Complaints about recycling pickups decrease in Arkansas county

Waste Management is improving recycling pickup in Pulaski County, AR since more than 2,200 complaints have been filed in 2015 alone. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 4, 2015

Which U.S. cities are recycling champions?

The average recycling rate in the U.S. is 34%, but many cities — especially in California — are blowing that percentage out of the water.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 4, 2015

4 creative ways to jumpstart your battery recycling program

Sioux Falls encourages residents to recycle technology with innovative recycling program, extends life of their landfill

Aug. 4, 2015

Indiana, PA expands recycling before college students return

The Pennsylvania borough is expanding its curbside recycling program to include plastics as it prepares for students from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania to return this fall.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 3, 2015

Oregon bottle deposit likely to double in 2017

The state's bottle deposit is slated to rise to 10 cents by Jan. 1, 2017, due to the falling redemption rate.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 3, 2015

The Recycling Partnership adds program in Roanoke, VA

The nonprofit Recycling Partnership, based in Falls Church, VA, is giving Roanoke, VA a grant to help spread the word about its improved recycling program and to support cart distribution.

By Linda Tufano • July 31, 2015

New 'free jam' baler increases safety, production rates

Green Life Waste Solutions in Burlington, NC installed a Gold Rush model "free jam two-ram" baler last month, which has increased production, according to the co-owners.

By Linda Tufano • July 31, 2015

Industry changes contribute to recycling decline in Broward County, FL

Recycling in Broward County, FL dropped from 60% of household waste in 2013 to 52% in 2014. 

By Linda Tufano • July 31, 2015

St. Louis installs cigarette-recycling receptacles

Downtown STL Inc., along with TerraCycle and Progressive Waste Solutions, installed 62 cigarette butt-collection receptacles in an effort to recycle and compost the waste. 

By Linda Tufano • July 30, 2015

Recycling in Austin, TX hits a plateau

Recycling in Austin has hit a plateau at a crucial time: Apartment complexes must comply with the Texas city's ordinance by October 2016. 

By Linda Tufano • July 30, 2015

To ban or recycle? Inside the foam fight dividing the industry

Can Styrofoam containers really be recycled? Or should they be banned? U.S. cities have varied approaches.

By Linda Tufano • July 30, 2015

UberRECYCLE offers pickup in troubled Beirut

Uber and its partners in Beirut will pick up recyclables for free through Aug. 4 in response to a crisis that has left trash piled up in cities across Lebanon. 

By Linda Tufano • July 30, 2015

Lead exposure from electronic recycling is an 'emerging health concern'

The risk of lead poisoning from recycling old electronic equipment is a widespread problem, especially for the children of recycling facility workers.

By Linda Tufano • July 29, 2015

Stanford University program aims for higher recycling rate

The California university is changing its "Deskside Recycling Program" to align with the state's recycling goal of 75% by 2020.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

New Brunswick may become last Canadian province to recycle electronics

New Brunswick has proposed a program that would make it the final province in Canada to recycle electronics waste.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

PAYT program saves Massachusetts town $51K

Hanson, MA has reduced its solid waste by 64%, more than doubled its recycling rate to 38%, and saved $51,000 in disposal fees after one year of its pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) program.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

Recycling, shredding plants provide work for developmentally disabled

The nonprofit Vintage Support Group Inc. in Belleville, IL plans to open its fourth recycling and shredding site. All of the group's sites are staffed by people who have developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

Massachusetts' CHaRM facility will allow for easier recycling

The town of Saugus, MA is building a Center for Hard to Recycle Materials that will take in items such as electronics and unrecyclable plastics year-round.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

Clear trash bags to be enforced in parts of Nova Scotia

As Seattle fights trash-snooping, the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is switching to clear trash bags to assure that residents are complying with recycling and composting rules.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

Residents evacuated after Texas recycling plant fire

About 50 residents of Rio Grande City, TX were evacuated from their Las Lomas neighborhood Saturday evening due to a massive fire at the Fiber Management of Texas paper recycling plant.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

New sensor-based sorting will address recycling challenges

Tomra Sorting has developed an Autosort flake sorter, capable of identifying and sorting materials as small as 2 mm.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

Boston Public Market to donate and compost leftover food

Food vendors at the market, set to open July 30, can donate leftovers to two food rescue groups, while scraps will be composted. 

By Linda Tufano • July 24, 2015

New Indiana recycling facility will collect 'problem waste' year-round

The Miami County Council approved a new 4,300-square-foot recycling facility that will let residents drop off hazardous chemicals, electronics, tires, and other problem waste year-round.

By Linda Tufano • July 24, 2015

Santa Fe outsources sorting, expands recycling

The city's Solid Waste Management Agency has entered a contract with Friedman Recycling, allowing the agency to outsource sorting and collect more revenue.

By Linda Tufano • July 23, 2015

Unifi breaks ground on $10M expansion of Repreve Recycling

The Greensboro, NC-based manufacturing company is beginning an 85,000-square-foot expansion of its Repreve Recycling Center in Yadkinville, NC.

By Linda Tufano • July 23, 2015