The recycling scene? Littered with issues.
Fortunately, 4 local individuals + businesses recently pitched their pilot ideas to improve Chattanooga’s recycling program, which will all receive funding from the City of Chattanooga to measure what works in our city.
The City of Chattanooga + Company Lab partnered to create the pilot program | Photo via NOOGAtoday
♻️ The problems
- Through single-stream recycling — which is used in most cities, including Chattanooga — many recycled materials actually end up in the landfill.
- It currently costs ~$600,000 for the city to send just food to the landfill, on top of collection costs.
- Only 1/3 of glass is actually put into recycling bins, and less than half of that gets turned into something new.
- In 2018, ~56% of items going into the MSW landfill could be recycled, but weren’t.
♻️ The pilot programs
Brian Wright, Green For Good | Brian’s idea comprises 3 smaller partnerships for home, work, and school:
- Home | Utilize Hefty’s orange energy bag program
- Work | Get businesses to partner with organizations that offer rebates for aluminum recycling, and potentially direct those rebates toward Habitat for Humanity
- School | Use the Trex school outreach program that encourages students to collect plastic bags in a fun, competitive way for recycling
Mackenzie Tapley and Jimmy Urciuoli, with Green Steps | Update + create new recycling visuals and education outreach, including:
- Informational magnets + stickers for recycling containers and bins
- QR codes that can be updated and will provide education
- Educational workshops on recycling
Chris Greenwood, Olivine Glass | Turning glass crushing into the primary glass recycling system in Chattanooga. Olivine Glass will:
- Crush waste glass into the consistency of sand
- Sell the “sand” — which is currently in extremely high demand for construction — to various businesses
- Work with the city to create concrete from the recycled sand
Norm Lavoie and Michael Ryan, NewTerra Compost | NewTerra, the pitch’s audience choice award winner, focuses on food waste + composting.
- A compost system allowing you to gather food waste that is then composted by NewTerra to use for soil — aka, you don’t have to do the composting yourself
- Since all food waste is going in a separate container, this will cut down the number of garbage trucks needed, fuel used, and amount of waste going into landfills
Which pilot idea do you find most compelling?
They all make us second guess that it's not easy being green.
- Green for Good’s 3 partnership ideas
- New recycling visuals + education
- Olivine’s glass crushing method
- NewTerra’s composting idea
Today
- FIRESIDE: Outdoor Concert Series | Thurs., Oct. 21 | 7-9 p.m. | Greenway Farms | Free | This family-friendly outdoor music series will take place ‘round a campfire, with tonight’s music coming from Nicholas Edward Williams. 🎵
- Photographic Society of Chattanooga Open House | Thurs., Oct. 21 | 7 p.m. | St. John United Methodist Church, 3921 Murray Hills Dr. | Free | Celebrated photographer J. Scott Graham is the guest speaker at this photography event.
Friday
- Collegedale Apple Festival | Fri., Oct. 22-Sat., Oct. 23 | Collegedale Commons | Free+ | Enjoy fresh apples from Merciers Apple Orchard in Georgia + local vendors, a petting zoo, pony rides, and more. 🍎
- Fall Repertory Show | Fri., Oct. 22 | 7:30 p.m. | Frierson Theatre at Girls Preparatory School, 205 Island Ave. | $15 | Enjoy the Chattanooga Ballet’s inaugural fall repertory show. 🩰
- MasterChef Live! | Fri., Oct. 22 | 7 p.m. | Tivoli Theatre | $28+ | This interactive stage production wll bring the culinary TV shows MasterChef + MasterChef Junior to the Tivoli Theatre.
Saturday
- Lula Laker: Trail Blazer Race | Sat., Oct. 23 | 7:45 a.m. | Lula Lake Land Trust, 5000 Lula Lake Rd. | $50+ | This race is designed for trail runners with 10k and half marathon courses that utilize Lula Lake's famous trail systems. 🏃
- The Boozy Cauldron | Sat., Oct. 23 | 9 p.m. | The Signal, 1810 Chestnut St. | $40 | This 4-part cocktail experience — including the famous buttered beer — will also feature stories surrounding the tavern + the ghosts that still haunt the establishment. 🍸
- Halloween Jazz with Robin Grant & The Standard | Sat., Oct. 23 | 7:30-10 p.m. | Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. | $25+ | Put on your best costume and enjoy a night of Halloween-themed live music.
Sunday
- A Spooky Pop-Up | Sun., Oct. 24 | 12-5 p.m. | OddStory Brewing, 336 E. MLK Blvd. | Free+ | This event by OddStory + She-Bop will feature tarot readings, succulent pumpkins, food by Cashew, and other local vendors. 🎃
- International Market and More | Sun., Oct. 24 + Sun., Oct 31st. | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Cooper’s Alley | Free to attend | Each Sunday highlights a different region of the world while supporting local refugee + international artists, ft. art, food, music, activities, and one-of-a-kind gifts. Ⓟ
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Weather
- 75º | Scattered thunderstorms | 58% chance of rain ⛈️
Civic
- Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger announced that he will not be seeking re-election once his term is up in 2022. Coppinger was appointed + has served as county Mayor since January 2011. 🗳️(Chattanooga Times Free Press)
- The City Mayor’s office is hosting multiple public input sessions to engage with citizens during Mayor Kelly’s police chief search process. The first input session takes place online today at 1 p.m. The office is also offering an online survey for further public engagement.
Biz
- Chattanooga-based Steam Logistics is shifting its headquarters to the historic John Ross Building downtown. The nearly $7 million expansion is expected to create 400 jobs. The logistics company has seen revenues climb by about 1,000% since 2019, and this move will almost double its workforce. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
- As part of Startup Week, TVFCU hosted its annual Idea Leap Grant Pitch Picnic on Oct. 19 — giving away a grand total of $58,000 in grants. Of the 5 small businesses that made their pitches, Chatt Taste Food Tours took home the top grant of $21,000. 👏
Sports
- Chattanooga will soon serve as the host of both the 2021 + 2022 state football championships. The 2021 BlueCross Bowl state football championships will take place on Dec. 2-4 at Finley Stadium. 🏈
Regional
- This week, first responders all over the region are receiving Crisis Intervention Training. This training is meant to promote the understanding of those struggling with mental illness + addiction. It has been shown to help lead people to a road to recovery rather than incarceration. (WDEF)
Arts
- ArtsBuild announced that the next funding cycle for the Racial Equity Grant for Individual Artists program is now open to individual artists living + working in Hamilton County who identify as Hispanic or Latino(a)(x). The application deadline is Nov. 26. (The Pulse)
Cause
- Over the weekend, the Chattanooga Red Wolves hosted their annual “Pink! Out” game benefitting the MaryEllen Locher Breast Center. The Red Wolves organization + fans helped contribute nearly $12,000 to the center. 💗 (Chattanoogan.com)
West Village’s newest taco shop, 423 Taco, is officially opening this Friday.
Besides these drool-worthy Birria tacos, the new spot on W. 8th Street will also feature a full bar, tequila alley, their special “grandma’s guac” (because everything made by grandma is better), and even an Instagram-worthy photo wall.
See ya on Taco Tuesday, Nooga. 🌮
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