Recycle Ike- I Love It!

It's amazing how much debris there is from Hurricane Ike.  As a person that tries to be GREEN I have thought often in the past few weeks how unreal it will be for all of it to go to a landfill.  Just the amount of trees, leaves, etc. alone is just amazing.

Over the past few weeks they have been picking up only 'GREEN' debris.  Meaning, anything that grows.  Trees, leaves, etc.  The other debris such as fences, siding, roofing materials etc. will be picked up at a later date.  Currently some of the Tree Debris is being chopped up in a mulching facility but there is just sooo much.  It hardly makes a dent when you take the supply and demand.

According to the Houston Chronicle the City of Houston has approximately 5.6 Million Cubic Yards of Tree Waste that they would like to be recycled.

Now the City Of Houston has announced that they would like to "Recycle Ike"!  What a fantastic idea!  They are going to pay the people with the Top 3 BEST Ideas on what to do with the GREEN Debris!  By the way, this is a Nationwide Contest.  Sounds like anyone can enter.

The awards will be:

• $2,500
• $5,000
• $10,000

In other words, well worth the email that they are requesting you to send in.  My mind is turning to see what I can suggest! 

If you have a great 'out of the box' idea that you would like to submit, email RecycleIke@CityofHouston.net or visit their website www.recycleike.com for more information.  Oh, and the deadline for ideas is October 31, 2008.  Help the City out in the largest Recycling Event of the year!