This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, but because of the July Fourth holiday, trash and recycling will be picked up Thursday. 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 on Thursday.

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.

Bloomberg recently ran a provocative column entitled “The Recycling Game Is Rigged Against Consumers”. It’s worthy of consideration.

The Virginia Gazette had a article entitled: “Despite Chinese ban, area recycling continues normally”. Excerpt:

Zook declined to discuss County Waste’s revenue from its operation of collecting and then selling recyclables, but voiced continued support for recycling.

“We’re still committed to recycling,” Zook said.

The recycling industry provided 8,669 jobs in Virginia in 2017. That year, recycling had an $1.9 billion impact in the state economy, according to a report by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.