Happy New Year! This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup, or maybe it will be Thursday due to recent holiday. 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.

If you have not done so already, fulfill that resolution, and sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

ALSO: The City of Richmond Department of Public Works and the Richmond Clean City Commission will be hosting its 10th annual “Bring One for the Chipper” on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 from 10 am -2 pm at 1710 Robin Hood Rd and N. Blvd. (field across from the Arthur Ashe Center. In addition to Christmas Tree recycling, the city is hosting household hazardous waste (HHW) collection, electronics recycling ( fees may apply on certain items) and document shredding ( up to 5 boxes) and city recyclers can drop off their 24 gallon green bins for reuse in city schools since now have 95 gallon recycling cart with a blue lid.

In recycling news, mounds of holiday boxes and improper recycling practices caused the City of Virginia Beach to temporarily close one of its recycling sites. Remember, flatten cardboard boxes — and only recycle paper, bottles, and cans. Leave out plastic and bags that are not recyclable.

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. 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, Global Recycling Day (March 18), sponsored by The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), is taking on new prominence. From a recent article:

Global Recycling Day’s primary goals are to educate people about the importance of recycling and unite the world’s approach to recycling. BIR seeks to reach a wide audience with the effort, including individuals, businesses and leaders at all levels. Two key messages coming out of the initiative are that people should think of materials as resources and not waste, and that recycling should be considered a global, unified issue.

“The recycling industry saves over 700 million tons of CO2 emissions each year, provides jobs for millions globally and is projected to add over $400 billion to the global economy and help meet several of the UN’s [Sustainable Development Goals],” Baxi said. “So, it is only right that recycling takes center stage globally and is included in future climate change discussions.”

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

The University of Richmond Collegian student newspaper recently answered a question from one of its readers: Where does campus recycling go?

Also, in national recycling news, acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and 44 of the top stakeholders in U.S. recycling signed a pledge on America Recycles Day to “work together to build on our existing efforts to address the challenges facing our nation’s recycling system and identify solutions that create a more resilient materials economy and protect the environment.” This is important because many of the problems with recycling in this country are further aggravated by the fact that, unlike other countries, recycling is financed and managed by local governments instead of state or federal ones. With some 20,000 different localities making their own decisions, inefficiencies do appear.

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. 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, Sonoco’s paper mill operations in Hartsville, South Carolina, have been shut down temporarily As a result of flooding from Hurricane Florence. Certain operations remain flooded and have experienced damage that could require those operations to be down for several weeks, according to a news release from the company, which is headquartered in Hartsville. Several other company operations in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina closed as the storm passed through the region but have reopened. However these locations are not accepting water-logged material from municipalities.