Mailing Address:

Ecology Action of Texas
PO Box 1927
Austin, TX  78767

Phone: 512-322-0000

 

 

 

 

 

420 Kemp Street
Austin, TX, 78741
United States

512-322-0000

At Ecology Action of Texas, our mission is to educate and empower people to create a healthier environment. 

Ecology Action has been at the forefront of waste diversion and conservation efforts since it's founding in 1969, from creating Austin's first recycling program, to our current work of recycling the landfill itself! In 2015 we closed our downtown recycling center to focus our efforts at Circle Acres, where we are transforming a former landfill into a nature preserve to be enjoyed by all. Through tours, events, volunteer days, summer camps, and field trips, we engage our community in landfill diversion and remediation, towards a vision of a zero waste world.

For Immediate Release: Ecology Action to Close Its Downtown Recycling Center Sooner than Planned

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For Immediate Release: Ecology Action to Close Its Downtown Recycling Center Sooner than Planned

Alden Larrick

1 September 2015

Downtown Recycling Center to Close to the Public on Sunday, September 13, 2015

Ecology Action of Texas will discontinue operations at its downtown recycling center, at 707 East 9th Street, on September 13, 2015, instead of the previously released date of September 30th. This decision was made by the Ecology Action Board of Directors under recommendation by the Ecology Action Staff to allow for ample to time vacate the 9th Street property by the lease termination date.

The recycling center, established in the mid 1990s, is a familiar presence along the southbound frontage road, offering Austin citizens and businesses an option for recycling that is accessible twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The Ecology Action recycling center currently diverts over 100 tons of recyclable material from area landfills each month. For information about other recycling resources in Austin and Travis County, please visit www.ecology-action.org/recycle.

Ecology Action, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, has played a foundational role in building an eco-aware culture throughout Central Texas, establishing Austin’s first recycling program nearly fifty years ago. Since its founding in 1969, Ecology Action has been and will continue to remain an active and innovative contributor to environmental education, protection, and community building. For additional information about our upcoming endeavors, please visit Ecology Action’s website at http://www.ecology-action.org.

 

 

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