• January -- Christmas Tree Recycling (Home Depot-Hiram and area schools)
  
• February --Arbor Day (Plant a tree) Arbor Day Celebration Friday
  
• April –Keep Paulding Beautiful Litter Bag Drive
  Earth Day
• May -Great American Clean Up/Pick-Up-Paulding
  
• September – Keep Paulding Beautiful Community Awareness Booth at
  Paulding Meadows
  
• Keep Paulding Beautiful September 11th Remembrance Ceremony- September 11, 2005 Liberty Garden at Mt. Tabor Park-9:00 AM
  
• October - Paulding County Parks and Recreation Halloween Trick or
  Treat Village @ Paulding Meadows Park Keep Paulding
  Beautiful Mascot, Buzzie Bee appearance-November - America Recycles Day
  Recycling Kick-off County Wide
  
• December - Dallas Annual Christmas Parade-Buzzie
  
• Bee appearance-Downtown Dallas 2:00 PM
  

• Office Paper: this includes any non-glossy paper such as notebook paper, envelopes, post-it notes, and printer paper. It also includes non-corrugated cardboard. All three public libraries accept these items.
  
• Newspaper: All three public libraries, WalMart, the Dallas Park-N-Ride (across from Chattahoochee Tech), the Kroger in Hiram, the Water Department ( Macland Road location ONLY), and many schools accept newspapers in their parking lots.
  
• Corrugated Cardboard: The Dallas Park-N-Ride accepts it. Please flatten and remove all polystyrene peanuts and/or other packaging material before placing in bin.
  
• Magazines: This includes magazines as well as glossy paper. The Dallas Park-N-Ride, and many local schools accepts them.
  
• Telephone Books: Telephone books are typically delivered between mid-May and mid-June. Bins are placed at the three public libraries, the Dallas Park-N-Ride and sometimes a fifth location. These bins are placed a week before the earliest delivery date and for an additional two weeks after the latest date of delivery. The Dallas Park-N-Ride bin remains year-round.
  REMOVE LINE ABOUT PLASTIC RECYCLING
  
• Aluminum Cans: Cans are accepted at the Dallas Park-N-Ride location. Please empty and rinse the cans. Please check with your neigborhood schools for aluminum recycling as well.

• Nickel-Cadmium batteries are accepted at WalMart and Home Depot.
  
• Polystyrene foam trays are accepted at Publix.
  
• Scrap metal is accepted at the Paulding County Landfill. Scrap metal includes old appliances, bikes, grills, lawn mowers, and much more.
  
• Scrap tires can be taken to any tire dealer for recycling. They will charge for this service.
  
• Motor oil can be recycled at places like AutoZone, Pep Boys and Advanced Auto
  
• Auto Batteries, many stores that sell them accept your old battery for recycling.
  
• Old Cell Phones: accepted at the Paulding County Water System Facility located at 1723 Bill Carruth Parkway, Hiram. SOME LOCAL SCHOOLS, CHECK WITH OFFICE PERSONNEL TO VERIFY.
  
• Waste Paint: Duron Paint in Hiram sells a product called Waste Paint Hardened- This product may be purchased for around $ 3.00 and can be put in unwanted paint for absorption for disposal.

Paulding County received their Keep Paulding Beautiful Certification on May 13, 2003 and is now an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc.. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact the KPB office at 770-443-0119 or kpb@paulding.gov.

Paulding County is making every attempt to increase the number of items accepted for recycling. Your patience and loyalty are appreciated.