Recycling Articles
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Radford council clears way for recycling business at former foundry
City Council approved a special-use permit allowing a metal recycling facility to operate on a portion of the old foundry site.
With price hike, recycling not worth it for some downtown Raleigh residents
For many people, tossing empty plastic bottles, glass jars and cardboard into the recycling is routine. But some local housing complexes say recent U.S. tariffs on China are making recycling difficult to maintain.
Some Michigan cities may abandon recycling due to higher costs
China is not taking as much U.S. recycled material as it has in the past. The Chinese economy is slowing down and it doesn’t need to import as much paper and plastic.
Republic Services opens Texas recycling facility
The 77,000-square-foot facility serves more than 510,000 residents and 2,500 commercial customers.
City e-waste recycling event returning in May
City of Dickinson's electronics waste recycling event returns May 10.
Glass returns to Houston’s curbside recycling program
Houston residents can resume putting glass in their curbside recycling bins, city officials said Thursday at the opening of a recycling facility in northeast Houston.
Phoenix partners with recycling companies to turn plastic into fuel
The Phoenix Public Works Department’s new partnership with Renew Phoenix plans to turn low-value plastics into fuel.
Vineland crews fighting fire at Giordano's Recycling, water tenders called
Firefighters are at Giordano's Recycling at 110 N. Mill Road just north of West Landis Avenue for a 3-alarm fire that was reported shortly after noon Thursday and many water tenders are en route, according…
Morris County residents urged to pre-sort recycling–otherwise, curbside pickup may be rejected
In an effort to capture only acceptable materials during curbside recycling collection, the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA), will implement a “tag-it and leave-it” inspection program this summer in the municipalities served by the…
Carlisle Borough reminds residents of recycling rules
Cardboard, plastic and paper are items you typically recycle, but one disposal service is rejecting items that don't belong in the bins.
Clarendon Hills residents to see slight increase for recycling, yard waste pick up
Clarendon Hills residents will pay 70 cents a month more for trash/recycling pickup for one year, starting July 1, based on an 18-month extension to an existing contract the village has with Republic Services.
Windsor’s recycling center has new rules after misuse caused town to consider closing it
The town of Windsor will require proof of residency to use its recycling center starting this week, after the town says misuse and use by other communities has raised the costs of running the site.
County Spending Almost $1 Million To Ship Recycling Out of State
Montgomery falls short of recycling goals, waste processing facilities don’t have enough capacity
2018 Ferrous Metal Recycling Sees Strong Growth
The U.S. processed 66 billion tons of ferrous scrap worth $15.9 billion in 2017. Last year, despite China’s ban on most scrap imports, the U.S. actually increased ferrous metals exports by about 24 percent to…
Blaine County resumes a re-focused paper recycling program
Effective April 1, Blaine County will resume paper recycling with a re-focused program processing newspaper, printer and copier paper only.
Plastic bags pollute recycling bins
St. Louis, like the rest of the country, is seeing the effects of too much contamination in recycling. China has stopped accepting recycling from the U.S., and recycling companies are working to find alternative solutions.…