RACINE COUNTY, WIs. – At least 35 different fire departments, including Dane County crews, were called to a large fire at a Racine County recycling …
RECYCLING AUDIT: What you’re putting in the yellow bin
GLASS is still being placed into Ipswich’s yellow-lid bins, despite widely publicised restrictions on the city’s recycling waste. Ipswich City Council says …
Russia could ‘drown’ in its own plastic waste, campaigners warn
Recycling rates here are close to zero, according to environmentalist Tatiana Nagorskaya, from the St Petersburg-based Association for Ecology and …
Seattle becomes first major US city to ban straws
A decade ago, the city adopted an ordinance requiring that all one-time-use food items be compostable or recyclable, according to the Seattle Times.
Holiday garbage, recycle schedule released
Garbage and recycle collections will be collected as normal, according to Chattanooga Public Works. Public Works asks everyone to place containers …
PHOTOS: Moments captured this month
Darren Guertin tosses a computer tower into a bin Wednesday, June 25, during Electronic Recycling Day at Framingham’s Recycling Drop-Off Center.
Active structure fire at John’s Recycling in Norway
TOWN OF NORWAY — Firefighters from several companies are fighting an active structure fire at John’s Recycling, located just west of Highway 45 …
Nonprofit joins city, county, Fairfield downtown group for recycling service
FAIRFIELD — Need to get rid of overwhelming boxes of paper that might be a little sensitive to toss in the regular garbage? Or old computers with …
From tin cans to rebar, here’s what Whatcom County’s recycling is made into
First, it goes to Northwest Recycling Inc. center at 1419 C St. in Bellingham, where all of Whatcom County’s curbside recycling from residences and …
Here’s what can go into your curbside recycling bins in Whatcom County
In Whatcom County, we do a good job of separating glass, paper, cans and plastic containers for recycling before putting it out on the curb for pickup.