Waste and Recycling News and Blogs

Tangled Plastic Slows Recycling Efforts In the world of recycling, tanglers are anything that can be, you guessed it, tangled in the [...]

Can I Recycle Cartons? Yes, most cartons that are found on the grocery store shelf or in the refrigerated section are recyclable. Relatively new to the recycling stream, [...]

Medical Sharps and Needle Disposal When it comes to disposing of “sharps” we’ll get right to the point.  Medical needles, syringes, lancets and auto injectors are all considered to be “sharps” [...]

Light Bulb Recycling and Disposal Imagine for a moment that it’s 1879. You take a few minutes to rest and read the newspaper. The room is dimly lit by a single candlestick [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]