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.
Colorado hair salon goes green with new recycling program
February 4th 2019
The beauty industry has a dirty little secret, it produces a lot of garbage. Everything from the shampoo bottles to the hair dye and hair…
Indiana urged to improve recycling
February 4th 2019
Avoiding landfill could create jobs
Utah's waste-tire program fuels a robust recycling industry, but audit suggests it is falling flat
January 31st 2019
Back in the early 1990s, illegally dumped tires piled up by the millions across northern Utah.
Garbage and recycling schedule changes in Lima
January 31st 2019
Due to extreme weather, there will be no City of Lima garbage & recycle collection on Thursday.
Washington's Department of Ecology hopes to address recycling issues with new legislation
January 30th 2019
The country's National Sword policy would seriously ratchet down how much contamination was considered acceptable for shipments of plastics, paper and other recyclables bound for…
Costs expected to rise for Mahoning County recycling program
January 30th 2019
Mahoning County is taking bids for its drop off recycling program, and customers can expect costs to rise.
Recycling options are finally coming back to Berkeley County!
January 30th 2019
Many residents in Berkeley County have been wanting to do more recycling in recent years. Beginning in about two months, pretty much all your recyclable…
Recycling Challenge open to local schools
January 29th 2019
Local school kids and classes have until Thursday to register for the 2019 K-12 Recycling Challenge.
Recycling and trash collection delayed due to extreme cold
January 29th 2019
Columbia curbside recycling and trash collection will be canceled Wednesday due to extreme predicted wind chill, according to a news release from City of Columbia…
How small cities around the country are fighting to save recycling
January 29th 2019
Hardships caused by China's global recycling industry disruptions have been particularly acute in small U.S. cities and towns over the past year. But in the…
Ulster wants residents to review rules of recycling
January 28th 2019
Ulster County Legislative Chairwoman Tracey Bartels and Legislator Laura Petit, chairwoman of the Recycling Oversight Committee, want Ulster County residents to re-educate themselves about recycling.
Maryland recycling center destroyed by raging Saturday fire
January 28th 2019
Around 70 firefighters raced to a burning recycling plant in Cheverly where the fire sent up smoke that could be seen for miles on Saturday…
It's likely there's something in your recycling bin that shouldn’t be there
January 24th 2019
City pleads with residents to stop recycling plastic bags
Fire damage forces recycling center to close
January 24th 2019
The Warrensburg Fire Department responded to the report of a fully involved fire at the recycling drop-off site at Pine and Washington streets.
Alberta government injects $750K into agricultural waste recycling pilot
January 23rd 2019
Program aims to recycle grain bags and twine
Five Ogle County drop-off recycling centers close in May
January 23rd 2019
Ogle County will end its drop-off recycling program in May after nearly 25 years of operation.
A move by China puts U.S. small-town recycling programs in the dumps
January 22nd 2019
Big cities have shielded their residents from the impact of China’s decision last year to curtail the solid waste it will accept from other countries.…