HANCOCK — As the market for recyclables dries up, it’s become increasingly difficult to make money off glass bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard …
Glass recycling is back in the ‘Wack this spring
Council approved the Thunderbird Plastics bid proposal to supply 30,000 grey recycling tubs to curbside collection customers at the last meeting.
UK contact lens recycling scheme launched
Launched this week, a UK contact lens recycling scheme will allow people to recycle their lenses for free for the first time. There are already 650 public …
Goodbye, glass: Recycling changes take effect in the South Hills
South Hills residents are used to putting all of their recyclables in one, shall we say, basket. “The analogy I like to use is that single-stream recycling is …
NFL, Super Bowl and Zoo Atlanta hold electronics-waste recycling rally
Most of these items are hard to recycle. Many contain dangerous chemicals and minerals that make them unwelcome in landfills and even in regular …
Lighter that resembled grenade prompts police response at Auburn recycling facility
Authorities determined that an object that looked like a live military-grade hand grenade found Thursday morning near a recycling facility in Auburn …
Police: ‘Grenade’ at recycling plant was a butane lighter
Police say what was at first described as a live grenade at a Massachusetts recycling plant turned out to be a lighter. The Massachusetts State Police …
City to ramp up focus on recycling
The focus of the public-education program will be simple – the more plastics and other recyclables that find their way into the blue bins, the less refuse …
Illinois County Considers Building a Permanent Recycling Campus
Macon County, Ill., board members are considering whether to build a campus containing drive-through recycling, county environmental offices, …
Westport recycling forum focuses on reducing waste
Organizers say when certain items are incorrectly placed in recycling containers it creates extra costs for municipalities and causes problems in …