POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – For years China has been the world’s consumer of recycled material, buying and repurposing some 50 percent of the …
Alternative approach to improve recycling in New London
The city is looking for greater recycling, apparently there is some abuse going on of people putting recyclable materials in the green barrels. Why not …
City of LA sued over recycling and trash hauling program
LOS ANGELES — Two rental property owners filed a class action lawsuit Thursday against the city of Los Angeles over its recycling and trash-hauling …
Fountain Rock Elementary wins Washington County recycling challenge
Fountain Rock Elementary students celebrate winning the Phone Book Recycling Challenge hosted by the Washington County Solid Waste …
Eco Talk: Recycling tires reduces mosquito habitat
It is summertime and time to be enjoying the outdoors, or so it should be, except for the pesky mosquito. Mosquitoes are an excellent food source for …
Free Recycling This Weekend
Berrien County will hold a household chemicals and electronics recycling event this weekend. The parks department tells us it will be Saturday at the …
“We have met the enemy and he is us” is the reason for new recycling restrictions
The moaning about the collapse of the recycling market almost always targets someone else. Maybe it’s the Chinese, maybe it’s the disposal and …
Orange couple recycle to stop plastic bag ban
Victor MacDonald, 61, and his wife, Laurie, 58, have been recycling thousands of plastic bags at the Orange Transfer Station in an effort to defeat the …
Change in China recycling policy driving costs in midstate
(Harrisburg) — The cost of recycling will likely go up for many midstate communities over the next few years. A change of standards in China is causing …
Plastic waste you put out for recycling may be burnt
Plastic placed in recycling bins could end up being incinerated because more countries are following China and cutting imports, the industry has said.