drop off your holiday lights at any convenient location – a full list is available on the St. Louis Green website   World Bird Sanctuary is one such convenient location.

At World Bird Sanctuary we support small lifestyle changes that collectively make a big impact on preserving our environment.  Please drop off your non-working lights in the red recycling bin at the top of the stairs that lead to WBS’ nature center.  You can do your part for ensuring a more environmentally sustainable holiday season for St. Louis. 

Look for this red recycling bin at the top of the amphitheater stairs

St. Louis Green will ensure that they are recycled properly!  Our red recycle bin will remain in place until 1/12/14.

Submitted by Catherine Redfern, World Bird Sanctuary Development Director

"Bat"urday and FREE Recycling

"Bat"urday, including FREE Community Recycling Depot 2013

Event Title: "Bat"urday

Date: Saturday, April 6^th, 2013

Time: 12pm – 4pm

Batty & Scar, World Bird Sanctuary's Straw-colored Fruit Bats

Event Description:

Bats are interesting and misunderstood creatures.  Did you know that their bug-eating habits are worth $25 billion to the U.S. agricultural industry?  Contrary to the old wives’ tale, they are not going to try and nest in your hair.  At “Bat”urday you can learn more about the environmental and economic importance of these animals, the threats they face, and what you can do to help bats survive.

Join us for an interesting day of bat presentations, where you’ll meet our resident Straw-colored Fruit Bats and watch our bat trainer give them enrichment.  Biologists from MDC and MoDot will teach you all about Missouri bats and give updates on White Nose Syndrome, a disease that’s killing many bats.  Meet live Missouri bats from Batworld Ozarks and learn what it’s like to be a bat researcher with our bat netting and research activity!  We will also be giving out bat house plans so that you can go home and build your very own bat house!

Featured at “Bat”urday:  FREE Community Recycling Day!

Keep it out of the landfill and help us save bat and bird habitat!  Bring your recyclables to “Bat”urday where RNA Worldwide Recycling will keep them out of the landfill in exchange for a small item from our wishlist (e.g. latex gloves; 30 gallon trash bags; etc.) – click here for a full list of eligible wishlist items. 

Items you can bring for recycling include:

Equipment

· Computers

· Network

· Medical and Lab

· Telecommunications

· AV Equipment

· Electronic Operated Items

· Battery Operated Items

Accessories

· LCD Displays (No Fee)

· LCD Display-laptops

· CD, CDRW, and DVD Drives

· Hard Drives

· Disk Drives

· Zip Drives

· Scanners

· Printers

· Speakers

· Battery back-ups

· Batteries

Miscellaneous

· Adding & Answer Machines

· Phones (Cell, Cord/Cordless)

· Pagers

· Pocket PCs

· Cartridges

· PC and Digital Cameras

· Batteries

· Power Cords

· Cables and Wire

· Appliances

· ALL SCRAP METAL

Admission: Admission and parking is FREE.  No reservations required.

For more information go to www.worldbirdsanctuary.org

Electronics and the above or similar items only—no paper or household plastics please

Free Electronics Recycling

Recycle your old electronics, FREE!

Join us at Whole Foods Market Town & Country this weekend!  Help World Bird Sanctuary and Whole Foods Market preserve habitat by recycling your old electronics, for free, this Saturday!

Keep trash out of landfills

Did you know that you can recycle just about anything?  If you have any old electronics, metal or other listed items, bring it by Whole Foods Market Town & Country this Saturday, and RNA Worldwide will Recycle it for you, at no cost!  A cheaper alternative than paying a recycler to take it off your hands, and you get to help the environment!

All electric/metal items are accepted (including large appliances) – if it plugs in to a wall, runs off of batteries (or the batteries themselves) they will take it.

We will be there with a Bald Eagle, a snake and a recycling raven.  So come and learn about the importance of recycling from some of our feathered friends whose habitats are threatened while getting rid of your unwanted or broken items.

