Dealer Promotes Recycling:

Middleton Building Supply's stores in Dover and Hampton, N.H., have partnered with a local environmental group to create colorful recycling bins for the nearby city of Portsmouth. 

"We are really working to offer more green options in our stores," said Andy Carberry, who manages the store in Hampton. "Collaborating on a very visible project such as this one was a perfect fit."

Middleton donated a variety of building materials for the project, as well as the manpower, trucks, cranes, and forklifts needed to construct and carry the 500 to 600 lb. bins. The company also solicited donations from vendors such as MoistureShield, which supplied exterior trim. 

The sides of the bins feature colorful tiles decorated by local schoolchildren. Tiles on the top will identify Middleton, MoistureShield, and other donors. The group installed the first bin in mid-July, and hopes to build and install 16 more bins over the summer.