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…thankfully, more and more people seem to be currently thinking about their economic choices as a result of the pandemic. Corporations see this and are trying to include this new focus on sustainability in their marketing. For example, global whisky brand Johnnie Walker and its parent company Diageo plan to run a trial of new environmentally-friendly packaging.

But the real question is if this forces a definitive, long-lasting move away from plastic, or, if we just see more corporate reliance and spin for a failing recycling strategy. Reality is that the corporate record is more adherence and care to maintaining short term profits than true sustainability.