Early on a beautiful Saturday morning on November 15th at the Litter Control facility on Carolina Road in Suffolk, representatives from the Suffolk Public Works Operations Center gathered, along with several S-N IWLA Chapter volunteers, for a Tire Amnesty Day Recycling Drive for Suffolk citizens.
Over 800 tires were collected and stacked for later recycling. In addition, there were other recycling stations available for paper shredding as well as collection of hazard materials, batteries, etc. to give Suffolkians the opportunity to bring special items that can’t be discarded through regular curbside pickup. Other work crews at the paper shredding station were extremely busy. Daniel McDonald, Litter Control Coordinator, commented that approximately 8 tons of paper are usually collected/shredded at such events.
As evidenced by the photographs shown below, everybody on the work crew enjoyed spending time with each other while stacking tires, and there was some good natured bantering and lots of camaraderie. Also, it was a good work-out exercise-wise; hoisting heavy tires to waist height, some filled with rain water that sloshed all over, is a task that is not for the faint-hearted! THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO HELP OUT AT THIS EVENT.