Date: Saturday, July 21^st, 2012

Time: 8 am – 2 pm

Venue: Whole Foods Market Town & Country parking lot

Address: 1160 Town and Country Crossing Drive, Town and Country, MO 63017

Do your part and recycle those unwanted items for free this weekend

Sponsored by Whole Foods Markets

"Bat"urday and Community Recycling

You're invited to celebrate bats with us at "Bat"urday, on April 7th, 2012!  In an effort to help save bird and bat habitat, we will have a FREE Community Recycling Depot at "Bat"urday!

Batty & Scar, our Straw-colored Fruit Bats, will be there to greet visitors 

Bats are interesting and misunderstood creatures.  Learn more about the environmental and economic importance of these animals, the threats they face, and what you can do to help bats survive.

Join us for interesting day of bat presentations, where you'll meet our resident Straw-colored Fruit Bats, watch our bat trainer give them enrichment, and participate in bat-related fun kids "bat"-activities.  We will also be giving out bat houseplans so that you can go home and build your very own bat house!

Keep it out of the landfill and help us save bat and bird habitat! 

Bring your items to the Community Recycling Depot at WBS.

 Donations from our wish list would be appreciated - a donation box for wishlist items (e.g. latex gloves; trash bags; etc.) or cash will be at the recycling depot.  Click here for a full list of eligible wishlist items.

 Get a coupon for 10% off anything in our gift shop, valid on April 7th 2012 only.  One coupon per recycler. 

Items you can bring for recycling include:

Equipment:

 Computers

 Network

 Medical and Lab

 Telecommunications

 AV Equipment

 Electronic Operated

 Battery Operated Items

Accessories:

 LCD Displays (No Fee)

 LCD Display-laptops

 CD, CDRW, and DVD Drives

 Hard Drives

 Disk Drives

 Zip Drives

 Scanners

 Printers

 Speakers

 Battery back-ups

 Batteries

Miscellaneous:

 Adding & Answer Machines

 Phones (Cell, Cord/Cordless)

 Pagers

 Pocket PCs

 Cartridges

 PC and Digital Cameras

 Batteries

 Power Cords

 Cables and Wire

 Appliances

 ALL SCRAP METAL

Sponsored in part by:

"Bat"urday & Community Recycling Depot

Date: Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Time: 9am - 2pm

Place: World Bird Sanctuary, 125 Bald Eagle Ridge Road, Valley Park, MO 63088

Admission: Admission and Parking is FREE!

Bring your unwanted recyclables and bring your camera!  It's going to be a great "Bat"urday!

"Bat"urday

You're invited to celebrate bats with us at "Bat"urday, on April 7th, 2012!  In an effort to help save bird and bat habitat, we will have a FREE Community Recycling Depot at "Bat"urday!

Bats are interesting and misunderstood creatures.  Learn more about the environmental and economic importance of these animals, the threats they face, and what you can do to help bats survive.

Join us for an interesting day of bat presentations, where you'll meet our resident Straw-colored Fruit Bats, watch our bat trainer give them enrichment, and participate in bat-related fun kids "bat"-activities.  We will also be giving out bat houseplans so that you can go home and build your very own bat house!

FREE COMMUNITY RECYCLING DEPOT INFORMATION

 Keep it out of the landfill and help us save bat and bird habitat!   In partnership with RNA Worldwide, we're working to save habitat.

*   Bring your items to the Community Recycling Depot at WBS.

*   Donations from our wish list would be appreciated - a donation box for wishlist items (e.g. latex gloves; trash bags; etc.) or cash will be at the recycling depot.  Click here for a full list of eligible wishlist items.

*   Get a coupon for 10% off anything in our gift shop, valid on April 7th 2012 only.  One coupon per recycler. 

