Community Recycling & Resource Center
right|275px|thumb|AEC Recycling Center from 24th Street North, April 2011 The AEC Recycling Center is a non-profit 24-hour drop-off recycling center operated since 1973 by the Alabama Environmental Council. Since 1980 it has been located at 2341 2nd Avenue North. The center collects all types of glass, paper, cardboard, metal cans, and plastic bottles. It also accepts cell phones and printer cartridges. In early 2008 the center began accepting all types of plastics. Most recyclables are delivered to Birmingham Recycle & Recovery for processing.
By its own calculations, the center processes an average of 600 tons of material each year, saving approximately 1,500 cubic yards of landfill space and reducing the need for raw materials extraction, processing and transportation significantly. The Center's coordinator and manager is Dan Tenpas.
The recycling center is expected to move to the former Parisian warehouse at 11th Avenue North and Carraway Boulevard, with the former lot being sold to the developers of an adjacent loft project.
References
- Bouma, Katherine (June 22, 2007) "Downtown recycling center may move soon." Birmingham News.
- Natta, André (February 27, 2008) "aec: all plastics now accepted". The Terminal
External links
- Recycling Center page at AEC online
- Alabama Environmental Council, Birmingham City Reycling video by Rebecca Schiffman