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Baltimore City recycling pickup to resume in January, Mayor Brandon Scott says
Nearly four months into a citywide pause on recycling pickup due to the coronavirus pandemic, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced Tuesday that the service is set to resume next month.
Large fire at Cleanlites Recycling in Mason
This is the second fire at the location in less than three months.
How to recycle your holiday packaging
As presents begin to pile up over the holidays, so does cardboard and plastic packaging. This year in particular, when online shopping is essential to staying healthy, you may find yourself bursting at the seams…
Montgomery County Environmental Services organizes Styrofoam recycling event
Montgomery County Environmental Services is coordinating with the Centerville-Washington Park District and the City of Centerville to organize a Styrofoam recycling event Saturday Jan. 2 from 10a.m to 4p.m at Activity Center Park in Centerville.
Berkeley Heights Recycling Days switching to a Monday, Tuesday split starting on March 8
Come March 8, 2021, the second week in March, recycling days in town will change from Wednesday, Thursday; to a Monday, Tuesday split, due to a significant increase in recycling tonnage caused by the COVID-19…
Glass recycling program to restart as private venture; needs bin filled at least once a month
A new, privately-led initiative to resume the recycling of glass in Rome and Floyd County will start in January.Recycling bin Do’s and Don’ts: Holiday edition
This year, lighten your holiday celebrations by reducing waste and recycling right. Use the following tips and tricks as you prepare for the season’s festivities and clean-up afterwards
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.