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BEEX: The Early Years 1979-82

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This punk rock vinyl sold out it’s first pressing in like 1 1/2 weeks, which is pretty amazing and this review includes a nice O Hill mention…

Top-tier slept-on shit from Richmond, Va., in the era when punk was a poetic art student thing. Beex played dark and catchy clean-guitar punk with a singer named Christine Gibson whose ominous croon splits the difference between Patti Smith and Exene Cervenka.

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…And there’s something very Richmond about the nihilism in these songs about suicide cults, vicious dogs, and absentee dads. It feels more like Oregon Hill than the Lower East Side, anyway. Get this record and find out where it started.

Trash/Recycling Pickup (Might Be) Tomorrow

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This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.

One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news, here is a recently release overview of the entire industry in the United States- https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/overview-state-of-municipal-recycling-industry-2021-takeaways/

Also, Virginia Tech has announced progresses in reducing single-use plastic and solid waste. How does VCU compare?

Richmond E-Cycle Day This Saturday

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Richmond E-Cycle Day Scheduled for September 11

~Paper shredding and the collection of electronics, household hazardous waste items and oil-based paints ~

WHO: Department of Public Works

WHAT: Richmond E-Cycle Day for City of Richmond Residents

•All residents must:
◦Wear a face covering
◦Stay in their car during the event and roll the windows down
◦Note: volunteers will take items out of your car

•Paper Document Shredding
◦Up to five (5) boxes of paper documents. Be sure to remove all binders, staples and clips

•Electronics (various fees apply)
◦Computer systems (hard drive or CPU) and accessories (cables, wires, keyboards, mice, speakers, etc.) VCRs, camcorders, stereos and all phones
◦Televisions, computer monitors and printers

•Household Hazardous Waste Items and Oil-based Paints
◦Bug spray, rodent poison and herbicides (Roundup, Weed B Gon etc.)
◦Note: Latex and water based paints will not be collected. These items can be left in open paint cans until they have dried out and then put in with regular curbside trash pick-up.

WHEN: Saturday, September 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: Broad Rock Sports Complex, 4825 Old Warwick Road (23224)

BACKGROUND: The City of Richmond’s E-Cycle Day offers City residents an efficient option to recycle paper and to help keep hazardous waste materials out of city waterways, streams and rivers. This event is available to city residents – proof of residency is required.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Thursday

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This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which NORMALLY means trash and recycling pickup. But due to the Labor Day holiday, Oregon Hill’s pickup will be Thursday morning this week.

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

Then again, recent worker shortages may hinder the pickup…

In other recycling news, bottle bill supporters are lobbying with increased vigor as they are planning national bottle bill legislation that is separate from Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.