About Us

About The Guide

Our goal with The Recycle Guide is to provide you with relevant, accurate, and unbiased information about recycling. The inspiration for this guide comes from John D. Arwood, who from a very early age has been passionate about reducing and reusing waste through recycling in both residential and industrial settings. He has also led the efforts behind Space Waste Solutions which is exploring solutions to the growing problem of orbiting space waste, junk and garbage.

Protecting Our Environment

We believe that at the core of recycling is an individual’s choice. Your daily choice to reduce waste, reuse various materials, and recycle items instead of throwing them in landfills is what makes recycling programs work. We are thankful for the valuable information and recycling opportunities provided by local municipal waste departments, commercial waste management companies, and from the Environmental Protection Agency. But more than that, we are thankful for each individual who chooses to exercise their freedom to protect our environment and natural resources by recycling.

Reliable Recycling Insights

Our research team works to continue bringing relevant, unbiased, and accurate information from a variety of sources. Some source documents and information are from United States government agencies while others are based on individual’s experiences and techniques. While we always work to provide accurate data, recommendations, and tips we also strongly encourage you to verify information before you use it.

Contributors

John D. Arwood

John D. Arwood is President of Arwood Site Services, a local waste disposal and demolition company in Jacksonville, FL and built a nationwide waste management and portable sanitation provider. Getting his start at a young age collecting, reusing, and recycling glass bottles, scrap metals and wood while working alongside his father, John Arwood learned the foundations that have led to over 30 years of success in the waste disposal and sanitation industry. Arwood has always been a forward thinker, an innovator, an entrepreneur who cares about the environment and the people around him. Arwood has built his life and business on the foundation of hard work, biblical principles, honesty, and humility. This is a foundation he attributes directly to his father, who is an American Indian, and to his family upbringing. As a result he is known as a dependable, plain spoken guy, whose innovative ideas have driven positive change within the industry.

I don’t care about making hundreds of millions of dollars because I would just give it away. What I care most about is doing what I can to make it better for everyone.
John D. Arwood
President of Arwood Site Services

Caring for his community has always been a priority for John D. Arwood. Through personally funded and inspired initiatives like Waste & Recycling Workers Week, Space Waste Solutions, and The Recycle Guide, he continues to seek opportunities to raise awareness and educate about the waste management industry, garbage workers, and environmental conservation. In 2019 alone, Waste & Recycling Workers Week received recognition and proclamations from hundreds of state governors, mayors, and city councils across the United States. For Arwood, his joy comes from seeing more and more garbage collectors celebrated and appreciated in their communities for the hard work they daily accomplish. Continuing to look forward at ways to solve future waste management needs, John D. Arwood has launched Space Waste Solutions to explore potential solutions to the growing problem of orbiting space trash around the Earth.

Recycling starts with you! Thank you for choosing to learn more about conserving our natural resources and protecting our environment.