RECYCLEMAN AND THE DUMPSTER DIVERS: Every Day is Earth Day

Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers

Every Day is Earth Day

© 2004 Peter DuBois (737885359021)

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Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers rocks.. Fun, up beat way to celebrate environmental education. Toe tapping, hand clapping, body rocking, everybody engaged experience.

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He fights apathy, ignorance and trash, and he does it all wearing a rubber kilt. He's Recycleman. Well, actually, he's Pete DuBois, a mild-mannered Clark County public works employee.

DuBois' alter ego, Recycleman, visits area schools wielding a guitar and wearing a costume made of truck-tire tubes to instill a love of recycling in youngsters. To add volume to his message, Recycleman travels with a band, the Dumpster Divers.

Part of DuBois' job is educating the public about the importance of recycling and reducing waste. Recycleman was born about a decade ago, when the county got an Environmental Protection Agency grant to make a video about recycling. Inspired by the video, DuBois started his educational tours. He dressed up in a plastic recycling bag decorated with trash.

"The costume was not cool. It even actually involved some blue tights," DuBois said. DuBois went on one school district tour, but hung up his tights after that. "Recycleman was in retirement except for special sneak engagements," he said.

He resolved to bring Recycleman out of retirement when he found hundreds of plastic bottles during an audit of a middle school's trash. "We saw this huge need at the school where they were throwing away all these plastic bottles," he said.

He put together a band, the Dumpster Divers, and he made over Recycleman to be less inspired by Hefty and more by "Mad Max." DuBois' rubber kilt is decorated with crushed pop cans. He also wears a red and white cape and a chest plate decorated with the universal symbol for recycling, a triangle made of arrows.

"The band was my idea," DuBois said. "I'm a musician, I play guitar and write songs. The songs I write, for one reason or another, are about trash." A few of his song titles include, "The Milk Jug Stomp," "Compost," and "Stinky, Stinky Landfill."

DuBois' passion for fighting waste is just as strong, with or without the cape. In addition to Recycleman, he works with local schools that have a curriculum devoted to environmental awareness called Earth Savers.

For Earth Savers, he does a "dumpster dive," technically known as a garbage audit: sifting through trash and finding what people are throwing away instead of taking to the recycle bin.

DuBois doesn't do it for the glory or the cash. Whether he appears as the enigmatic environmental hero Recycleman, or just hardworking Pete DuBois, his mission is the same. "The key piece is just to get the word out."

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  • Something cool and fun for everyone
    author: Purple Monkey Music

    I have been waiting for a cool upbeat CD and dude like Recycleman to come around for a long time. He mixes cool rock tunes with a great message that everybody loves. Have you heard the rap song. Classic and a crack up. When the zippers started as the scratching I lost it and had to have everybody hear it too. Right ON Recycle Man. ROCK ON!!!

  • Great for young kids, some suitable for college age
    author: Mary Jensen, Keene State College, Keene, NH

    Perfect for young kids, although I think some of the college age students will find it just strange enough to listen to. I got laughs from the students I've played it for so far, so I think it will be a great marketing tool.

  • author: Ashley

    For our college's earth week celebrations, we had this cd playing the entire time. This entire CD is really catchy! It got a lot of people interested in what we were doing, and it even got a few laughs. "Like toxaphene on pineapples from Puerto Rico all the way to your blood..stream"..

  • The Recycleman CD is wonderfully toe tapping and entertaining.
    author: Diana Perey
  • Recycleman is fantastic!
    author: Julie

    I really enjoyed listening to all the songs on the CD. I found them to be entertaining and educational. I know everyone who listens will learn the importance of recycling.

  • Excellent way to get young people recycling and reducing waste.
    author: Karl Mitsch

    This CD is becoming a favorite for my kids. The music is fun to listen too and my kids are now recycling, reducing waste and reminding adults to do the same. This CD takes folks in the right direction for a healthy planet and the music is great. Two thumbs up for Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers!

  • Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers are my favorite Eco Band!
    author: Cary Armstrong

    Every Day is Earth Day is a great CD! I love the way it is mixed. Every song has a catchy tune. My daughter has learned to drum to many of the songs and I often find myself humming them at work. Buy this CD and enjoy the best Earth friendly music on the planet!

  • This is a great CD and it rocks!!!!!!!
    author: Megan Armstrong 5th grade Chapman School

    This CD is a great inspiration and I love playing my drums to it. Recycling is very important and I think that if this doesn't inspire you to recycle nothing will. Many of the songs talk about how you can recycle and how alot of things are harming the earth. If we all listened to this CD and we followed the instructions then the world would be a better and cleaner place.

  • Great stuff - full of catchy tunes
    author: Dean Ericksen

    Start to finish, a terrific collection of memorable songs about living gracefully on this planet. My kids love it, and I do too.

  • This catchy upbeat CD is a fun way to promote recycling!
    author: Karyn Kaplan, Recycling Manager at University of Oregon

    Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers is a great CD full of lively recycling songs that inspire good waste practices. This CD contains upbeat danceable music that promote recycling and get people dancing and singing. What a great way to promote recycling, through songs that have catchy lyrics and a danceable beat. This CD is great for classrooms, recycling conferences and parties. A refreshing way to promote recycling!

  • Truely unique, especially good for kids and enviros
    author: Kevin Taylor

    They were fun live, inspired me to pay $10 for the cd. Creative songs for tree huggers and closet enviros alike.

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