Dive Brief:

• Officials in Dickson County, Tennessee are expanding the recycling program in the community.
• The new changes were made possible by the recent acquisition of a baler by the solid waste department. Now, the county can collect vast amounts of cardboard, which has doubled the amount of revenue it receives.
• The county is also hoping to begin collecting glass by the spring, implement single-stream recycling at some point and eventually offer curbside recycling to residents.

Dive Insight:

The reasons behind the expansion are multi-faceted: to reduce refuse transportation costs, generate additional revenue for the county, divert waste from the landfill and increase efforts to become more environmentally-friendly.