Apartment communities add recycling

Recycling Today, Sept, 2004

Clark-Whitehill Enterprises, a large, professional property management firm, is offering its residents in Hampton Roads, Va., the opportunity to conveniently recycle paper, cardboard, plastics, glass bottles, steel and aluminum food and beverage containers in its apartment and multi-family communities.

"Our residents love the fact that they now have a convenient recycling option," Chris Davenport, vice president of management for Clark-Whitehill, says. "Our company loves the fact that we were able to incorporate recycling into our communities, utilize one vendor for both services and do it all at no additional cost. More importantly, it furthers our commitment to be responsible corporate citizens."

The program uses 95 gallon/8 yard containers that are strategically placed throughout the community and allows residents to commingle recyclables in one container.

Tidewater Fibre Corp., Chesapeake, Va., services the containers, bringing the material to its processing facility for sorting and marketing. Unrecyclable material goes to the Refuse Derived Fuel plant in Portsmouth for conversion into fuel.