Items you can bring for recycling include:

Equipment

   Computers

   Network

   Medical and Lab

   Telecommunications

   AV Equipment

   Electronic Operated

   Battery Operated Items

Accessories

   LCD Displays (No Fee)

   LCD Display-laptops

   CD, CDRW, and DVD Drives

   Hard Drives

   Disk Drives

   Zip Drives

   Scanners

   Printers

   Speakers

   Battery back-ups

   Batteries

Miscellaneous

   Adding & Answer Machines

   Phones (Cell, Cord/Cordless)

   Pagers

   Pocket PCs

   Cartridges

   PC and Digital Cameras

   Batteries

   Power Cords

   Cables and Wire

   Appliances

   ALL SCRAP METAL


Sponsored in part by:

"Bat"urday & Community Recycling Depot

Date: Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Time: 9am - 2pm

Place: World Bird Sanctuary, 125 Bald Eagle Ridge Road, Valley Park, MO 63088

Admission: Admission and Parking is FREE!

Bring your unwanted recyclables and bring your camera!  It's going to be a great "Bat"urday!

I SPY SOMETHING… GREEN

This holiday season was white with snow, but also green.  No, the Grinch didn’t visit.  But the presents given, as well as the clean up process have become more eco- friendly in my family.

This year to encourage the family into being more eco- friendly, I decided to assist them by giving gifts that might cost more initially, but are better in the long run.  I had a bright idea… light bulb.  And that was exactly what I wrapped up.  CFL or compact fluorescent lights are more expensive than incandescent lights, but they pay for themselves in energy savings and last 10 times longer.  CFLs come in many forms, not just looking like curly fries.  They are made for floodlights, vanity bathroom mirrors, and even chandelier lights.  The next trend is toward LED (light emitting diode) lights which are savvier than CFLs but still cost a lot more.  (I wanted to give them away instead, but couldn’t find them in stores even though they sell decorative LED Christmas lights.)  As technology improves, these lights will lower in price and become more available.  Soon the incandescent light will be obsolete.

My family tries to be green but all they need in some cases is a push to the next level.  Every season, a vegetable garden is planted.  We harvest everything the deer, groundhog, mice and birds don’t get.  In the fall, all the raked leaves and grass clippings get dumped there and occasionally we get a load of manure too.  Last year I did a little experiment.  Would they compost other items if made easier, rather than walking all the way out to the garden?  Hauling buckets full of compostable material almost daily proved this.  So to make composting easier, they got a composting bin that can sit right outside the door that the wildlife can’t get into.

Clean up on Christmas Day has become more streamlined.  All the wrapping paper goes in a bag destined for the full recycling containers.  Some of the paper is reused to wrap other gifts.  Stamping and card making has become a big hobby for my mom, so paper is collected to decorate the cards.  Boxes that clothes or other items came in are also sent to recycling or are stored in the basement where they can be reused for birthdays or next holiday season.  The tissue paper and gift bags also make their way to be re-gifted with presents at a later date.

Take a look at your holiday routines and take steps to limit your carbon footprint.  What do you do to keep the holidays ‘green’?

Submitted by Christina Lavallee, World Bird Sanctuary Naturalist

Where Does It All Go?

Have you seen the landfills that are right in our own backyards?  They have nicknames, “Garbage Mountains”.  There’s one within eyesight of WBS, and it’s just about to reach maximum capacity, as are many others.  I have seen the one near Gateway International Raceway in Illinois. It’s massive, and reaching capacity, as well.  Then what?  Where will the garbage go then?  Good question. 

We can do something in the meantime.  Do you or your family recycle?  It takes a little extra effort, but it is every individual’s responsibility to do their part to try and leave the land better than they found it.  Recycling is one of the easiest ways to do just that.  You might not give it much thought, but that soda can, shampoo bottle, pickle jar, etc., all adds up.  It’s shocking to me when it’s time to haul my own recycling and I see how quickly it has added up, just in my little domain.  It’s even more amazing when I get to the recycling center and see the mass of rejected items that have been saved from the landfills. 

It is great to be a part of an organization such as the World Bird Sanctuary, which is continually striving to educate people and encourages them to make environmentally friendly choices.  We have the opportunity to inform people of all ages about endangered species, recycling, saving habitat, clean water, conserving energy, and more, every day.  We are doing what we can to make an impact, but it takes everyone doing their part to make a difference. 

Submitted by Billie Baumann, World Bird Sanctuary Outreach Coordinator