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Tonawanda resumes recycling after complaint
The town was disposing of recyclables with garbage in an effort to protect employees, but the DEC said stop.
Tired of trash, commissioners close recycling sites
Two months ago Citrus County commissioners closed the Duval Island recycling center in Floral City after hearing repeated reports of it getting trashed.
Santa Fe curtails trash, recycling services
The city of Santa Fe has announced the closure of all drop-off recycling sites and the suspension of bulky waste collection and drop-off trash services considered nonessential during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trap recycling program slowed but undaunted
Powered by the engine from a gas wood splitter, two large, flat pieces of metal gradually move toward each other, collapsing the lobster trap between them.Garbage on the rise in Maine during pandemic, but recycling remains vital
Recycled cardboard and paper keep the supply chain moving for makers of toilet paper and cardboard boxes destined to be part of future shipments to grocery stores and hospitals.Malden Recycling Crackdown Begins
The city's trash hauler will leave behind bins that are improperly recycled.Phoenix Recycling And Disposal Options For Spring Cleaning
To avoid a health and safety hazard, we also require trash materials to be bagged and tied before placing them in the containers.
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…