NORTH LIBERTY — Think of them as large-scale rain gardens. Bioswales, which manage stormwater and mitigate flooding by capturing and soaking up runoff, are gradually growing mainstream in Iowa. North Liberty is one of the leaders, with a prime example in its Penn Meadows Park. The city of ...

CEDAR RAPIDS  -  Need a place to drop off your old computer, power tools or cabinets? How about worn-out blue jeans, golf balls and crayons? Recycling collections this week will allow area residents to dispose of these products and more in an environmentally friendly way. Green Iowa ...

If you’re a composting expert and looking for a little cash, here’s an offer for you:  Stacie Johnson, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, is looking for a temporary education person to teach sixth-graders about composting.  Sixth grade field trips will be at the ...

Stacie Johnson, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, has been working on recycling projects with students at Linn-Mar Elementary Schools. They've collected jeans and shoes to reuse and will be collecting batteries next month. Their project for March was plastic bags. The bags do ...

    Congratulations to Phillip Smith of Cedar Rapids, winner of the Secret Places and Helpful Hints contest.     His tip — use the plastic tube from Airborne vitamins to store quarters for vending machines and toll roads — won Phillip a $50 gift certificate to the Habitat ...

     This is your last chance to enter the “Secret Places and Helpful Hints” recycling contest. Submit your recycling tips or those little-known places where you take your recyclables by 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to Stacie Johnson, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn ...

     Where do you take your used cell phones, unwanted furniture,  outdated computers or anything else that’s recyclable? Have any helpful hints to pass along about recycling?      Stacie Johnson, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, is looking for both. Submit your ...

Stacie Johnson, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, passed along the following about what to do with Christmas lights – working or not:  1)      The Solid Waste Agency recycles them for free at either one of its locations: 1954 County Home Rd., Marion, or ...

     Stacie Johnson, compost expert extraordinaire, sent me a note about getting flooded yards back in shape. Stacie, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, said owners of flood-damaged homes have been calling the agency about using compost as fill as they ...

The first ever Recycle in Style Earth Week Fashion Show was tonight (April 25, 2009) at the MidAmerican Aerospace Warehouse in Cedar Rapids. Organizer Stacie Johnson noted the space was fitting, as the company recycles airplanes. About 200 people surrounded the runway where models from area consignment shops showed off some of ...