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When you visit Cleveland Metroparks or Cleveland Metroparks
Zoo, you can recycle too! With two recycling programs
– one for paper and the other for ink jet and toner
cartridges – the Park District is inviting visitors
to participate in our mission of conserving natural resources.
Paper Recycling in Cleveland
Metroparks
The Paper Retriever® program was established in partnership
with Abitibi-Consolidated, a world leader in newspaper
and magazine recycling. This is an easy program to participate
in. Simply place both your personal and office waste paper
into brightly-colored yellow and green Paper Retriever®
bins located in 13 Cleveland Metroparks reservations and
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (see below for locations).
Essentially any paper product can be recycled and placed
in the Paper Retriever® bins, including: office paper,
newspaper, construction paper, magazines, catalogs, shredded
paper (contained in plastic bags), junk mail, notebooks,
books, and writing tablets.
Items that cannot be recycled are: phone books, cardboard
(of any type), plastics, glass, metals, and trash. (Please
note that phone books can be recycled in Cleveland Metroparks
in June and July of each year during the Phone Book Recycling
Campaign.)
Once paper is collected it will be 100% recycled and made
into newsprint that can be reused as paper products. The
Paper Retriever® program not only recycles paper,
but also helps generate money for Cleveland Metroparks.
For every ton of paper collected, Abitibi gives Cleveland
Metroparks $15. Money raised will be used to fund future
Park District recycling initiatives and Zoo education
programs.
Ink Jet and Laser Toner Cartridge Recycling
Cleveland Metroparks second new recycling program offers
you a simple way to recycle ink jet and laser toner cartridges.
With the help of a company called Collect Inc., you can
drop off your ink jet and toner cartridges to be reconditioned,
recycled and reused.
Cartridge collection boxes have been set up throughout
the Park District. Locations include: nature centers,
golf pro shops, and The RainForest at Cleveland Metroparks
Zoo.
Cleveland Metroparks also has available pre-paid postage
bags for the ink jet cartridges, which you can pick up
from area nature centers. You can then mail your cartridges
from home to the recycling center, at no cost.
Toner and ink jet cartridges are cleaned, reconditioned
and reused twice. After that, the parts are recycled.
Rest assured that every cartridge received will be recycled,
even if Collect Inc. cannot recycle it. They will find
someone who can. Similar to the Paper Retriever® program,
the toner recycling program generates money for the Park
District. For every ink jet and toner cartridge that can
be recycled, Cleveland Metroparks gets $2, with proceeds
going to future recycling initiatives.
If you need assistance locating a cartridge collection
box or yellow and green paper recycling bin or have any
other questions, contact Nikki Lorenzo Luna at
440-331-8111.
Paper Recycling Drop-off Locations
Bedford Reservation
Shawnee Hills Golf Course parking lot, Bedford
Big Creek Reservation
Snow Road Picnic Area parking lot, Parma Heights
Brecksville Reservation
Brecksville Nature Center parking lot, Brecksville
Brookside Reservation
John Nagy Boulevard, Cleveland
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Main entrance parking lot, Cleveland
Euclid Creek Reservation
Kelley Picnic Area parking lot, Euclid
Garfield Park Reservation
Garfield Park Nature Center parking lot, Garfield Heights
Hinckley Reservation
Hinckley Lake parking lot (off East Drive, off Bellus
Road), Hinckley Township
Huntington Reservation
Huntington Beach overflow parking lot (south of Lake Road),
Bay Village
Mill Stream Run Reservation
Intersection of Route 42/Pearl Road and Valley Parkway,
Strongsville
North Chagrin Reservation
North Chagrin Nature Center parking lot, Mayfield Village
Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation
CanalWay Center parking lot, Cuyahoga Heights
Rocky River Reservation
Grist Mill parking lot (just south of Rocky River Nature
Center), North Olmsted
South Chagrin Reservation
Park Management Center parking lot (off Arbor Lane),Solon
If you need more information to locate the Paper Retriever®
bins, check out Cleveland Metroparks maps.
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