Stewardship around the Church

Just so you all know, all the paper we are using in the office is recycled. Our supplier of cleaning supplies is giving us a cost analysis as we prepare to move more of our supplies to those with less offense to the environment. any other suggestions for how the church can be a better steward?

Feb. 27, 2008

Dekalb County will be picking up our recycling, starting today. We have paper recycling bins in the work room and in the music suite. A bin for plastic, metal and glass containers is in the kitchen. Dekalb will pick up paper and cardboard but it has to be free of any particles of food. The same goes for glass, plastic and metal. These must be washed and clean of any food or soft/juice drink residue. Br. Alered, our sexton, will take the paper bin and blue bag of containers to the street on Wednesdays and return the bin again to the church. Please do not count on him also washing out everything for us.

This is a very good step for us in our recycling efforts because Dekalb County accepts more than the Dekalb Farmers Market, which is where we (members of the Environmental Stewardship Committee) were taking much of the recycling. However, they do not accept paper towels or paper plates or styrofoam to-go boxes. They also require plastic caps or lids to be tightly replaced on plastic containers but want lids removed from glass containers. Many of you probably already use the Dekalb County service at your own homes and know their program and procedures.

Thanks so much for your help in reducing Epiphany's footprint on the natural beauty of the earth that God has given us.

Brenda Lloyd