Recycling lunch planned

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

— The Benton County Solid Waste District will host a Lunch and Learn meeting from 11:30 to 1 on Thursday, Aug. 23, in the Chapman Administrative Dining Room at John Brown University.

The program will be a Powerpoint presentation by the Bella Vista AARP, about its very successful 40-year-old recycling program. After expenses, AARP donates back to the community the revenue from the sale of the collected recyclables. Last year the Bella Vista AARP Recycling Center donated $258,000 back to organizations in Bella Vista as well as to the Joplin community.

Area residents are invited to come learnhow to get top dollar for collected material while engaging in reducing the volume of material being sent to the landfill.

Lunch will be served at 11:30. The presentation will begin at noon. Participants will pay for and get their lunch ($7.25) in the cafeteria, thenjoin the free program upstairs in the Administrative Dining Room. Reservations would be appreciated and can be made by contacting the Benton County Solid Waste District at 479-795-0751 or e-mailing [email protected] or [email protected].

News, Pages 3 on 08/22/2012