The Solid Waste Division requires 28 people: 16 for trash, 10 for recycling, and two extras in case someone is out sick. “In July, of those 28 positions, we …
GI Habitat for Humanity wins recycling competition
GI Habitat for Humanity wins recycling competition. Thanks to donors and volunteers, the Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity recycled 12,628.
Troy applies for recycling grant
The Troy City Council approved the Environmental Services Department to apply for a grant for the city’s recycling program. Shelby Tuck said the state …
Recycling Center Neighbors Complain Of Odors, Noise, Seek Independent Review
Some residents said they’ve complained about the facility, which handles recycling and processes compost, to county and company officials but still …
Pandemic changes to shopping habits have downstream effect on recycling
“In the industry, they call it ‘wishcycling’ where people really wish they could recycle this stuff,” Madison’s Recycling Coordinator, Bryan Johnson, said.
Renovations in process at Boulder’s recycling and reuse center
Upgrades to Resource Central’s Reuse Center and Eco-Cycle’s Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials are underway. The $2.3 million project, …
SWACO works with central Ohio hospitals to recycle COVID-19 vaccine packaging materials
EPS materials are 100 percent recyclable through specialized programs offered by several Ohio businesses. Phoenix Recycling, Eco Development and …
Montclair Recycling Halted Due To COVID ‘Staffing Shortages’
Montclair DCS workers have been hit hard by the coronavirus. Here’s what it means for local recycling and garbage collections.
Report Recommends Revamp For Cleveland Waste, Recycling Programs
“Contamination of the collected single-stream recyclables by trash or other recyclable materials that were not acceptable in the program was excessive,” …
Trash, recycling amounts across Franklin County towns up substantially in 2020
Across those towns, trash tonnage increased in 2020 by 272 tons and recycling increased by 101 tons over 2019’s figures. Each February, Ameen …