Instead of throwing your glass away as trash, take all your glass containers to the Fort Jackson Recycling Center. Items that are not acceptable are mirrors, ceramic cups and plates, clay flower pots, light bulbs, crystal, automotive and window glass, heat-resistant oven ware and drinking glasses. Recycled plastic can receive new life by being turned into fiber fill for a ski jacket, a paint brush handle or even a park bench. You can help reduce the amount of plastic in landfills by dropping off your recyclable plastic. Plastic with numbers 1 through 7 are accepted.
Recycling is a distinctive program where the entire community works together for a common cause.
To stress the importance of recycling, a Learning Center, constructed primarily from recycled material, has been designed to teach children of the community about recycling. The first of its kind in the Army, the Learning Center is designed to be an interactive tool for the post and local schools to inform students about the solid waste programs, to emphasize the importance of recycling and to show how to conserve Nature's resources instead of putting trash in landfills. Displays, a classroom and a creative play structure are the center's major features. The displays demonstrate the processes used to turn trash into raw materials or new products, the way in which plastic is turned into fibers for carpeting and other products, and more. The play structure, built from recycled plastic, lumber and cardboard, makes learning fun for children.