What Does Your Recycling Bin Look Like?

How To Properly Organize Your Recycling

The best way to facilitate recycling is to properly organize your recycling bin.  Don't just gather your recyclables and throw all of the supplies in your plastic bin.  If you are looking for a way to recycle more effectively, try this method:

1) Newspapers are the first items you should load into your recycling bin.  If you have a stack of newspapers, put the entire contents on the bottom of the bin.  Not only will this help with organization, but it will weight down the bin and create a stable place for the rest of your recyclables.

2) Junk mail and light pamphlets should go in your recycling bin next, on top of the newspaper.  This loose paper should take up very little space in your bin.

Grady's Green Impact Revisited

How We Practice Our Green Initiatives

Over the past year, our blog has been a platform for apartment residents to learn about the ease of greenliving and eco-friendly lifestyle options.

As a company, we strive to do all we can to promote our green initiatives.  During our 50th Anniversary celebration in March, we detailed only a few of our practices in a blog post titled "Grady's Green Initiatives."

For a reminder, some of Grady Management's green initiatives include:

1. Implementing energy efficient LED (light emitting diodes) light fixtures, CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs, common area lighting controls, and more efficient HVAC upgrades to help lower utility costs at some of our communities.
2. Promoting public transportation use at communities close to public transportation such as direct bus or Metro access.

Shattering Glass: The Journey of Recycling

Facts About Safely Recycling Glass

While getting your recycling ready, it is important to note that glass products are among the trickiest to safely recycled and reuse.

The process to recycle glass includes:

1. Glass needs to be carefully placed in a recycling bin or designated recycling container.  Broken glass cannot be recycled and is a hazard to others.

Can You Recycle...

A True or False Recycling Challenge

How much do you know about recycling?  Test your knowledge about one of the easiest ways to live a green life by taking our true and false test all about recycling- the answers are revealed at the bottom of the post!

1. True or False: Batteries cannot be recycled.
2. True or False: Styrofoam can be recycled.
3. True or False: All glass can be recycled.
4. True or False: Plastic bags can be recycled.
5. True or False: Over 20 million tons of food waste is disposed of in America per year.

One Year Anniversary of Grady's GreenLiving Tips

New Tips Posted Every Tuesday

It is hard to believe that "Grady's GreenLiving Tips" blog celebrates a one-year anniversary tomorrow.  On September 2, 2014, this blog was created to provide a platform for people to learn about Grady Management's commitment to green initiatives and provide simple suggestions for easy, green, lifestyle changes.

For the one-year anniversary of this blog, we wanted to highlight our top three most popular posts from the past year:

1. "Spring is in the Air: Green Resources"- This post was published on February 24 and details many resources you can use any time of the year that makes it very easy to "go green."  Remind yourself of the resources by reading the post again!  This is our most popular post with over 100 total views!