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PERMANENT RECYCLING DROP-OFF SITE OPENS IN CLEAR LAKE

October 17, 2003 - At 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 24, 2003, the City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department will host an official grand opening ceremony for the permanent recycling drop-off center for the residents in the Clear Lake area. This new drop-off site will be located in the Ellington Field area. The center will be open 7 days per week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. This site was previously a weekend drop-off site only.

Funded in part by the City of Houston, Houston-Galveston Area Council and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, this site will accept a variety of items. The items accepted are newspapers, magazines, telephone books, catalogs, ad inserts, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, tin cans, aerosol cans, steel cans and #1 and #2 plastic bottles.

Ed Chen, Solid Waste Management Department Deputy Director said, "Clear Lake residents have shown a concentrated recycling effort which merited the opening of a permanent facility…and we are pleased to make this happen!" For more information, please call the City of Houston Service Helpline at 311 or visit our website at www.houstonsolidwaste.org.

Directions to the Clear Lake Recycling Drop-off Center
(below this map)

Ellington Field Far . Ellington Field Near

Coming from Downtown Estimated Time: 25 minutes

Option 1:

Take Highway 45 South, toward Galveston
Pass the Sam Houston Toll way running East / West
Exit LEFT onto FM 1959 (Dixie Farm Road)
Turn RIGHT onto Hwy 3 (Old Galveston Rd)
Two blocks down is your intersection
Turn LEFT onto Brantley
This takes you into Ellington Field.
You will pass a dock with signs on your right.
Turn LEFT onto Loop Rd. / Broussard
The Recycling Center will be on your left.

Option 2:

Take Highway 45 South Take Sam Houston Toll way East
Exit comes up fast
Exit RIGHT toward Highway 3
Merge into feeder
Carefully get into your far right lane
Make a RIGHT onto Conklin Lane
Turn RIGHT onto Hwy 3 (Old Galveston Rd)
Pass FM 1959 (Dixie Farm Rd) intersection.
Start looking for your exit
Turn LEFT onto Brantley
This takes you into Ellington Field. You will pass a dock with signs on your right.
Turn LEFT onto Loop Rd. / Broussard
The Recycling Center sign will be on your left, as will the facility.

Coming from NASA

Estimated Time 14 minutes. Estimated Distance: 8 miles

Head West on NASA One / NASA Rd. 1 / FM 528 S.
Turn RIGHT onto Old Galveston Rd. (Hwy 3)
Pass Clear Lake City Blvd.
Turn RIGHT onto Brantley
This takes you into Ellington Field. You will pass a dock with signs on your right.
Turn LEFT onto Loop Rd. / Broussard
The Recycling Center will be on your left.