Recycling Tips

Top tips for recycling your household rubbish, reducing your waste, and reusing whenever possible. There are little things each of us can do to help preserve and protect the environment. Being careful to recycle the right items in the correct way will ensure the recycling process is as efficient as possible.
Republic rep makes pitch for better recycling in Griffith
April 18th 2019
Recycling hasn’t gone the way of the dodo yet, but Griffith residents are being asked to brush up on their recycling knowledge to prevent its…
City Council overhauls yard waste collections, increases recycling fee
April 17th 2019
After a lengthy discussion, the Springfield City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an overhaul to the city’s yard-waste collection program, along with a 50 percent…
Community encouraged by recycling changes to cut back on plastic use
April 16th 2019
With plastic no longer recyclable in the area, a group gathered in Waynesboro on Monday evening to brainstorm change. With “reduce, reuse and refuse” the…
New recycle bins in Iowa City leading to increased participation
April 16th 2019
Recycling in Iowa City has gone up significantly in only a few months- and the city says its new recycling bins are the reason for…
Prospect Heights Hosts Recycling, Document Destruction Event June 8
April 15th 2019
Prospect Heights and the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) will host a Document Destruction and Electronics Recycling Event at the Prospect Heights…
3rd recycling event set for Lower Burrell
April 12th 2019
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind city hall at 2800 Bethel St.
OCRRA ready for more food waste recycling, passed in budget
April 12th 2019
New York State’s recently passed budget took aim at a couple of environmental issues, like banning plastic bags and recycling commercial food waste. The Onondaga…
How Kansas City Recycling Companies Are Adapting To A Chinese Plastic Waste Import Ban
April 11th 2019
Despite reports that some waste companies in the U.S. are burning recycled paper and plastic or sending it to landfills, processors in the metro are…
Radford council clears way for recycling business at former foundry
April 9th 2019
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
April 9th 2019
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…
Some Michigan cities may abandon recycling due to higher costs
April 8th 2019
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…
Republic Services opens Texas recycling facility
April 8th 2019
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
April 5th 2019
City of Dickinson's electronics waste recycling event returns May 10.
Glass returns to Houston’s curbside recycling program
April 5th 2019
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
April 4th 2019
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
April 4th 2019
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…
Morris County residents urged to pre-sort recycling–otherwise, curbside pickup may be rejected
April 3rd 2019
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”…