This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news, Parc Corporation, a plastics reclaimer and exporter will close its doors, citing impacts from China’s import restrictions as a major factor in the company’s downfall. It started in 1996 and is headquartered in Romeoville, Ill. In 2015, Parc opened a second U.S. site in Oshkosh, Wis. At the time, the company announced an ambitious U.S. expansion plan that included opening sites in Memphis, Tenn. and Richmond, Va.