Two Ways to Keep the Holiday Spirit Going!
- Your tree can become mulch for Dallas residents or for the Texas Discovery Garden!
- Free Mulch for Dallas residents
1. Bring your Christmas Tree to one of the recycling locations listed below from
December 26, 2008 through January 11, 2009 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
(Remove all tinsel, ornaments, lights, nails and tree stands before dropping off the tree for recycling)
Christmas Tree Recycling Locations
Northwest (Bachman) Transfer Station
9500 Harry Hines Blvd. (Monday – Sunday)
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Southwest (Oak Cliff)Transfer Station
4610 S.Westmoreland Road (Monday – Sunday)
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Fair Oaks Transfer Station
7677 Fair Oaks Ave. (Monday – Sunday)
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Flag Pole Hill
Buckner Blvd. at Northwest Hwy. (Monday – Sunday)
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McCommas Bluff Landfill
5100 Youngblood Rd. (Monday – Saturday)
2. Free mulch may be picked up at the McCommas Bluff Landfill and the Bachman Transfer Station after January 1, 2009, and is available for residential customers only. Bring your shovel and containers! For more information call City of Dallas non-emergency services at: 3-1-1.
Mulch for The Texas Discovery Garden Preservation Tree Services to Recycle Christmas Trees into Mulch for Texas Discovery Gardens Recycle your Christmas tree to help enrich Texas Discovery Gardens' landscaping plans for 2009. You may drop off your live, green or flocked Christmas tree at one of two Dallas locations:
Texas Discovery Gardens (Monday -- Friday)
3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd 3601 at Fair Park (follow signs to Ranger Circle)
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Preservation Tree Services (Monday -- Friday)
6721 Maple Avenue (just north of Mockingbird Lane)
Trees will be accepted weekdays only between December 26 and January 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All ornaments, tinsel, lights, nails and stands need to be removed prior to dropping off. Questions can be directed to Sharon at Preservation Tree: 214-528-2266 – sv@preservationtree.com Mulch is an excellent way to help trees and plantings retain moisture, protect themselves against the cold, and absorb necessary nutrients! Keep the spirit going…put that tree to good use!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Holiday Safety Tips - Don't be a victim of crime!
Theft Prevention and Crime Awareness:
A secure neighborhood is made possible through awareness and practicing crime prevention. The purpose of crime prevention is simple: to help you recognize your own vulnerability to crime, and to reduce your risk through preventive action and cooperation with the police. If you see a suspicious person in your area please call 911. Be prepared to give a description of the person.
The following are examples of behaviors that could be considered suspicious:
A person that you do not recognize going from house to house in your neighborhood.
A person or persons standing in a alleyway looking around for a long period of time.
Safety Tips:
Keep small valuable and personal items out of sight, in the trunk, or in another safe place.
Do not leave coats, purses or wallets, cell phones, palm pilots and blackberries, laptops and other small electronics in visible and accessible locations.
Make sure to put all holiday shopping packages in your trunk or out of sight. Theives are most likely to steal something they can see.
Close and lock all doors and windows at all times. At night, it's best to close the blinds or curtains so that no one can see inside your house to see what electronics or packages you have.
Make sure your outside lights are on and working at night.
Remember to call anything suspicious into the police. Call 911!
This is the time of year when home and car burglaries increase greatly. Please don't be a victim!!
A secure neighborhood is made possible through awareness and practicing crime prevention. The purpose of crime prevention is simple: to help you recognize your own vulnerability to crime, and to reduce your risk through preventive action and cooperation with the police. If you see a suspicious person in your area please call 911. Be prepared to give a description of the person.
The following are examples of behaviors that could be considered suspicious:
A person that you do not recognize going from house to house in your neighborhood.
A person or persons standing in a alleyway looking around for a long period of time.
Safety Tips:
Keep small valuable and personal items out of sight, in the trunk, or in another safe place.
Do not leave coats, purses or wallets, cell phones, palm pilots and blackberries, laptops and other small electronics in visible and accessible locations.
Make sure to put all holiday shopping packages in your trunk or out of sight. Theives are most likely to steal something they can see.
Close and lock all doors and windows at all times. At night, it's best to close the blinds or curtains so that no one can see inside your house to see what electronics or packages you have.
Make sure your outside lights are on and working at night.
Remember to call anything suspicious into the police. Call 911!
This is the time of year when home and car burglaries increase greatly. Please don't be a victim!!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
What to do with old cell phones ...
Option 1: Recycle Your Cell Phones:
Do something to help the environment and global poverty:
www.onemillioncellphones.com. “Our goal is to beat the One Million Cell Phone Challenge. Recycling one million cell phones across America will save 350 trillion gallons of water (enough
to stop Niagara Falls for 72 years) and allow 100,000 women to rise from poverty through microfinance (enough to fill the brand new Dallas Cowboys Stadium).” Recycle to Eradicate Poverty Director, Brian Weinberg
Option 2: Give them away:
In addition, you can "recycle" your old cell phone by donating it to a local women's shelter. Follow this link http://www.911cellphonebank.com/drop-off-locations.asp?State=TX and type in your city and zip code to find the nearest drop-off location.
- Each cell phone holds no less than 8 toxic elements—lead, cadmium, mercury,
nickel, arsenic included– and can pollute up to 35,000 gallons of drinking water. - Each year, phones are retired in enormous amounts: 500 million each
year, 10 million each month.
But what happens to the old ones? You really have three choices:
1)Throw them away (which is bad for the environment).
2) Put them in your sock drawer, or
3) RECYCLE THEM!
Do something to help the environment and global poverty:
www.onemillioncellphones.com. “Our goal is to beat the One Million Cell Phone Challenge. Recycling one million cell phones across America will save 350 trillion gallons of water (enough
to stop Niagara Falls for 72 years) and allow 100,000 women to rise from poverty through microfinance (enough to fill the brand new Dallas Cowboys Stadium).” Recycle to Eradicate Poverty Director, Brian Weinberg
Option 2: Give them away:
In addition, you can "recycle" your old cell phone by donating it to a local women's shelter. Follow this link http://www.911cellphonebank.com/drop-off-locations.asp?State=TX and type in your city and zip code to find the nearest drop-off location.
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