Announcing the 2022 Annual Spring 3-in-1 FHA & GREEN SCENE Community Recycling Event for Saturday, May 21, 2022

 

FOR FEARRINGTON AND GALLOWAY RIDGE RESIDENTS ONLY.

FHA In Partnership with The GREEN SCENE

Saturday, May 21, 2022  Only Between 9:00am and Noon

3 Events — 1 Day: Gathering Place Parking Lot.  

MASKS REQUIRED DURING THE EVENT!

This Event is Sponsored by the FHA and by 

Fearrington Resident & FHA Vice President Amy Ghiloni.

 

1. FREE SHREDDING

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.

2. PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE DISPOSAL

The Chatham County Sheriff’s Department will be available to safely dispose of all your old, unused, or expired prescription medications safely and legally.

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

Stopping Fires In Your Home With Smoke Alarms And Fire Extinguishers

Spring 2022 Information | Have you tested or used your fire extinguisher in the past year? United Fire and Safety Equipment Company will be at The Gathering Place for the annual recertification of your fire extinguishers at a cost of $9.95 by cash, check, or credit card. They will also sell new smoke alarms and new extinguishers. If your extinguisher can be refilled, the costs will be the same as last year: $20.50 (2.5 lbs), $27.50 (5 lbs), $36.50 (10 lbs), or $47.50 (20 lbs). The cost of a new fire extinguisher is $65.50 for 2.5 lb size. (A new extinguisher is more expensive this year because the steel canister is made in China and the cost of canisters has increased dramatically.)

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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 2022 Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Events will be held on this same day (May 21, 2022) 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 2022 COUNTY HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENTS scheduled for Saturdays, June 18th, July 16th, August 20th, September 17th, October 15th, and November 19th.

For information on what items are accepted by the County's HHW program, be sure to visit their website.

Unique Wind Powered Dry Toilet Installation Does Not Require Water to Work

 

A sanitary installation which does not require either water, or evacuation to work. 

Not only the water is saved, but this system is completely isolated from the environment and can’t contaminate the groundwater. 

The excrements are dried up in the conveyor and the urine as well as the humidity evaporate into the atmosphere. The system was designed to handle normal amounts of urine. In fact it assists with the removal of odors due to the additional ventilation it causes because of evaporation. The excrements dry by being transformed into a kind of compost and represent between 5 and 10 % of their initial mass. If more voluminous objects such as cans of drink, layers or other objects are accidentally dropped into the tank, the system will not be blocked; nonetheless, it is recommended that such objects not be added to the system.

The system is manufactured in the Collectivity of St. Martin in the French West Indies and uses a natural biological process to transform the waste into a kind of dehydrated and odourless compost. For more information, see the schematic just below and visit the product website (or click on the banner above).

A SunwinD Eco San toilet is housed inside this attractive beachfront tropical shack at a popular public beach located in a beautiful nature park on Pinel Island just offshore from the Island Collectivity of St. Martin.