GREENSUN Recycling: Be Bright, Go Green

Griffin Recycling

City of Griffin – Solid Waste Department has received a Department of Community Affairs Grant for $550,000.00 to build a Recycling Center and purchase a Recycling Truck.  The New Center shall be up and running in the summer of 2008.

Congratulations to the City of Griffin’s Solid Waste Department for winning 3 Georgia Solid Waste Association of North America Awards:

BEST COLLECTION SYSTEM IN 2007

• 2ND PLACE FOR BEST RECYCLING PROGRAM
• Kevin Barkley – Assistant Director of Solid Waste Department for
  SOLID WASTE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR – Public Sector

Phill Francis and Kevin Barkley, Griffin Recycling Hub Grant Winners.

Towns within a 50 mile radius of Griffin no longer need to operate costly recycling centers.  Single Stream Recyclables may be collected

1-curbside

2-cardboard recycling bins

3-classrooms

and transported to the Griffin Hub.  From the Griffin Hub, recyclables are transported to Pratt Recycling, a MRF (Materials Recovery Facility). 

Click here for reports, projects and contacts at Griffin Recycling.