This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup.

This will be the fourth time for Oregon Hill to use the new, larger rolling recycling containers. Ideally, they are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

Here’s a new website devoted to recycling wood: http://www.reusewood.org. In other recycling news, a new method been found that recycles scrapped tires for supercapacitors. Overall though, recycling companies are having to adapt as scrap prices for recycled goods fall.