This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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, as with everything else, there are many concerns about the pandemic. From WasteDive.com: “Concerns persist about infection exposure while social distancing requirements are changing how collection routes and MRFs are operated. Labor unions are calling for answers around paid leave policies.” Thankfully, medical waste volumes from COVID-19 not as high as Ebola so far…also, per updated OSHA guidance, collection workers can treat all municipal waste and recycling with possible COVID-19 contamination with standard safety precautions that have been put in place to guard against broader contamination or infection issues.