Green Daisies Curbside Recycling, Inc

Green Daisies Curbside Pickup Recycling was the brainchild of 10-year-old Daisy Bermes, who inspired her parents, Michelle and Josh, to create a business out of her passion. When Daisy began learning about recycling at school, she wanted to incorporate her newfound knowledge at home. She set up a recycling system at the Bermes residence and began teaching her 6-year-old brother, Bronson, how to recycle. But with the family's increasing pile of recyclable items came the realization 'going green' was inconvenient, Michelle said.'We were accumulating all these bottles and cardboard and taking them to public containers, and then because they were full we had to leave everything in our car,' she said.It was obvious Midlanders recycled, Michelle thought, but the Tall City's recycling programs were a far cry from many across the nation. Armed with a few containers and liners, Michelle embarked on a mission in April 2011 to bring curbside pick-up recycling to Midland. Daisy helped her mother load recyclables into her Chevy Tahoe on hot summer days, and before they knew it, they couldn't fit an entire route's worth of bottles and paper in the truck. With many lessons from her husband, Josh, Michelle learned to navigate her truck with a 16-foot enclosed trailer in tow to accomodate their growing business.As with many new businesses, the Bermes family operates it out of their home, sorting through plastic and paper in their garage before hauling it off to Butts Recycling in Midland. As the business continues to grow, the family hopes to build a warehouse to keep their work separate from home life.Michelle, who is also a board member for Keep Midland Beautiful, said the job isn't as messy as some may think, and the benefits of recycling are more important than turning a blind eye.

In December of 2013, The Bermes reluctantly decided to sell the company. They sent an email out to all their customers and got many responses. One of those responses was from local surgeon, Jeff Durgin.After interviewing all prospective buyers, the Bermes' decided to sell to Jeff. Michelle and Josh decided they felt most comfortable with Jeff's vision of the company and him carrying on their daugher's dream.Now Jeff, Lisa, and their four kids: Ashlee, Dominic, Colin, and Bella, all participate in running the company and helping to keep Midland green.

After much deliberation and many changes in work schedules Jeff made the difficult decision to once again put the company up for sale. Green Daisies has been sold to Helen Futrell and family. She will be running it along with her husband, Jan and two of their four children. You will see her sons, Timothy and Nathan picking up at your homes and businesses. This family has been committed to recycling for many years and have been customers for a long time. They are looking forward to serving you and partnering in keeping our communities green It is our goal to keep Daisy's dream alive!

Curbside Pick Up Without Sorting Your Items!

If you recycle, you know it is a hassle to collect and sort your items. Green Daisies allows you to toss all your recycled items in the same liner and we'll come by to pick up and sort it all for you!If you do not recycle, start with Green Daisies! Let's work together to make a difference!We will now pick-up your old appliances or scrap metal for recycling*.

To ensure the best service...

• Place tied liners on your curbside no later than 7:30 AM on your scheduled pick up day.
• Only recycle items listed on the acceptable list above
• Avoid overloading liners to prevent tearing.
• To ensure all items are recycled, please ensure all items are not soiled with food, grease, etc. With our 'no sorting' benefit, soiled items will contaminate all items in bag and will not be recycled.
• Due to a heavy customer load, we will not be able to return for items or liners that were not at the proper location by the requested time.

Green Daisies' Promise

We understand how important it is to recycle. Not only does it help the environment, save energy, conserve material, it also reduces the rubbish in the landfills. Throughout the United States landfills are filling up at alarming rates and space is running out worldwide for landfills. Along with running out of space, waste in our landfills produce greenhouse gases, bacteria turns toxic and surface water run-offs can reach nearby bodies of water or property and become very dangerous. For all these reason and many more, Green Daisies promises your recyclables will never be taken to a landfill.