YES, ATL, OUR CITY DOES RECYCLE...
On August 6th, GreenPlate Co-founder Montine Blank and volunteer extraordinaire Jennifer Bennett, along with about 20 other industry people, toured the SP Recycling Plant, and Strategic Materials. Strategic Materials is located in College Park and is one of the country's largest glass recyclers. Montine was impressed with their state of the art processing system that used jet engines and lasers to process the glass. The group also got to see where the City of Atlanta's recycling gets processed at the SP Recycling plant in Forest Park. On average SP handles 200 tons of materials every day. After seeing the piles and piles of collected materials, Jennifer stated, "It was a a huge reality check for me. I have started on the right path with recycling but now I really understand that reducing packaging and my overall consumption is really where I can make a bigger impact". 
FEATURED RESTAURANT:
MILLTOWN ARMS
Milltown Arms Tavern is a neighborhood meeting place with healthy, great food and fun games in the Cabbagetown community.
GP: What's your 'green' mission?
BARB: From day one, we have been committed to providing great quality food while looking for ways to reduce our environmental impact.
GP: What steps have you taken?
BARB: We have started recycling cardboard and have made the cardboard bin available to other community businesses. We also recycle our liquor and wine bottles. We started changing to biodegradable take out options.
GP: What step have you taken that you really felt made and impact?
BARB: We hosted the Milltown Olympics and made it a green event. We used silverware and compostable plates and cups and then partnered with GreenCo Environmental. , Georgia's only permitted food waste composter to compost all of the food and paper waste.
GP: What's your dirty little plastic secret?
BARB: Well, we are still using the plastic bags butwe are working on that!
Milltown Arms Tavern
180 Carroll St SE
Atlanta GA 30312
404.827.0434
PLASTIC ECO-HERO:RAINFOREST-SAVING GRACE FORD
Grace Ford is 6 and she's making a difference. Grace's imagination and concern were ignited when she learned
about rainforest destruction in the Amazon in her class at the Galloway School. So she started her "Save the Rain Forest" piggy bank to collect money to send to Earth's Birthday Project. Through Galloway's eff
orts, 22 acres of rainforest were preserved.
Grace recognizes how important it is to make a difference locally. She decided that she should start taking "nature walks" to pick up trash so as she takes walks around Chastain Park . She picks up the trash and puts in her little sisters stroller until she comes to a trash can. Grace also decided to do her part by taking her own water bottle with when she is on the go instead of plastic ones that get thrown away. If everyone made a commitment to take some action like Grace, we'd be making a big impact on our environment.
GREEN PACKAGING LUNCHEON
Join us as we discuss how to make the right decisions when it comes to choosing how to package your products/meals in a green and sustainable way. Southeast Green, Green Plate and the Green Chamber of the South are hosting this lunch and learn panel discussion with industry insiders on how to green your containers for your business.
When & Where: October 2nd, 11:30AM Radial Cafe',
Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited so please register today.
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GREEN UP YOUR CLEAN-UP
GreenCell Took Part on Green the Block's National Service Day with City Council Member Kwanza Hall, GreenCell, Remix Recycling, and 250+ Georgia State Univerisity Freshmen.
GreenCell is officially partnering with Kwanza Hall of Atlanta City Council District 2 to "GreenUp Community Clean-Ups" throughout 2009 in his district. GreenUP CleanUps separate recyclables from trash, avoid using plastic water bottles, and teach communities about how and what to recycle in their area. There are also added safety guidelines and the training of GreenCell Ambassadors.