The Independence Day holiday schedule for City of OKC services is below: Friday, July 3 City offices closed. No change to trash, recycling or bulky waste pickup. Remember: No bagged trash pickup for bulky waste or regular trash service (except bags inside Big Blue carts). Call (405) 297-2833 if you need an extra trash cart. […]
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Boom town
For years, residents of the John F. Kennedy neighborhood have dealt with loud explosions that cause their houses to shake and crack. Since 2013, they have reached out to Oklahoma City Action Center, Oklahoma City Council, the fire marshal and Department for Environmental Quality (DEQ) at various times. They still have yet to see any […]
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Recycling woes
The empty recycling bins that are on display in the fitness center at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club in Nichols Hills are indicative, residents said, of the city’s past reluctance to establish a recycling program due to cost concerns and the national pause placed on recycling due to China’s recent ban on recyclable […]
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Big green
For more than two decades, Oklahoma City residents have recycled aluminum cans, glass jars and bottles, plastic tubs and bottles, paper and more in 18-gallon recycling bins placed at the curb. While arguably national and local perceptions about recycling have changed since 1994, the City of Oklahoma City records household participation in its “Little Blue” […]
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Indigo Fest music and camping festival promotes spiritual and environmental consciousness in eastern Oklahoma
The first-year festival runs Sept. 22-24 at Blue Doors at Tenkiller near Gore.
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OKC Zoo and Nature Conservancy create research partnership
Current studies are researching fires, surveying mammals and monitoring amphibians for diseases.
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Keep Oklahoma Beautiful’s Environmental Excellence Competition returns
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful is accepting nominations for its annual Environmental Excellence Competition.
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Chicken-Fried News: Secondhand drugs
One Oklahoma county has found a way to redistribute unwanted medication.
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Green is good
Brian DeShazo and Chris Buerger Photo by Mark Hancock “There is no way that on a busy Friday night, a bartender is going to be putting their glass in the right containers,” Buerger said. They created Project Green Plate (PGP), an initiative to support and empower local restaurants to go green. Green initiatives have recently […]
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Waste not
“We just didn’t have any recycling options out at the festival,” said Angela Cozby, the festival’s director. For the past six years, festival officials have worked to create a completely trash-free event. This year, that goal will be reached. “The carbon footprint at [the Festival of the Arts] is pretty large and negative, so we […]