Recycling / Reuse

NTREG hosts a field trip to Franconia Brewery, an extremely energy efficient operation. How efficient? They recycle 100 percent of their mash (left-over hops after brewing). All brewery waste materials that can be recycled are recycled. They operate a state-of-the-art energy efficient building. A large portion of the water used in the brewing process is collected and re-used!

 Finally, Franconia Brewery says they don't produce waste or trash that will end up in a landfill. For that reason, they don't have a trash dumpster!

Franconia will give NTREG a private brewery tour. No beer or samples will be served during our tour. Instead, the focus will be the energy conservation efforts of their operation. The tour starts promptly at 10:15 am.

After the private tour for NTREG attendees, anyone who wants to join Franconia's regular 11 am tour is welcome to do so. The regular tour takes two hours and includes free samples of their product. Regular tour cost is $5 per person.

Frying a turkey on Thanksgiving and wondering how to turn your used cooking oil into free golf? Store your used cooking oil in a sealed plastic container like a bottle and bring it to Tierra Verde Golf Course on Saturday, Dec. 6,  from 8 a.m.-noon. We will use your used cooking oil to create biodiesel to fuel the lawnmowers at Tierra Verde Golf Course, and we will raffle off free rounds of golf for participants. For more information, visit http://ceasethegreasentx.com/roundup.asp.

Join Karin & Michael Cagle, Fort Worth Sierra Club and the honorable Lon Burnam for a holiday fundraiser supporting GSDFW Sustainable Leadership Award winner Texas Campaign for the Environment. 

Tickets: $25. RSVP 214-599-7840 or tinyurl.com/txenvironment

RSVP: Mica.Jones@FortWorthTexas.Gov

The city of Fort Worth is undertaking one of the largest green initiatives yet with the development of a comprehensive solid waste management plan. 

The plan will serve as a blueprint for how waste is handled and managed in Cowtown for the next 20 years. The previous plan – created in 1995 – addressed a number of issues, including ensuring adequate landfill space. This time around, the city is looking to involve all residents of Fort Worth to answer tougher questions:

• What is waste, and what part of waste is a resource?

• Which resources can we recapture for value, and what’s the best way to do that?

• What behaviors are Fort Worth residents and businesses willing to adopt to make a greener city?

Just the facts

Fort Worth is growing

• It’s grown by 50 percent over the last 20 years.

This class, will expand on the basic form of hot composting and will instruct students on a variety of other composting styles including worm composting, sheet composting, Bokashi, cold composting and more. Free. Info: Fran Witte, fwitte@cityofirving.org

Join us and Keep Fort Worth Funky in screening the documentary film about plastic and plastic bags. This will be a fun evening of craft beer and other activities. Learn how you can volunteer for our campaign to pass a bag ordinance. Have a lively discussion about plastic pollution and what we can do. Film will start at sundown.

Drop off electronics for responsible recycling. Fees: TVs-$20, CRTs-$10. Info: Karl Thibodeaux, administrator@firstjefferson.org or 682-465-0021.

Check back for details.

If you've ever wondered how recyclables are processed at the recycling center, join the Keep Fort Worth Beautiful for a tour. 

Email KFWB@FortWorthTexas.gov to join the tour.