Replenysh Senior Manager Reece Hammer, left, and Head of Product Clark Dinnison were on-hand Saturday for the public recycling event held at Lee Lake. In an effort to help make recycling more accessible to Bartlesville residents, the City provided the host site for Replenysh’s first local recycling event. Anyone interested in offering a public or private host site is encouraged to contact Ryon Hart at ryon@replenysh.com or 323.301.7133.
Local residents turned out in big numbers this weekend to support new recycling efforts underway in Bartlesville. Replenysh, the California-based company responsible for the public event held Saturday at Lee Lake, said upwards of 200 people participated.
“The event today exceeded our expectations,” said Replenysh Sales Manager Ryon Hart. “We had around 150 to 200 people visit and drop off material. So many people showed up that we had to hire two more trucks to fit all of it.”
To help launch the program, the City served as the “host site” for the company’s first recycling event in Bartlesville by providing space at the City-owned Lee Lake Complex. But Replenysh plans to hold future events locally by utilizing other public and private host sites — including the City-owned drop-off recycle center, located at 10th Street and Virginia Ave. The center was closed earlier this year due to a fire at the Tulsa Recycle and Transfer Center, which sorted and processed local donations.
“We are still working out the details regarding how, exactly, we will use the existing center in conjunction with the Replenysh program, but we hope to have more information available about this very soon,” said City Manager Mike Bailey. “We’re thrilled that Replenysh has been able to step in and fill this obvious need in our community, and we couldn’t be more excited to partner with them for this program.”
Replenysh representatives said Monday they couldn’t be happier with their first effort in Bartlesville.
“Our team has received an incredible welcome from your City and we look forward to continuing our work to help make a positive impact in the community 
and help Bartlesville end landfills,” Hart said.
To follow local Replenysh events, see the company’s Bartlesville Facebook page. To join Replenysh, which is free, see http://join.replenysh.com/bartlesville-ok. For more information or to sign up to serve as a host site, contact Ryon Hart at ryon@replenysh.com or 323.301.7133.
