Press release:
Genesee ARC and the City Youth Bureau Parks program teamed up this summer to offer educational tours at ARC’s new Trash & Recycling facility, 3785 W. Main St. Road.
Children from all five city parks program sites signed up to learn about the city’s recycling efforts and how items are reduced, reused and recycled. ARC Trash & Recycling Coordinator Mike Smith shared information about recycling seven different types of plastic, as well as tin cans, paper and the number one product recycled at the new facility, cardboard.
A new initiative called e-recycling was showcased during the tour, explaining the NYS law requiring recycling of electronics such as a computers, televisions, cell phones and electronic games.
(Photo: Mike Smith and a group from the Williams Park recreation program in front of piles of baled tin cans).
