This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which normally means trash and recycling pickup, but due to the Monday holiday, pickup will happen on Thursday morning. Again, because of the Labor Day holiday, collection will be Thursday instead of Wednesday. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup Thursday night. They do not belong on the sidewalk after Thursday night.

In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

So we have mentioned plastics and aluminum cans, what next? How about glass? From the EPA:

Americans generated 11.6 million tons of glass in the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream in 2012.
About 28 percent of the glass was recovered for recycling.
Glass recycling increased from 750,000 tons in 1980 to more than three million tons in 2012.
Food, soft drink, beer, food, wine, and liquor containers represent the largest source of glass generated and recycled.
Glass in durable goods, such as furniture and appliances, round out the sources of postconsumer glass.

Unfortunately, there are still many questions about recycling glass in Virginia…even in Arlington…

But CVWMA says about glass in City of Richmond:

Glass bottles and jars (no lids please). Recycle through City of Richmond’s curbside recycling collection program or at one of the drop-off recycling collection sites. No other glass items accepted for recycling.

(Personally, as with plastics, I put all glass in the bin in the hope that there will be more improvements made.)