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The Green Scene March 12, 2025 Meeting Program.
Chatham County (NC) 2025 Mulch Sales Will Take Place on Saturdays ONLY From 7:30 am to Noon March Through May.
2025 Saturday mulch sales will take place on the following Saturdays:
- March 1
- March 8
- March 15
- March 22
- March 29
- April 5
- April 12
- April 26
- May 3
- May 10
- May 17
There are no mulch sales on April 19, due to Easter.
Saturday mulch sales are from 7:30 am to Noon at Chatham County Solid Waste & Recycling Main Facility- 28 County Services Road, Pittsboro.
Mulch is $5 per scoop; each scoop is about one cubic yard. We will load large trailers and dump trucks only with a large scoop for $10 per scoop. Note: Saturday sales are cash or check only.
We load, you haul. All loads of mulch MUST be secured. Learn more about securing your load. Tarps are available for purchase at the Main Facility and during mulch sales. The tarps are 6 x 8 feet and cost $3 each.
Contact the Main Facility with questions Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm at 919-542-5516 or email recycle@chathamcountync.gov.
The Green Scene February 12, 2025 Meeting Program
Coexisting With the Deer and Snakes of Suburban North Carolina
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Please do not reply to this email. Instead Send Questions, Replies, and/or Comments to: janemcw@aol.com
The recent devastating Los Angeles wildfires are a dramatic example of the sometimes dangerous interaction of natural events with human communities. A clearly less dramatic, but none the less, still significant issue, is the sometimes unpleasant interaction between a number of Fearrington Village residents and the local white tailed deer population.
In an informal poll last Fall, of more than one hundred Fearrington residents who volunteered to respond to the question: "Do you think that Fearrington Village has a deer population problem ?" ( With possible answers being "Yes", "No", "Not sure" ). More than 60% of the respondents said "Yes".
In order to further investigate this situation, we have invited Wildlife Biologist, Joseph Folta, with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, to share his professional expertise on the subject at our Wednesday, February 12 Green Scene Meeting. The meeting will take place in the large room at The Gathering Place, from 11:00 AM until Noon.
Mr. Folta will also share his substantial experience with another occasional cause of "natural concern": snakes.
If you would like to gain some knowledge about being more prepared to deal with possible interactions with these two categories of some of our "natural neighbors", please come and join us Wednesday morning. And, consider bringing a friend - as well as any questions you may have on the subject. All are welcome!
Attendance = 19
Mark your calendars, and spread the word!
Jason Welsch, Moderator
Fearrington Green Scene
Cell Phone: 914-806-4852
NEXT Program Meeting Will Be On Wednesday, February 12, 2025
There will be NO January Green Scene Meeting
Wednesday Morning, January 8, 2025.
Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday morning, February 12, 2025, as usual, at 11:00 AM, at the Fearrington Gathering Place.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 !
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 !
Mark your calendars, and spread the word!
Jason Welsch, Moderator
Fearrington Green Scene
Cell Phone: 914-806-4852
Email Questions, Replies, and/or Comments to: janemcw@aol.com
2024 Christmas Tree Disposal Guidelines
If You Wish To Have Your 2024 Christmas Tree Collected by First Choice Disposal, Be Sure To Follow These Guidelines:
For Those Who Are Able To Transport Their Own Tree, Chatham County Offers Free Christmas Tree Recycling Starting on 12/30/2024 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM Through January 17, 2025
- Location: Solid Waste & Recycling Main Facility
- 28 County Services Road
- Pittsboro, North Carolina 27330
Solid Waste & Recycling is offering free Christmas tree recycling at the Main Facility from Monday, December 30 through Friday, January 17. Trees can be accepted Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm at 28 County Services Road, Pittsboro. Please note: the office will be closed on Wednesday, January 1 for New Year’s Day.
Only real trees can be accepted. All decorations, lights, stands, and pots must be removed. Natural wreaths can be accepted as well if they are removed from the wire. After these dates, we will accept trees for the regular yard debris charge of $20 per ton, with a $2 minimum.
Artificial trees can be placed in the scrap metal recycling bin, but all decorations and lights must be removed. Pre-lit trees cannot be recycled, so throw those in with the regular trash.
No Green Scene Meeting Program On December 13, 2024
The next Green Scene Meeting program will be on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
Details to be posted here soon as well as in The Belted Gazette Newsletter and in the Green Scene MailChimp Newsletter.
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After Action Report on the October 19, 2024 FHA/Green Scene Annual Spring 3-in-1 Recycling Event
A big thank you to all our amazing volunteers—Eugene Rogers, Maarten Simon Thomas, Len Zeller, Kenneth Andrews, Virginia Faust, Bil Rosendfeld, Carol-Ann Greenslade, Stephen Boyd, Karin Ritter, Cheri Derosia, Jon Darling, Marilyn Racine, and Tony Daniels! Thanks to their efforts, we processed 148 vehicles—nearly one per minute—and managed to handle an impressive 3,984 pounds of paper, just shy of two tons! This paper is now on its way to being recycled into toilet paper at a production facility in Georgia. I would also like to acknowledge the financial support of the FHA Board in funding the Shimar Recycling Shredding Truck.
Recycled paper is proven to save trees and other resources: Recycling two tons (4,000 lbs) of paper has a significant positive impact on the environment. It can save 34 trees, 760 gallons of oil, 6 cubic yards of landfill space, 8,000 kWh of energy, and 14,000 gallons of water. Additionally, the 34 trees preserved can absorb about 500 lbs of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year, while burning that same ton of paper would release 3,000 lbs of carbon dioxide. Overall, recycled paper generates 74% less air pollution compared to paper made from raw materials.
