{"id":951,"date":"2025-05-10T13:27:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/?p=951"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:40:44","slug":"12th-annual-earth-day-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/12th-annual-earth-day-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"12th Annual Earth Day Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a rainy Saturday, The Russell Company hosted our 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Annual&nbsp;Earth Day&nbsp;Event. Thanks to our awesome community partners, Reliable Insurance and Lafayette Q106.7, the day was still filled with smiles and great tunes! Despite the rainy day, we had a huge turnout, as always!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The West Lafayette Police accepted drug recycling, while the West Lafayette Tree Friends collected donations.The most popular of stops continued to be Eco Shred and Green Wave Electronics. We were grateful for the help of Kern Darbyshire from the Tippecanoe County Recycling &amp; Solid Waste Management District, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WL Police: 73 pounds of drugs recycled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WL Tree Friends: &nbsp;$1,818 donated to their organization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eco Shred: Approximately 10,000 pounds of paper shredded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green Wave: 4,507 pounds of electronics recycled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to everyone for their support and help, and thanks to all of you who came out!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-959\" style=\"width:769px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Earth_Day1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-shredding-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-967\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-shredding-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-shredding-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-shredding-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-shredding.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-group1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-group1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-group1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-group1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/earth-day-group1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a rainy Saturday, The Russell Company hosted our 12th&nbsp;Annual&nbsp;Earth Day&nbsp;Event. 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