Live Thrive's Center for Hard to Recycle Materials
The Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) facility is a premier program of the nonprofit, Live Thrive. It is a permanent drop-off facility that aims to improve our environmental health by encouraging reuse and diverting thousands of pounds of household hazardous waste and other hard-to-recycle items from Metro-Atlanta landfills and water systems. CHaRM also accepts sorted single-stream items for those who do not have access. All operations expenses for CHaRM are paid from grants, donations and recycling fees.
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Live Thrive's Center for Hard to Recycle Materials
The Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) facility is a premier program of the nonprofit, Live Thrive. It is a permanent drop-off facility that aims to improve our environmental health by encouraging reuse and diverting thousands of pounds of household hazardous waste, bulky trash and other hard-to-recycle items from Metro-Atlanta landfills and water systems. CHaRM also provides single-stream recycling for those who do not have access.
About Live Thrive
Live Thrive is an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization working since 2010 to create a community that cares about a healthy and sustainable environment. We started as a blog sharing sustainable efforts of individuals, communities and local businesses large and small.
To fulfill our mission, Live Thrive organized the city of Atlanta’s first household hazardous waste collection in September 2010. Attendance was well over 1000+, diverting more than 75,000 pounds of waste from our water system and landfills. Over the next four years, Live Thrive organized nine additional events. Through these events, we realized the need for a permanent drop-off facility for these hard-to-recycle materials, and CHaRM was created.
Educational Programs
How do we teach our children to conserve and preserve? Simple answer—start early and lead by example! Live Thrive is working to bring environmental education to all levels through the CHaRM facility.
Latest News
Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe and CHaRM Featured in Fox 5 Atlanta Good Day Atlanta Piece
Check out this fantastic piece that aired on Fox5 Atlanta last week. We loved having Dana Fowle and her crew at CHaRM. Great interview with our founder and executive director, Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe that also includes footage from CHaRM and great recycling tips!...
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