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EP210: An Unlikely Hero

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SEGMENT 1: The Wild Tulip

In honor of Tulip Time here in Holland, MI, we decided to pay tribute to the Tulip; a flower that has inspired great passion throughout history. Find out what exile, pharmaceuticals, mania, famine and Gluten-free bread all have in common…

SEGMENTS 2 & 3: Outdoor Living Spotlight

Outdoor living is something we all want more of but few know how to achieve. We interview Kelly Karp a Landscape Designer from Landscape Design Services to bring you a few practical tips!

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SEGMENT 4: Not Hazardous Enough?

There is still time to finish up your spring cleaning but how do you throw away your old paint?? We’ve got the answers for all of your Hazardous or… not so Hazardous waste.

  • Stop out at any RepcoLite Location with your unwanted Latex Paint.
  • For $3 we will responsibly dispose of, or recycle your unwanted paint.
  • Paint must be in its original can
  • Oil Based Paint must be treated as Hazardous Waste. We only take back latex products.

Ottawa County Hazardous Waste Disposal

Kent County Hazardous Waste Disposal

Holland
14053 Quincy Holland, MI 49424
Tuesday & Thursday: 8am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
2nd Saturday: 8am-11am

Grand Haven
16850 Comstock Avenue Suite B Grand Haven, MI 49417
Monday & Wednesday: 8am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
4th Saturday: 8am-11am

Coopersville
15600 68th Avenue Coopersville, MI 49404
Monday: 12pm-4pm
Wednesday: 8am-12pm
3rd Saturday: 8am-11am

Georgetown
6693 Roger Drive Jenison, MI 49428
Tuesday: 12pm-4pm
Thursday: 8am-12pm
1st Saturday: 8am-11am

Grand Rapids
1500 Scribner Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Wednesday 7:30- 11:30am

Rockford
2908 Ten Mile Rd Rockford, MI 49341
Monday-Saturday 7:30am-5:00pm

Byron Center
10300 South Kent Dr. Byron Center, MI 49315
Monday-Friday 7:30am-exactly 5:00pm
Saturday: 7:30am-3:30pm

Wyoming
1155 28th St SW, Wyoming, MI 495
Monday – Thursday, 7:00 A.M. to 5:00

Muskegon
1300 E Keating Ave, Muskegon, MI 49442
The second and fourth Friday each month, May – October 1:00 – 3:00 PM

EP07 – May 20, 2017: Enjoy that Outdoor Living!

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Outdoor living spaces are big right now! They’re exciting ways to expand your home, your entertaining space, and make the most out of some of our beautiful Michigan summer weather. Today we talk with Rob Cackowski from Heritage Fireplace and Design Center ALL about outdoor living spaces and what you need to do to create the perfect one for your home!

That and much more on today’s episode:

Listen here:

Show notes for episode 007:

Shopping for carpet can be overwhelming. Most of us don't do it very often and every time we do, it seems that the industry has changed dramatically since our last visit to the carpet store!

Today, we're in the studio with Nick Sargent from Johnson Carpet One in Grandville and he's going to help us cut through some of that paralyzing confusion. He's got tips for how to find the perfect carpet for your space and we'll also talk about the pros and cons of the most common carpet fibers. It's like a Carpet Shopping 101 class for anyone who's starting the process!

Nicolas Sargent is a Flooring and Design Consult at Johnson Carpet One in Downtown Grandville Michigan. Nicolas has a background of working with Interior Designers and Builders in a wide variety of products and design styles for the past 15 years. He also has his own clients helping them achieve their own design vision. Some of his favorite products are Wool Carpets, Custom Area Rugs, Hardwoods and Natural Stone.

Most of us have at least 4 - 5 gallons of leftover paint sitting on shelves in our basement at any given time. Sometimes it's paint we plan to use for touch-ups later. But often, it's just extra. And the collection usually keeps growing as time goes by. Well, did you know that there was a green, environmentally friendly solution to all this leftover paint? And best of all, it's incredibly economical.

