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M.e.t. Community Education
The M.e.t. is 'Your Environmental Authority', providing area residents with a wealth of information about recycling and environmental concerns.
In 2007, The M.e.t. celebrated 20 years of providing Tulsa area residents a way to recycle. Last year, M.e.t. recycling centers collected 71,000 pounds of aluminum cans, 361,000 of cardboard, 2.2 million pounds of newspaper and 341,000 pounds of plastic.
Click the informative links below to discover ways to lessen your impact on our planet through recycling.
- Steps To Recycling
- Reduce - It's easy - just use less stuff! Here are some tips.
- Reuse - Buy sustainable goods that can be used over and over rather than once.
- Recycle - Glass, aluminum, paper...reduce trash and help save resources.
- Buying recycled - Make sure packaging is post-consumer recycled materials and buy recycled items.
- Computers - Don't trash them. Recycle them locally.
- Paint - Remodeling? Buy paint responsibly.
- Composting
- How to use compost in your garden.
- Building a compost bin
- Household Pollutants
- All about household pollutants
- Safer alternatives
- Storing your pollutants
- Transporting pollutants
- Environmental Books
- Environmental Education for Kids - Free presenations for school kids!
- M.e.t. Friends - Learn how to become a Friend of the M.e.t.
- Presentations and Speeches from Executive Director Michael Patton
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