Tomorrow is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup.

Please go over what can be recycled.

NOTE: CVWMA (Central Virginia Waste Management Authority) has announced that all curbside recycling must now be INSIDE the CVWMA containers with lid closed. Items beside the container or on top of it will not be collected. In fact, incorrect setouts may not be collected at all. This is new as of July 1 for all our curbside recyclers, with the exception of townhomes/condos still using small bins. (And yes, this also applies to flattened cardboard boxes.)

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/

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

In local recycling news, a local recycling plan in Chesterfield suffered a fire.

Also, Trex Co., a Winchester, Virginia-based manufacturer of recycled-content composite plastic and wood residue decking and residential railing, is partnering with Seattle-based Weyerhaeuser, a leader in sustainable forestry and one of the largest manufacturers of wood products in North America, to expand Trex’s presence across the Southwest region.Trex says this collaboration will enhance access to its products for customers in California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.

This may make its plastic bag recycling efforts more important: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/nextrex-launches-united-states-online-plastic-bag-film-drop-off-directory/

In international recycling news, the fifth United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting has come and gone without a legally binding global plastics treaty.