We're in the studio with Dave Williams from Re-coat Recycled Paint and he explains how easy it is to clean out your basement and, at the same time, help keep old paint out of our landfills!

Re-Coat Recycled Paint Details:

As Dave mentioned in the episode, you can bring any of your usable latex paint to any RepcoLite or Port City Paints location for recycling. There are just a few requirements:
  • Only latex paint can be recycled at this time
  • Paint must be in the original container
  • Paint must be in liquid form
  • Cost is $2 per container
  • There is a 20 gallon maximum per visit

Oil-Based Paint Disposal Options:

If you have oil-based paint or other household hazardous waste you want to dispose of or recycle, you need to contact one of the following locations. Be sure to check with them regarding the times they're open!

When it comes to innovations in the paint and coatings industry, nothing has caused more of a stir recently than the introduction of "Paint and Primer All-In-One" products. They're marketed to be time-saving, money-saving, labor-saving workhorse products. But are they everything they're cracked up to be? We dig into it on this Ask RepcoLite! segment.

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So, last fall I may have done something kind of dumb that may have destroyed my grass in a large are of my backyard. But rather than cry over spilled milk, I'm thinking I'm going to convert that enormous dead zone into an outdoor living space. Unfortunately, I have no idea where to start beyond just throwing down some patio blocks down.

Happily, we have a home improvement radio show and something even better: connections! We got in touch with Rob Cackowski from Heritage Fireplace and Design Center. Besides helping us with all our indoor fireplace needs, Heritage is big into helping people create outdoor living spaces that they'll love. It's a great interview that gave me a little insight into all the possibilities out there!

Rob Cackowski is the General Manager of Heritage Fireplace and Design Center in Grand Rapids. He has 20 years experience in the Hearth, Patio & BBQ industry. He's NFI Certified (National Fireplace Institute) and received his BBA in Finance from Western Michigan University.

Heritage Fireplace is a fully mechanically licensed, bonded and insured company. We specialize in both retail and direct to builder sales and installation. We have serviced the greater Grand Rapids and Lakeshore area for over 25 years.

Recycled Paint, Here We Come!

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re-coat recycled paintThe US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that over 69 million gallons of paint are discarded every year.

Now, I know the temptation is to buzz right over that sentence and move onto the next, but hold on….  Stop for a second and think about that fact:  69 million gallons of paint are discarded  every year.  69 MILLION gallons.

“OK,” you’re probably thinking, “that’s a big number.  But still, that doesn’t seem totally unreasonable when you think of the size of the US.”

Well, let’s put it a different way.  Let’s say that every gallon of paint will cover about 400 square feet, 1 coat–we’ll say that because it’s typically true.  So, when we get 400 square feet for every gallon of paint . . . and when we’ve got 69 million gallons of paint to work with . . . well, that means we end up with enough paint to cover 27.6 BILLION square feet.  That’s Billion with a “B”!

“OK,” you may say, “I agree that’s a big number–a crazy number–but really, in this day and age, we’re throwing numbers like that around all the time.  Give me something concrete–something I can understand.”Paint to be recycled!

Well, if you’re thinking something like that when you hear about those big numbers, you’re right.  They’re so large, they really almost lose their value.  So, let me put it in a way that’s practical–a way that’s easy to understand:  27.6 Billion square feet will cover over 990 Square Miles, 1 coat.

In America, we discard enough paint to paint every square inch of a 990 square mile section of our country.  With that in mind, consider that according to the US Census Bureau, Ottawa County in Michigan contains 566 square miles of land.  So basically, with 1 year’s worth of America’s discarded paint, we could paint the entire land area of Ottawa County, Michigan . . . nearly 2 times.

That’s a lot of paint.

And as far as we’re concerned, that’s just not acceptable.  But what do you do about it?  What can we do to make sure as much of the discarded paint can be used as possible?

Well, we’ve got an answer.  And there’s a hint–a pretty obvious one–in the picture at the top of the page.

Tomorrow, we’ll dig into it a little further and let you know what we’ve got up our sleeve.

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