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Lexington to close recycling center for equipment repair
The Lexington Recycle Center will be shut down, and residential and business collection of recyclables will be suspended for several weeks beginning Monday, April 13, said Nancy Albright, Lexington’s Commissioner of Environmental Quality and Public…
Wrongly Disposed of Masks and Gloves in Cranford Could be Dangerous, Recycling Company Says
Used gloves and masks belong in the garbage — and nowhere else: not in the recycling, and not littered on local streets.
‘A huge step forward.’ Mutant enzyme could vastly improve recycling of plastic bottles
Recycling isn’t as guilt-free as it seems. Only about 30% of the plastic that goes into soda bottles gets turned into new plastic, and it often ends up as a lower strength version. Now, researchers…
No more glass in recycling bins in the City of Bellevue
The City of Bellevue has changed its recycling a bit, due not only to the Covid 19 virus, but the fact that they are now using Dittmer Recycling in Dubuque instead of Imagine the Possibilities…
Hippie Haven offering no-contact recycling at downtown store
Rapid City’s first zero-waste store wants to help residents live sustainably during the COVID-19 quarantine.
Dickinson Recycling Center only accepting green waste until further notice
The Dickinson Recycling Center in Milford will only be accepting green waste until further notice.
Recycling Collections Shift To Every Other Week In Philadelphia
The Streets Department will pick up recycling on regular days, but only every other week. Trash collection will go on normally as possible.
Kirksville recycling collection suspended
RTS North LLC, the waste services provider for Kirksville, has suspended recycling collection until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oxford Recycling Center closed indefinitely
Town Manager Butch Asselin informed selectmen at Thursday’s meeting that effective Apr. 7, the Oxford Transfer Station’s recycling center will be closed until further notice. Citing data that suggests coronavirus can survive on materials up…
Plastic Recycling to be Suspended in Garrett County
The Garrett County Department of Solid Waste & Recycling has announced that, due to the COVID-19 crisis, plastic recycling will be suspended.
Walton County Trailer Recycling Program suspended
The Walton County recycling trailer program is temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emmet County Recycling to resume mixed container collection, curbside service
Emmet County residents who have been stockpiling recyclable materials at their homes in recent weeks got some good news Thursday, when the county recycling program announced it will resume accepting mixed containers and its curbside…
St. Johns Lions Club Drop-off recycling site closed
The announcement is effective immediately and is in effect until further notice.
Temporary suspension of recycling, mayor says
The city of Enterprise recycling service has been suspended until April 30—or until conditions associated with the COVID-19 threat is passed.
Recycling continues for now in area municipalities
Recycling facilities throughout the state and beyond are temporarily closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but recycling in Mason County will continue, at least for now.
Newton City scales back recycling
After spending months in planning to create a voluntary recycling program in the city of Newton, and then working with participants to get contamination reduced to levels to allow that recycling into the sorting center…