Businesses and multi-family properties produce 50% of all waste in the Salt Lake City, but only 10-15% of that waste is currently recycled. Salt Lake City has a goal to achieve Zero Waste by 2040, which means all waste is recycled, reused, or composted instead of being sent to…
Program reminders Yard waste collection begins April 10: You may begin placing yard waste, prepared to collection guidelines, out each week on your garbage day beginning the week of April 10, 2017. If you have yard waste that you’d like to get rid of before collection begins, call Solid Waste & Recycling at…
Texas Pride Disposal provides garbage and recycling collection services to residential and commercial customers in and around the greater Houston area, including Fort Bend, Harris, Wharton, Brazoria, Montgomery, Liberty, Austin, and Waller counties. Customers include Municipal Utility Districts, Homeowner’s, Property Owner’s, and Community Associations, Municipalities, small businesses, and subscription residential…
County’s Solid Waste Authority Hosts Successful Recycling Event CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County Solid Waste Authority (CCSWA) hosted another successful electronics collection event Saturday, reported Director Jodi Brennan at Tuesday’s regular commissioners’ meeting. Brennan said the collection event was made available to residents in order to prevent electronic items from…
Recycling is confusing, even for the most well-intentioned and informed conscious consumers. Capabilities of municipal recycling facilities vary from region to region, and items that are difficult-to-recycle sometimes get looped in with regularly accepted items. Not all paper, metal, glass and plastic packaging is created equal, and many common items…
Have you ever found yourself facing your recycling bin, completely befuddled about whether or not you can put a particular item in it? You’re not alone. According to Planet Ark, nearly half of Australians find recycling confusing. Australia’s recycling rules can seem horrendously complicated, but fortunately they are becoming more…
If you’re like me, the terms “ferrous” and “nonferrous” metals make you stare blankly and wonder if, like trigonometry, this is just another ploy to get you to learn something you’ll never actually use in real life. But for people in the scrap metal industry, the distinction and uses of…
At home and at work, County Sanitation has been helping to keep your neighborhoods clean since 1989. In Pinellas and Pasco Florida counties, County Sanitation’s stops include residential homes, apartments and condominium complexes, construction sites, office buildings, retail centers and industrial businesses. Pasco County Recyclables Info New! Pasco County’s Residential…
Alley Recycling Collection Since late June 2015, St. Petersburg residents have successfully reduced the amount of trash sent to the landfill by participating in the city’s recycling program. Residents also played a major role in helping the city achieve a much-lower-than-expected contamination rate during the program’s first few months. But…
According to the University of Florida and NOAA, Microfibers are found in common synthetic materials, such as yoga pants and those very fuzzy fleeces, and now they are filling up the ocean. When you throw clothes like this in the washing machine, the microfibers break off and go out with…
Welcome to the Solid Waste Department Recycle Collection Garbage Trash Recycling Sweeping KEEP MIAMI BEAUTIFUL The Keep Miami Beautiful campaign is a municipal maintenance program geared at more effectively addressing general issues of street litter, illegal dumping, and maintenance of sidewalks and alley ways. Additionally code violations such as graffiti,…
Go Green! has become almost a sports-fan type of rallying cry in our society. Recycling is just one of the ways we partner with our customers to contribute to a “greener” environment. Putting our commitment to environmental stewardship into practice began in earnest in 1990 with recycling 40 tons…
Ready to make a difference? Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned recycler, we’re here to support your journey toward a greener future. Explore our resources, learn about best practices, and find out how you can reduce, reuse, and recycle with ease.