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 it seems like pickup did not happen, use this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

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, Chesterfield County may be taking a step backward with its privatization, but other parts of the state are increasing their recycling and increasing the Commonwealth’s overall recycling rate. Still, there is a lot of work to do to get that up further.

In the big picture, many waste companies have been challenged with flattening commodity prices, but that has not stopped them from putting bigger investments in their recycling departments.