School, Community Launch Recycling Initiative

Rumpke Recycling, Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful and Mt. Washington community leaders unveiled a neighborhood recycling center at 1:30 p.m., April 4, during an assembly at Mt. Washington Elementary School.                              

The event kicked-off with the delivery of a 6-cubic yard Rumpke Recycling container, which was purchased through a grant from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful.

“This is a very exciting time for the Mt. Washington community,” said Ken Peck, Mt. Washington recycling coordinator. “Not only will we develop good recycling habits in our children, but area residents without curbside service will finally have a place to drop-off their recycling.”

The Rumpke Recycling container, which has been permanently located in the school parking lot, accepts a variety of items, including aluminum and metal cans, paper, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, glass bottles, newspapers and corrugated cardboard.  A complete list of acceptable materials is located online at www.rumpkerecycling.com.

Friday’s assembly included a lesson from Rumpke Recycling on the importance of recycling and speeches from community leaders on how the students can spread their good recycling habits to the rest of the community.  Rumpke’s mascot, Binny, will make an appearance.

Mt. Washington School students have been preparing for the event all week, through various classroom lessons.  The students were also challenged to create a design for recycling bins for their classrooms.  The student with the winning design, which was announced on Friday, received a $25 gift card to Target.  

The Mt. Washington recycling initiative is a cooperative effort with participants including Rumpke Recycling, the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Mt. Washington Elementary School, the Mt. Washington Community Council, the Mt. Washington Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. and Keep Cincinnati Beautiful.

Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest privately owned, residential and commercial waste and recycling firms.  Rumpke provides service to areas of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia.  Other Rumpke divisions include Rumpke Recycling, Rumpke Portable Restrooms, The William-Thomas Group, Rumpke Hydraulics & Machining and Rumpke Ballpark.  The Rumpke business began in 1932, and its corporate headquarters are located in Cincinnati.

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