Packing peanuts cluttering up your life? What about broken appliances? These items don’t go in your regular recycling bin but you can responsibly dispose of them during Asheville GreenWorks next Hard-2-Recycle event, coming up April 29 at the City of Asheville Public Works parking lot at 161 S. Charlotte St. They are accepting a [...]
The Shiloh Community garden is located at 59 Hampton St. Photo courtesy of Bountiful Cities, a partner agency with the City of Asheville. The City of Asheville is excited to announce that the Office of Sustainability has launched the Asheville Edibles Program. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity [...]
The City of Asheville is joining with community partners for a weekend full of Earth Day events and family-friendly activities. The City of Asheville, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, Equinox, GreenWorks, New Belgium Brewing, Organic Grower’s School, Mountain True and RiverLink are hosting Asheville Earth Week on April 21, 22, and 23. With multiple events at different [...]
Packing peanuts cluttering up your life? What about Styrofoam from holiday shipping? These items don’t go in your regular recycling bin but you can responsibly dispose of them during Asheville GreenWorks next Hard-2-Recycle event, coming up Jan. 14 in Asheville. They are accepting a lot of things that we tend to accumulate: old cellphones, used books, [...]
City of Asheville staff and elected leaders believe that all residents should have access to healthy, nutritious food and the ability to cultivate, harvest, process, sell, share and trade food in order to thrive and empower their own resilience. To create a more sustainable community food system City Council adopted Resolution 13-17, which establishes the City [...]
Topic to be incorporated into City’s Comprehensive Plan update Flooding. Landslides. Drought. Wildfire. Each season brings more worldwide reminders that weather and temperature can quickly cause significant destruction to a community. That’s why we are getting ready now. The City of Asheville’s Office of Sustainability is working with UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling [...]
Asheville Sanitation crews delivered the big blue recycle bins to the Hillcrest and Deaverview communities the week of Sept. 26. Recycling expands to these communities Oct. 3. Thanks to the success of the curbside recycling program in the Southside communities, which began in October 2015, more Asheville Housing Authority residents will have access to the program [...]
Packing peanuts cluttering up your life? What about old cellphones collected through the years? These items don’t go in your regular recycling bin but you can responsibly dispose of them during Asheville GreenWorks next Hard to Recycle event, coming up Sept. 17 in the Swannanoa area. Items can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. [...]
A message from the City of Asheville Office of Sustainability: National Drive Electric Week 2016 is right around the corner, as it takes place the week of September 10-18. This is a nationwide celebration that seeks to increase awareness for today’s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and highlights the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, [...]
This article comes from the City of Asheville Office of Sustainability. Have you ever wondered if there is a way that you can help the planet through your purchases and service choices? Well wonder no longer, sustainable consumption is the way to go! What is sustainable consumption? Sustainable consumption is a way in which we take into account [...]
Buncombe County, the City of Asheville and Duke Energy Progress have established a joint task force known as the Energy Innovation Task Force. Members have been appointed from local government, environmental and clean energy advocates, large and small businesses, local institutions and Duke Energy Progress. They will research, recommend and implement energy efficiency and demand-side management [...]
What do you do with that old stereo, leftover Styrofoam, cellphones and computers? And old tires, for that matter. Yikes, right? Asheville, we’ve got you covered. Hard to Recycle event Fortunately, Asheville GreenWorks is on the case. First up is the Hard to Recycle collection this Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 at the City Public [...]