http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/30/atlanta-recycling-program-offers-incentives-at-some-cost/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/30/atlanta-recycling-program-offers-incentives-at-some-cost/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:42:43 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=26828 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/30/atlanta-recycling-program-offers-incentives-at-some-cost/feed/ 7 Remember that program we mentioned on Tuesday? Here are the official details. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/27/atlanta-to-launch-incentive-based-recycling-pilot-program/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/27/atlanta-to-launch-incentive-based-recycling-pilot-program/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:08:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=26509 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/27/atlanta-to-launch-incentive-based-recycling-pilot-program/feed/ 5 Recyclers could reap rewards at local and national businesses http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/10/atlanta-to-resume-weekly-garbage-recycling-pick-ups/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/10/atlanta-to-resume-weekly-garbage-recycling-pick-ups/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:10:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24784 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/10/atlanta-to-resume-weekly-garbage-recycling-pick-ups/feed/ 0 Celebrate good times, come on http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/06/add-it-up-georgias-environmental-woes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/06/add-it-up-georgias-environmental-woes/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:12:27 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20517 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/06/add-it-up-georgias-environmental-woes/feed/ 0 Scrap tires, filthy fish, and lots and lots o' trash http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/01/georgias-you-gotta-be-kidding-recycling-campaign-features-odd-atlantan/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/01/georgias-you-gotta-be-kidding-recycling-campaign-features-odd-atlantan/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:40:29 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20293 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/01/georgias-you-gotta-be-kidding-recycling-campaign-features-odd-atlantan/feed/ 5 Fictional Tommy Krenshaw is all that is wrong with Atlanta http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/19/morning-newsdome-no-socialized-trash-for-gwinnett/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/19/morning-newsdome-no-socialized-trash-for-gwinnett/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:11:19 +0000 Alejandro A. Leal http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11261 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/19/morning-newsdome-no-socialized-trash-for-gwinnett/feed/ 2 No mandatory recycling ... but no trash pickup either! http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/atlanta-trash-recycling-pick-ups-change/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/atlanta-trash-recycling-pick-ups-change/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:12:41 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11050 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/atlanta-trash-recycling-pick-ups-change/feed/ 1 Effective Jan. 5, 2009, the city changes its pickup schedule. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/22/cl-saves-atlanta-or-city-continues-weekly-recycling-pick-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/22/cl-saves-atlanta-or-city-continues-weekly-recycling-pick-up/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:19:09 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/22/cl-saves-atlanta-or-city-continues-weekly-recycling-pick-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/22/cl-saves-atlanta-or-city-continues-weekly-recycling-pick-up/feed/ 0 There are times in a journalist’s life when he or she feels they are simply screaming into the void. Casting information into the ether and metaphors into the vast unknown realm where ponies, wishes and jet skis go to die. Then there are times you bring about sweeping, monumental change, and you remind yourself why [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/25/atlanta-recycling-still-weekly/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/25/atlanta-recycling-still-weekly/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:40:05 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/25/atlanta-recycling-still-weekly/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/25/atlanta-recycling-still-weekly/feed/ 3 One of the more bothersome consequences of having a $140 million budget shortfall is the need to cut public services to save money. Which ones, and by how much? One that was proposed – and all but certain – for the chopping block was weekly pick-up of recycling. The program was outsourced to a private [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/18/atlanta-%e2%80%94-recycle-your-televisions-tires/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/18/atlanta-%e2%80%94-recycle-your-televisions-tires/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:20:50 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/18/atlanta-%e2%80%94-recycle-your-televisions-tires/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/18/atlanta-%e2%80%94-recycle-your-televisions-tires/feed/ 0 City of Atlanta Councilmember Carla Smith is inviting all who possess old televisions and electronic devices — what are these VCRs of which they speak? — to haul their goods down to Turner Field on April 26 and bid them adieu. As part of its Earth Day celebration, the city will be accepting all things [...]