Finders Keepers Save the Earth Campaign

With Earth Day around the corner on April 22, Finders Keepers is participating in the National Association of Resale and Thrift Shop's (NARTS) Save the Earth Campaign. From April 20 to April 25 Finders Keepers will be collecting wire hangers to prevent them from ending up in landfills. Hangers may be dropped off at all three Finders Keepers locations: Fashions, Boutique and Furnishings.

According to Hanger Network, more than 3.5 billion wire hangers are dumped into United States landfills a year and it takes more than 100 years for these wire hangers to decompose. "People throw away their wire hangers because they do not know that they are bad for the environment and that it is just as important to recycle wire hangers as it is paper or plastic. Our goal is to not only provide our customers with a place to drop off their unwanted wire hangers, but to also educate them on different ways to dispose of their hangers that are safe for the environment," said Bonnie Kallenberg, Owner of Finders Keepers.

Consignment stores around the nation will participate in NARTS' Save the Earth Campaign. NARTS' goal is to collect a total of 100,000 wire hangers and save them from the landfills. Finders Keepers will donate their collected wire hangers to a local dry cleaner and whatever is left will be taken to a metal scrap yard.

For more information on Finders Keepers and directions to all three stores, visit www.fkconsign.com

Electronic Recycling @ Whole Foods

The Whole Foods on Briarcliff Road will host a Spring Cleaning Electronics and Junk Collection from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Earth Day, April 22.

Spend some time Spring cleaning your home and bring your unwanted junk to the store. In an effort to increase proper disposal of waste Green Junk Removal will be here to collect your unwanted tires, batteries, paint cans, electronics, air conditioning units, bathroom fixtures, lawn and garden equipment, and much, much more. For more details on what items will be accepted please visit www.greenjunkremoval.com.

Earth Day at Atlantic Station

In keeping with the community's strong commitment to the environment, Atlantic Station is hosting its first annual Earth Day event on April 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. As the nation's largest urban brownfield redevelopment and as a national model for smart growth and sustainability, Atlantic Station provides the ideal location to host one of Atlanta's largest Earth Day celebrations.

For the event, Atlantic Station has invited local and national businesses into the sustainable mixed-use community to showcase how they are going green and to educate consumers how to lead a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Participants will share sustainable "how tos" unique to their own businesses, and which consumers can incorporate into their own lives.

The public is invited to attend the free event, which will be held in Central Park in Atlantic Station, to celebrate going green on Earth Day.

Since its opening in 2005, Atlantic Station has embraced the green movement through its one-of-a-kind environmental design and strategy. The mixed-use community utilizes an environmentally-friendly water cooling system that produces green energy, boasts LEED certified office towers, will ultimately include 11 acres of green space and encourages public transportation by providing a free community shuttle system.

Local and national businesses will be participating in Atlantic Station's Earth Day celebration, showcasing their own green products, distributing free samples to attendees and providing tips to consumers on how to go green in their own everyday lives.

Participants include Georgia Aquarium, How Stuff Works, Regal Cinemas, Publix, The Georgia Conservancy, Nestea, FUZE Beverage, Mission Zero, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed, and Atlantic Station's own ASAP+, Smart Wash and FIO 360, among others.

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