Emmaus Recycling event on April 26

Published April 25. 2025 03:54PM Local businesses and nonprofit organizations are teaming up to host the Clear Out the Clutter Recycling Event, a community-driven initiative focused on responsibly recycling electronics and donating essential items to those …

Lautenbach Recycling names business development manager

Got Food Scraps? These NJ Companies Pick Them Up for Recycling

Java Bradley and his wife, Michelle, don’t mind getting their hands dirty. In fact, dirt is their business. In 2018, the pair started Java’s Compost, which picks up food waste from residents of a dozen towns in Morris, Essex and Union counties and delivers …

Video Stub for Milly Zantow: Recycling Revolutionary

[lively string music] [cheerful music] – Narrator: Have you ever flipped over a plastic bottle and seen a triangle with a number on the bottom? That little number is a clue to the story of Milly Zantow, a Wisconsinite whose ingenuity and activism changed …

Warning issued as Birmingham resident had to be given oxygen after burning recycling inside home amid bin strike

25 April 2025, 17:13 A huge mountain of rubbish bags and other waste block rows of terraced housing on Primrose Avenue in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham as refuse workers continue to strike, 15th April, 2025. Picture: Alamy Birmingham residents are …

Gwinnett County's Earth Day celebration includes recycling event at CoolRay Field Saturday

Earth Day celebrations are ongoing through the week.  Volunteers for one area county are putting together a large collection event to commemorate the day. An annual collaboration between Gwinnett County Department of Solid Waste and Gwinnett Clean & …

Columbia hopes for residents to ‘maintain habit’ of curbside recycling, though it’s being brought to landfill

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia says it chose to resume recycling collection to help residents maintain recycling habits without adding to their household trash burden. Recycling drop-off centers in Columbia will remain closed and curb-side …

Let’s fix Tulane’s glass recycling problem

Tulane promotes itself as a sustainability-focused university, yet its approach to glass recycling leaves students without the knowledge they need to participate effectively. While the infrastructure for glass recycling exists on campus due to the school’s …

Weber State, Hogle Zoo team up for small electronics recycling drive

OGDEN — Do you have some small electronics to get rid of and a desire to help endangered fauna? Through the end of April, Weber State University — in conjunction with the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City — is collecting small electronics through an initiative …

Wishcycling: how ‘eco-friendly’ labels confuse shoppers and make recycling less effective

Have you ever thrown something in the recycling bin, hoping it’s recyclable? Maybe a toothpaste tube, bubble wrap or plastic toy labelled “eco-friendly”? This common practice, known as “wishcycling”, might seem harmless. But my colleagues and I have …