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, two Northern Virginia teens started their own business to help recycle glass that might otherwise end up in the trash.

While in Charlottesville, UVA is trying to recycle debris from the demolishing of its Alderman Library. (Makes you wonder what VCU has been doing with its debris from its demolished gym).

In national news, the Trump administration in early August re-imposed Section 232 tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada, but did not apply tariffs on Canadian steel.