What You Buy Goes Around and Comes Around
Ever wonder what happens to your face cream container, hand soap bottle, soda can, plastic bottle, or anything recyclable after you put it in your recycling? Or did you ever stop to consider where the shipping box came from before hitting your doorstep? And when...

20+ Tips to Make Going Back to School and College Greener & More Sustainable
Whether it’s shopping for back to school supplies or moving into a college dorm room, explore ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle more where you live, work, play, and learn. So now that the longest “spring break” ever is over and it’s time for students to return to...

Recycling Makes Sense. A Single Bottle, A Single Can, A Single Box All Matter – So Does Your Participation
It is important for people to understand that a single bottle, a single can, a single box all matter. When we choose to recycle, we start a chain reaction of positive change.

Plastic Shopping Bags – Refuse, Reuse, Return
Can plastic bags go in your recycling bin? You have arrived home from the grocery store and successfully put away all of the groceries, but you are left with a pile of plastic bags! We all know that using reusable bags is the Earth- friendly option, but let’s face...

When it Comes to Electronics and Batteries Recycling – Only You Can Prevent Fires!
In recent years, there has been a spike in fires erupting at recycling facilities due to lithium-ion batteries — like the battery contained in that cell phone and other electronics or rechargeable batteries.

Is Styrofoam recyclable?
In most curbside recycling programs, “Styrofoam” is part of a longer list of recycling contaminates (items that cannot be recycled curbside, that are placed in the recycling bin).

Hoses, Cords, Wires, Chains – Just trash ‘em!
When items such as hoses, cords, wires, chains, ropes, and plastic bags are placed in a curbside recycling bin, people just like you and I are faced with the daunting challenge of detangling them from recycling processing equipment.

Recycling – How it Works
In order to really understand how the recycling system works, let’s get geeky with it and take a look at the entire system, along with how each unique piece of equipment aids in the process.

RecyclingMatters
Since its beginning phases in the 1970s, recycling has been offering individuals a way to “do their part” to protect the environment and create jobs, by simply placing items in a recycling bin. Today, the good news is that recycling is still here to offer that “feel...

The ABCs of Recycling Baby Items
Babies come with lots of laughs, joy – and stuff! Take a quick gander down any shop’s baby aisle or baby registry, and you soon see the baby items can add up. Since new parents need their sleep, we’ll make it easy for you to streamline your recycling process....
Recycling is a part of everyday life and it’s an easy way to create change. Enroll your family or organization and share your pledge with your network.