RECYCLING RAY:

Recyclin’ Ray is named after the founder of Parks & Sons, Ray Parks. Established in 1964, Mr. Parks focused the business on providing customers with prompt, efficient, and courteous trash collection at a fair rate. Although decades have passed since the company’s founding, Parks & Sons continues to operate under those same principles. Recyclin’ Ray serves not only as a reminder of the core values established by Mr. Parks, but also as a symbol of the company’s commitment to protecting the environment.





PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:

It is important for individuals and businesses to decrease the waste generated as this helps reduce our negative impact on the environment and conserves our planet’s natural resources. Please join Parks & Sons in our efforts to preserve the environment for future generations. We are excited about our recycling efforts and look forward to working with you in the protection of our environment.


RECYCLING FACTS:

Five plastic PET bottles (e.g. beverage bottles) yield enough fiber for one extra large t-shirt, one square foot of carpet, or enough fiber to fill one ski jacket. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a light bulb lit for 12 hours or one television for 3 hours. Recycling one 3 foot stack of newspaper saves one tree.

Every three months Americans landfill enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. One glass jar that is recycled saves enough electricity to light a conventional 60-watt bulb for 4 hours and an 11-watt CFL bulb for 20 hours.

Parks & Sons is proud to offer a variety of recycling collections to many of our customers across the Valley. Please see the sections below for the different types of collections available.


RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING:

This single-stream, commingled curbside service accepts paper, cans, boxes, plastics, and glass. Service areas for this program include: Del Webb’s Arizona Traditions, Corte Bella, Sun City, Sun City Grand, and Sun City West. Click here for more information regarding the collection of recyclables in this area.




BARREL CURBSIDE RECYCLING:

This single-stream, commingled recycling program accepts paper, cans, boxes, plastics, and glass. Initial service areas for this pilot program are Agua Fria Ranches, Citrus Point, Country Meadows, Cross River, Glendale, Litchfield Park (east of Litchfield Rd.), and Peoria. Click here for more information regarding this program. Although this program is in the initial stages, we anticipate offering this service to more customers in the near future.




COMMERCIAL RECYCLING:

This single-stream, commingled recycling program accepts paper, cans, boxes, and plastics. The commercial recycling service is ideal for businesses, multi-family complexes, condo associations, or homeowners’ associations. The availability of this service varies based on location and frequency. Please contact Customer Service  if you are interested in establishing this service. Click here for more information regarding this program.