LONGVIEW, TX (KYTX) - 86 year old Bobby Jo Walker isn't going green, she's been green. Now her retirement home is recycling right along with her.
Her goal is to make Longview an even better community for future generations to enjoy.
Bobby Jo Walker says she had a dream. "The vision that I had was that I was standing on a top of a mountains pile of waste," explains Walker. Waste Bobby Jo knew, from years of recycling in her own home, didn't have to go to waste.
"It was a dream to see this be accomplished," says Walker. Wednesday Buckner Westminster Place celebrated the beginning of recycling at the retirement home. It was a dream Bobby Jo had when she moved in more than 5 years ago. "When I got out here and realized all the waste being collected, I thought there's got to be a way," says Walker.
There is residential curbside recycling in Longview but not for businesses, apartments and retirement homes. So she turned to Allied Waste. The company based in kilgore, provides the recycling option for the home.
"Having a recycle container at a facility like this is perfect because most senior citizens either remember or they lived through the depression where they had to recycle for survival. In WWII, it was a matter of national security. To put it simply, they get it," says Gene Keenon with Allied Waste.
Wednesday, residents at the senior home brought paper, aluminum and plastics that could be recycled. "This is our answer. We've done it," says Walker.
To make it easy, Buckner Westminster has made sure to use a single stream method which means all recyclables can be thrown into the bin together and sorted later.
