PAPER RETRIEVER RECYCLING IS HERE TO HELP

October 20, 2008 -- Due to the after effects of Hurricane Ike, the City of Houston temporarily suspended its curbside recycling collection.

There are many municipal recycling drop-off sites within the city limits.  Please refer to the City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department’s website www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/recycling.html for recycling site locations.

Many of the Houston area H-E-B stores offer recycling options.  They have recycling receptacles in their parking areas that accept: steel cans, aluminum cans, plastic and paper.  Please log on to www.heb.com or www.greenhoustontx.gov/pdf/heb-map.pdf  to find the store nearest you that has these recycling bins.  Money raised by the bins at H-E-B is donated to Keep Houston Beautiful.

An additional alternative is the Paper Retriever program which offers paper recycling 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To find your nearest paper recycling bin, log onto www.paperretriever.com and click the bin on the right side of the home page (“Find a Recycling Bin”). Enter your address, click search and a map will appear that displays all the paper recycling bins in your neighborhood. 

Paper Retriever paper-only bins accept magazines, catalogs, mail, newspaper, office paper and school papers.  Each organization that hosts the green and yellow bins is paid for the paper collected.

Contacts
Darryl Lambert
Houston Area Manager
Paper Retriever

Marilyn Leday
City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department
South Operations Division Manager
3-1-1

Cristina Bloc
H-E-B Public Affairs