This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night. They do not belong on the sidewalk after tomorrow night.

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

In local recycling news, the City of Richmond will hold an Electronics Recycling and Document Shredding Event on Saturday, March 28, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at Broad Rock Park (4615 Ferguson Lane). For more information call 646-8325.

In national recycling news, a new report, “Making Sense of the Mix: Analysis and Implications for the Changing Curbside Recycling Stream”, was recently released by the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC’s) Plastics Division. It focuses on plastics among an overall changing municipal solid waste stream.

In international recycling news, a Toronto-based group wants to recycle all of the VHS tapes in Ontario. Personally, I can’t help but think of all the historic footage that might be lost with this. Hope documentarians are on it.