Glass Recycling at Home A single lightning strike on a sandy beach creates glass in about one second. Once glass is created, by nature or humans, it never really goes away. It’s estimated that glass takes one million years to fully degrade in a landfill. When we recycle glass, we are not [...]

Is My Candy Wrapper Recyclable? Whether you crave sweet, sour or chocolate candies this Valentine’s Day, we all get that similar feeling when we reach into the bag and realize we’ve already eaten the last piece. Bummer. Without even realizing it, we’ve collected a pile of wrappers (or in some cases [...]

National Pizza Day – Pizza Box Recycling  Typically, cardboard can be thrown in your recycling container and recycled many times, but pizza boxes are the exception. Greasy pizza boxes can ruin good cardboard. Water is used to make new cardboard. Grease from soiled paper products forms [...]

Your Guide to Cardboard Recycling and Types of Cardboard Everyone knows when it comes to kids, the best part of a gift isn’t the gift itself, but the cardboard box it came in. A simple box can be magically transformed into a drive-in movie car or a pop-up grocery store. If cardboard [...]

Recycling and The Big Game So you’ve splurged on the new big screen. The pizza is ordered. Dips are made. Drinks are cold. You are ready for your Big Game party.  You spend your Sunday night eating, drinking and cheering on your favorite football team. Then, just like that, it’s over.  Your last [...]

How Market Drives Recycling Permanent Markets are a Key to Successful Recycling Programs January 2019 If you have been following the news about recycling in the last year, you know that contamination in recycling loads is a growing concern nationwide.  Recycling contamination is when non-recyclable items are placed in with [...]

Battery Recycling and Disposal With so many options available to dispose of and recycle batteries, it may be hard to figure out what is the best removal method. The options just keep going and going.  Let’s set the record straight and take a look at each type of battery. [...]

Plastic Recycling - What's in a Number? If you are like many of us, when trying to determine whether to recycle something or throw it in the trash, you look for the “chasing arrows” or recycle symbol.   You may find the symbol on paper, glass, metals [...]

A Recycling Resolution to Last the Entire Year Happy New Year everyone!  If you are like most of us, you started this new year with a plan!  You are going to eat healthier.  You are going to stay organized.  You are going to buy a new house.  These are all [...]

Can I Recycle My Garden Hose? As the weather begins to turn and we find ourselves heading to the shed to pull out last years supplies, we may discover that some of our tools didn't make it through the winter.  Maybe your plastic flower pots have new cracks in them or [...]