Spring Recycling Drive-Through Event Planned In Alpharetta

Press release from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ⓡ:

April 28, 2023

It’s spring cleaning time! Join Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ⓡ, Phi Phi Omega Chapter and help save the environment by supporting their Spring Recycling event on Saturday, May 6 from 9am-12pm at the Innovation Academy Parking lot, 125 Milton Avenue, Alpharetta, Georgia.

Bring paper for the shredding truck, and clean and gently used clothes and shoes that we will donate to help the community. Just drive on through and we’ll remove the items from the car.

The items collected at our event will not go to landfills, but directly to local and international partners who through their organizations provide needed relief, fight poverty, and protect the planet. Our partners are Soles4Souls, Community Assistance Center (CAC) and RAM Shredding.

We are accepting papers and magazines. We cannot accept binders, electronics, oils, paints or hazardous waste products.

In 2022, at our first recycling event, we shredded 7,800 pounds of paper, donated 736 pairs of shoes and 155 bags of clothes.

This event is part of our Enhance Our Environment initiative to protect the environment.

Fun Facts:

Did you know the average person in North America throws away 70 pounds of textiles every year, and only 15% is donated or recycled? Or that shoes thrown away take 25-40 years to decompose in a landfill, and clothing takes 200 years?

To learn more about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ⓡ, Phi Phi Omega Chapter, visit www.phiphiomega.com.

This press release was produced by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ⓡ. The views expressed here are the author's own.