At almost the last minute, the North Chatham County Volunteer Fire Department was unable to participate in the event because they were called out for an emergency. The Chatham County Sheriff's Department collected 28.4 pounds of un-needed pharmaceuticals during this event, which is a lot of medicines that won't end up polluting nearby water sources including Jordan Lake—our source of drinking water.
Planning ahead, consider circling the third Saturday in May (May 17, 2025) on your calendar, when we will have the opportunity to replicate and perhaps expand the yield of our fall 2024 community recycling efforts.
Jason Welsch
Moderator, Fearrington Green Scene
Announcing the 2024 FHA/GREEN SCENE Annual Fall Recycling Event
FOR FEARRINGTON AND GALLOWAY RIDGE RESIDENTS ONLY.
FHA In Partnership with The GREEN SCENE
Saturday, October 19, 2024 Only Between 9:00am and Noon
3 Events — 1 Day: Gathering Place Parking Lot.
THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE FHA.
Have your confidential documents destroyed on-site, free of charge. Watch as Shimar Recycling Inc. shreds your documents.
Guidelines:
- Bound paper stacks one inch thick or more need to be separated
- Remove rubber bands and heavy banker's paper clips from papers
- Paper should not be in binders or heavy plastic.
In addition to the bulleted items listed above, If you bring paper in Banker’s Boxes or file storage boxes (both of which are size 24x12x10) to be shredded, NOTE that there is a limit of such paper content from ONLY up to a maximum of 5 (five) such boxes that will be accepted for shredding.
2. PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE DISPOSAL
All you need to do is leave them in the original packaging and hand them to the sheriff deputy on duty at the Gathering Place. No liquid medication or "sharps" (needles) are accepted. Remember: NEVER FLUSH medicines as they cause environmental issues.
AN ALTERNATIVE TO THROWING AWAY YOUR CURRENT UNUSED, UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES: consider donating them to Chatham Cares Community Pharmacy [CCCP] in Siler City, a non-profit community-based organization operated by a licensed pharmacist and committed to reducing health disparities by providing access to quality pharmacy services to the low-income, uninsured, and underinsured residents of Chatham County. Read all about it here.
3. FIRE EXTINGUISHER CHECK Fall 2024 Information -- Stopping Fires In Your Home With Smoke Alarms And Fire Extinguishers.
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REMEMBER that we are no longer able to accept Household Hazardous Waste at our events; however, the County Will Accept Such Waste on This Same Day.
One of Chatham County’s 2024 Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Events will be held on this same day (October 19, 2024) at the County’s Main Recycling Facility approximately 13 miles from Fearrington Village, at [click the address for a MAP] 28 County Services Road, (which is just 6 miles west of Pittsboro, off Hwy 64), between 9:00 am - 3:00 pm on the following schedule:
After the County's May event, there will be six more REMAINING 2024 COUNTY HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENTS scheduled for the following Saturdays
(Chatham County Residents Only). No decal is required. Must show ID at HHW events.
- May 18
- June 15
- July 20*
- August 17
- September 21
- October 19
- November 16*
*The Sheriff’s Office will be on-site during these HHW events to conduct a medicine takeback. Learn more details below.
No business waste and no trash will be accepted.
Note that household fire extinguishers must be recycled at one of these scheduled Hazardous Waste Collection Events and cannot be recycled at the County regional Collection Centers. If it is from a business it will NOT be accepted at HHW events. Contact a private company for disposal options.
At HHW events, the county accepts such items as oil-based paints, solvents, stains, bleach, aerosols, cleaners, pesticides, brake fluid, fluorescent light bulbs, propane tanks, etc. Residents can bring 20 gallons of latex paint cans per HHW event. If you have a 1-gallon paint can that has half a gallon of paint in it, it will count as 1 gallon. Latex paint can be safely dried out and put in with your regular trash.
For a complete list, please visit the www.chathamcountync.gov/hhw or contact the Solid Waste & Recycling Division at 919-542-5516 or recycle@chathamcountync.gov.
For information on what items are accepted by the County's HHW program, be sure to visit their website.
Fearrington Green Scene October 2024 Meeting
Green Scene Meeting Wednesday
October 9, 2024
What About The Deer???
Join us at 11:00 AM at The Gathering Place for a presentation by April Boggs Pope, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission's
DEER BIOLOGIST.
April earned her B.S. degree in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at N.C. State University in 2015. Subsequently in May 2019, she earned her Masters degree in the same subject, also at N.C. State. April joined the NC Wildlife Resources Commission in October of 2019 and became the Commission's "Deer Biologist" in January of this year.
April will be speaking with us about her education and work background as they relate to "understanding how different levels of urbanization affect deer, how people perceive deer, and factors impacting deer populations and population management strategies."
Her informative presentation will include a wrap up Q & A period with an opportunity for attendees to be able to voice questions and/or concerns relating to the significant deer population in Fearrington Village.
Please join us for an enlightening experience - and maybe even bring a friend.
April will be speaking with us about her education and work background as they relate to "understanding how different levels of urbanization affect deer, how people perceive deer, and factors impacting deer populations and population management strategies."
Her informative presentation will include a wrap up Q & A period with an opportunity for attendees to be able to voice questions and/or concerns relating to the significant deer population in Fearrington Village.
Please join us for an enlightening experience - and maybe even bring a friend.
Mark your calendars, and spread the word!
Jason Welsch, Moderator
Fearrington Green Scene
Cell Phone: 914-806-4852
Email Questions, Replies, and/or Comments to: janemcw@aol.com
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