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, after initially declining to renew its contract with Hampton, TFC Recycling has continued taking the city’s material and working through negotiations. The Daily Press reports that the Hampton City Council recently approved using $600,000 from an enterprise fund to cover higher costs through FY19.

Meanwhile, in international news…Scotland has recently adopted a new recycling measurement system based on ‘Carbon Metrics’. This may prove influential as weight-based goals lose favor in the U.S., and the urgency for climate action increases.