{"id":84883,"date":"2021-06-04T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=84883"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:02:03","slug":"tire-and-scrap-event-is-just-plain-good-for-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/06\/04\/tire-and-scrap-event-is-just-plain-good-for-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tire and Scrap event is just plain good for the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers, residents, and town and village officials from Owego collaborated again for the annual tire and scrap metal cleanup, held on Saturday, May 22 at the Town Hall in Owego. At the cleanup event, over 1,500 tires were recycled and kept out of the local environment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to town officials, the event not only saved local residents money on disposal, but it also helped keep the drinking water safe and maintain the aesthetic quality of the area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s that kind of town where everyone helps each other out,\u201d said Joann Lindstrum, planning and zoning administrator for the Town of Owego, adding, \u201cAnd everyone knew each other that was coming through and they were saying hi to each other. That is what kind of (area) this is, everyone knows each other and it was a really nice event.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With a limit of eight tires recycled for free per person, Lindstrom said that roughly 1,500 tires in total were collected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s about [right] for an average year,\u201d said Lindstrom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paid for by the town, the location of the event shifts between the town and the village, with different highway departments helping out depending on the location.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe town highway department helped us this year, but last year the village did all the public works. It is a collaborative effort that goes back and forth between village and town,\u201d Lindstrom added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scrap metal was also collected, but Lindstrom said it was impossible for her to guess exactly how much was taken in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not get that much metal, and I don\u2019t even want to guess how much because I will be wrong, but it was a good amount of metal. It\u2019s great for people to clean out their basements and garages, nice for one stop drop off,\u201d said Lindstrom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While held only once a year, the recycling event serves multiple important purposes locally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s huge in keeping the good water quality,\u201d said Lindstrom, adding, \u201cIt is also important because it helps with keeping our code enforcement efforts, which is also my office, and because it is helpful to keep yards clean. [Discarded tires] also breed mosquitoes when left around and it helps people save money.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the health threat of discarded tires, which can affect both drinking quality and promote disease through the over breeding of mosquitoes, keeping the river\u2019s edge clear of debris is important for preventing flooding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is great in case of a flood, because trash near the river [can accumulate in certain areas] and create a huge problem that exacerbates flooding, so it is good to keep the river banks clean as well,\u201d explained Lindstrom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event is so successful that Lindstrom said local officials are actively working to see if it is possible to hold a similar event only for electronics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in some discussions, preliminary mind you, to have an electronics recycling event. This would be helpful because we have to drive all the way to Best Buy (to properly dispose of electronics) and if you have an old TV it can be very tempting to just throw it in the trash when the alternative is to drive to Vestal,\u201d Lindstrom said.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers, residents, and town and village officials from Owego collaborated again for the annual tire and scrap metal cleanup, held on Saturday, May 22 at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":84885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tire and Scrap event is just plain good for the environment - 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