Video : Recycling Tips for Your Christmas Lights, Wrapping Paper, Ornaments

From the lights on your Christmas tree to the bows on your gifts, we’re breaking down what can be recycled and what is destined for a landfill.

Contaminated recycling a growing problem with holidays poised to add to the issue

Employees at the Sonoco recycling plant used by Wilmington and New Hanover County spend hours each day dealing with contaminated recycling.

City seeking feedback about new recycling drop-off site

When curbside recycling was suspended indefinitely in July, the 11 drop-off sites around Columbia became residents’ only option for offloading their glass, aluminum, plastic and other recyclable materials.

Ogden's recycling program, halted last March, may be coming back

Ogden’s recycling program could be coming back, maybe in January.

Holiday recycling tips

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has released some tips for planning and being environmentally friendly during the holidays. When preparing for the holidays, they ask residents to think green by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Columbia County plan $2.1 million recycling facility upgrade

The Columbia County Executive Committee unanimously approved a $2.1 million upgrade to its solid waste recycling. The move is projected to increase annual revenue and per hour productivity while decreasing labor costs.

York County Solid Waste Authority suspends residential electronics recycling due to upswing in COVID-19

The York County Solid Waste Authority will suspend residential electronics recycling, beginning Wednesday, Dec. 9, until further notice.

A struggling recycling industry faces new crisis with coronavirus

Even before coronavirus arrived on U.S. shores, California waste recyclers were reeling from the collapse of global markets for used plastics and other scrap materials—a predicament that diverted the contents of many blue recycling bins…

COVID-19 Halts Recycling Services

A temporary halt on recycling services begins today and continues until further notice as a quarter of the city's solid waste crews either have COVID-19 or are in quarantine.

Schuylkill County Recycling Program Ending This Month

The Schuylkill County Recycling Program will end by the end of December.

Milton To Host Electronics Recycling Event At Bell Memorial Park on Saturday, Dec. 12

Junkluggers is generously providing Milton an electronic recycling event at Bell Memorial Park (15245 Bell Park Drive) on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

EPA Releases national recycling strategy draft

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a National Recycling Strategy draft for public comment through Dec. 4, 2020. The goal is to finalize the strategy by early 2021. The draft aims to identify…

Chicago is Failing to Enforce Recycling Laws: Watchdog

Chicago is not doing enough to ensure that residents of large apartment complexes and businesses keep recyclable glass, paper and aluminum out of landfills, according to an audit released Wednesday by the city’s watchdog.

Chesterfield planning to privatize curbside recycling

Residents would have to ‘opt in’ beginning in 2023

Bring holiday lights to Resource Recovery Center for safe recycling

While decorating for the holidays is a tradition, too often strings of burnt out or damaged holiday lights end up being tossed out with household garbage. This is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

City of Ocala hosts cooking oil recycling day

The City of Ocala hosted it’s second annual cooking oil recycling day Monday.

Cleveland recycling program unlikely to return until at least spring 2021, Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration says

Cleveland likely will not have a new recycling program until at least next spring, Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration has told City Council.