In 2018, the nonprofit Asheville Greenworks kept more than 161,000 pounds of hard to recycle materials out of the landfills in Western North Carolina. During free events held throughout the year in Buncombe County, volunteers collected everything from televisions to empty toothpaste tubes. The organization is kicking off it's first Hard 2 Recycle event of 2019 , on Saturday, January 19th in West Asheville. These are the items that absolutely cannot go into the recycling bin”, says Eric Bradford