Recycle News

Have you ever seen someone with a sign advertising fresh fruits and vegetables as you’re going down the road? They’re all over the country. Or perhaps as you walk through your local grocery store you see the sign saying fresh blueberries now available. Some people can’t wait for peaches to…

When it comes to DIY costumes, the possibilities are endless. Skip the costume-shop insanity and let your recycling bin inspire you this year. You’ll be amazed how many ways you can reuse items you already have around the house that often find their way into the trash. Need some ideas to…

A lot of companies are trying to reduce their carbon footprint in an effort to leave the world a better place for their children. All jobs play an active role in reducing the footprint inside of breweries. Pretty awesome job right! The top recycle person is the brewmaster, which is…

Medical waste handling processes vary from state to state, but it’s important to know how to differentiate between different categories of medical waste in order to be able to properly segregate and dispose of them.  In general, anything that has come into contact with blood or body fluids (such as soiled…

We all know that we should recycle, unfortunately knowing where to recycle isn’t always so intuitive. So we set out to build a recycling resource with information about how to dispose of the items we use most often. We asked our friends and neighbors to find out which items they…

A worker wraps computer monitors collected at a “hard-to-recycle” event at Washington Mall last year. – Courtesy of Pennsylvania Resources Council The continued success of the Pennsylvania Resources Council’s hard-to-recycle collection event is bringing it back to Washington County. The program, which enables individuals to drop off cellphones, laptops, tablets,…

A reformed dumpster diver has now turned her attention to other means to limit waste around Oregon State University. Christine Dashiell, a Japanese translator who also volunteers in reuse and recycling efforts, was profiled in a June 2014 Gazette-Times story that focused on her retrieval of items from dumpsters. Dashiell…

Our Mission: The Atlantic County Utilities Authority is responsible for enhancing the quality of life through the protection of waters and lands from pollution by providing responsible waste management services. The Authority is an environmental leader and will continue to use new technologies, innovations and employee ideas to provide the…

It’s a hobby turned obsession, one that helps people get around in Northern Michigan. It’s the Recycle-A- Bicycle program in Traverse City. And it’s not just fixing up old bikes, it gives those who need it a mode of transportation. Jack O’Malley takes us there for Jack’s Journal. You open…

Paper or Plastic? That familiar refrain for choosing a grocery bag at the supermarket may be changing. As part of an effort to go green, more than 200 communities in 20 states have passed plastic bag regulations. “These laws make a huge difference,” environmental attorney Jennie Romer told CNBC’s “On…

Did you know that flight attends are garbage men and women too? Just think about it……. They bring you your snacks drinks on a rolling cart during the flight. As your flight is coming to an end they start their routine route of picking up the garbage and recycle in those…

The 3RC Enviro-Station at 1401 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive takes some other types of batteries, including lithium batteries, which are frequently used in cameras, calculators and computer back-ups; nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries, which are used in flashlights, toys, cell phones and power tools; and sealed-lead batteries, which are used…