Waste Reduction
and Reuse Tips
• Choose Energy Efficient Lighting
(CFL Bulbs) and “EnergyStar”
Appliances
• Use Washable Cups, Mugs, Utensils,
Napkins, Food Storage Containers
Instead of Disposables
• Use Refillable Water Bottles
• Use Reusable Canvas or Cloth Bags
for Groceries and Shopping so You
Don’t Have to Choose “Paper or
Plastic”
• Buy Only What You Need with Minimal
Packaging
• Avoid Buying Disposable Items When
Durable Ones are Available
• Practice Backyard Composting
• Reduce Junk Mail - Ask To Be
Removed from Unwanted Mailing
Lists
• Donate Reusable Items to Habitat for
Humanity, Goodwill or Salvation Army
Brought To
You By
Beverly-Hanks & Associates
The Leading Real Estate Firm in
Western North Carolina Since 1976.
828-254-7221
www.beverly-hanks.com
Quality Forward
Environmental Volunteer-Based
Non-Profit Organization That
Works to Make Buncombe County
Cleaner and Greener!
828-254-1776
www.qualityforward.org
Buncombe County Solid
Waste Department
828-250-5460
www.buncombecounty.org
Curbside Management, Inc.
Recycling Services
828-252-2532
www.curbie.com
MOVING BOX
EXCHANGE
Close The Loop
Reuse Those Boxes!
Have you just moved to Asheville?
Are you getting ready to move?
Don’t throw away those great
boxes and for goodness’ sake,
don’t buy new ones!
Beverly-Hanks has partnered
with Buncombe County Solid Waste,
Quality Forward and Curbside
Management, Inc. to provide TWO
moving box exchange sheds that are
free and easy to use!
Visit the Transfer Station or
Curbside Management
to drop off or pick up used
moving boxes for free!
• Reduce Standby Power Waste Unplug Things You Are Not Using
Here Are
The Details
•Moving Boxes Only - No Liquor,
Food or Other Miscellaneous
Boxes
•Boxes Must Be Collapsed,
Clean and In Good Condition
•Place Flattened Boxes in Size- Appropriate Bins
•Availability is First-Come, First-Served
At the Transfer Station:
Check in at the scale
house before proceeding
to the box storage.
At Curbside Management:
Box Exchange is available
during business hours when
the fence gates are open.
Directions
and Hours
Transfer Station
191 Hominy Creek Road
828-250-6205
Curbside Management
116 N. Woodfin Ave.
828-252-2532
Monday-Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday 8 am to 1 pm
Monday-Friday 7 am to 6 pm
Saturday 7 am to 5 pm
Directions From I-240:
From Asheville on 19/23 North
Take Exit 1B (Brevard Road/Highway
191), at the traffic light take Highway
191 North, turn Left onto Shelburne
Road, turn Left onto Hominy Creek
Road, the Transfer Station will be on
the Left.
Take the Woodfin/Elk Mountain Rd.
Exit 24, Turn Right onto Elk Mountain
Rd., Take an immediate Left onto
North Woodfin Ave., Curbside is about
1/2 mile on the Left.
From I-40
Take Exit 47 (Brevard Road/Highway
191), at the traffic light take Highway
191 North, turn Left onto Shelburne
Road, turn Left onto Hominy Creek
Road, the Transfer Station will be on
the Left.
From North:
Take US 19/23 south. Merge onto
US 25 via exit 23 North Asheville/
Merrimon Ave., Turn Right (south)
onto US 25/Merrimon Ave. for 0.3
miles, Turn Right on North Woodfin
Ave., Curbside is 0.1 miles on the
Right.
From Asheville on Merrimon Ave.
Go North on Merrimon past Beaver
Lake. Go past the light and take the
first Left onto North Woodfin Ave.,
Curbside is about 0.1 miles on the
Right.