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

Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.

In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling. There was a recent Richmond.com column on local recycling.

In state recycling news, Virginia Beach is offering residents a way to properly dispose of holiday cooking oil.

In national recycling news, an Albany, NY man claims Walmart fired him for recycling $5 in cans from their parking lot.