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.

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

In recycling news, Chesterfield County is planning to scrap its existing curbside recycling program and adopt a subscription-based service model when the current contract expires in 2023.

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, municipal recycling programs have struggled for the past several years as China tightened contamination standards, processors increased fees and recyclables dropped in resale value. The uncertainty of city finances during the coronavirus pandemic further unbalanced already teetering programs. A partial solution many experts are pointing to is more local collaboration.

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, the demand for paper and cardboard boxes remains strong.

Also, Georgia voters approved a state constitutional amendment that could ensure revenue generated from tire sales and disposal tip fees would go toward waste and recycling programs as intended rather than largely getting shifted to the general fund.

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.

And, hey, RECYCLE THOSE POLITICAL SIGNS! Click here to learn more.

On international recycling news, The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, has voiced its approval for China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment updated guidelines for the implementation of brass, copper and aluminum “recycled raw materials” standards, which China previously had planned to introduce in July. The new standards will be implemented Nov. 1 and reinforce ISRI’s long-standing position that scrap is not waste, the association says.”ISRI has been advocating to the Chinese government for nearly 20 years that scrap should be pulled out of the ‘solid waste’ import regime and recognized as a valuable raw material,” ISRI President Robin Wiener says in a news release about China’s new standards. “China is doing just that with selected grades of nonferrous scrap, and we are expecting China to establish additional standards for ferrous metals and plastic pellets in 2021.”She adds, “ ISRI applauds the Chinese government for setting an example, and we call on other governments around the world to follow their lead in recognizing scrap is not waste but a necessary ingredient for achieving a green economy.”

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…be careful what you recycle… Warrenton, VA – Landfill workers discover dynamite while sorting recycling

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.

Condolences to friends and family of recycling worker Matthew L. Pitchford. He was struck by a car and killed this past week in Chesterfield County. Please be careful around work trucks of all kinds.

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, researchers are fitting low-cost computers with artificial intelligence, high-resolution cameras and robots, to sort through rubbish and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

The Labor Day holiday yesterday moves trash and recycling pickup this week to Thursday instead of Wednesday. 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.

TFC Recycling, Virginia’s largest residential curbside recycling facility, is reporting a 20-percent increase in recyclable materials since the start of the pandemic. But that extra volume has also brought trash that shouldn’t have been thrown into the recycling bins in the first place. Employees are encouraging people to educate themselves on what is actually recyclable before they add to the bin.

DON’T FORGET- The City of Richmond has scheduled an E-Cycle Day for September 12 with COVID-19 Guidelines-

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.

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.

But here’s a question? Can cities go zero waste?

“By requiring new plastic products to contain recycled plastic and making producers fund the collection and recycling of plastic products, producers would be incentivized to design longer lasting products that can actually be reused and recycled.We can achieve that. The first steps include banning some of the worst and most polluting single-use plastics, placing a pause on the development of new plastics facilities, and protecting state and local governments’ ability to enact more stringent regulations.”