This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
In recycling news…
Last April, Arlington County abandoned its curbside glass recycling program, saying separating and recycling glass had become overly expensive. Instead, residents were asked to drop off their glass recycling at dedicated bins that were then taken to Fairfax County for reuse in construction, building, and — more recently — recycling into new glass products.
“A million pounds since January was impressive, and we’ll likely see another million at a much faster pace for obvious reasons” as residents stay at home amid the pandemic, says Department of Environmental Services spokesman Peter Golkin. “Alcoholic beverage control (ABC) stores are definitely doing strong business, as are the grocery stores.”
Golkin said residents are asked to avoid late night or early morning drop-offs at the residential drop-off sites to avoid loud clattering.
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
In recycling news…
WTOP News reports that collections are under strain in all jurisdictions of Northern Virginia.
Many of those people have kept busy spring cleaning, and the result is bigger piles of trash and recyclables on the curb.
“Most of the jurisdictions are reporting a huge increase in trash and major waste generation from our households. Since stay-at-home orders were put in place, some have recorded 30% to 40% increases in the overall waste that is set out,” said environmental planner Debbie Spiliotopoulos, of the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. “It’s a huge burden on the waste collections systems.”
In other news, a Virginia Tech science team is helping make lithium-ion batteries more environmentally friendly. By reformulating the materials used for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries, researchers have come up with a way to process and recycle the batteries’ electrodes without using organic solvents. The advance could reduce the costs, hazards, and environmental impact of manufacturing and recycling these common power sources.
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
In recycling news, the website WasteDive.com recently ran a column covering COVID-19’s evolving impact on the waste and recycling sector.
Starting in mid-March, the Waste Dive team dedicated the majority of its time to covering what the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation meant for waste and recycling in the United States. Frontline workers have been affected, services have been disrupted, policies have been temporarily changed and financial effects have been significant for the public and private sector alike.
Catch up on all of our reporting here, in reverse chronological order to present the newest stories first.
Locally, the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has created their own news page in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to see that.
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
In recycling news, as with everything else, there are many concerns about the pandemic. From WasteDive.com: “Concerns persist about infection exposure while social distancing requirements are changing how collection routes and MRFs are operated. Labor unions are calling for answers around paid leave policies.” Thankfully, medical waste volumes from COVID-19 not as high as Ebola so far…also, per updated OSHA guidance, collection workers can treat all municipal waste and recycling with possible COVID-19 contamination with standard safety precautions that have been put in place to guard against broader contamination or infection issues.
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
Instead of pulling out, as the county had threatened last year because of rising costs, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors voted instead to approve an increase in the yearly fee households pay for CVWMA’s curbside service.
Alright, I think the schedule was thrown off by President’s Day, but we now have the 2020 schedule, and this Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
It’s nice to see more sustainability efforts but everyone should be looking at corporate claims with a lot of skepticism. Greenpeace just released a report that includes a comprehensive United States survey of plastics recyclability. It found that U.S. companies are incorrectly labeling many plastic products as recyclable. The report, “Circular Claims Fall Flat”, states only PET #1 and HDPE #2 bottles and jugs are truly recyclable.
In more local news, this Saturday is the 6th Annual Shiver In The River, sponsored by Keep Virginia Beautiful. See more on that, but also more ‘about that’…
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
Congratulations to William & Mary for eliminating single-use plastics in their dining halls!
Straws get a lot of attention as food purveyors look to eliminate single-use plastics, and they were among the items to go as William & Mary Dining Services said goodbye to plastic in 2019.
As part of the university’s ongoing sustainability efforts, Dining implemented a phase-out to use up its remaining stock on the way to using new alternatives, according to Stephen Moyer, W&M Sadler Center Court operation manager. Also recently, Dining became certified by the Green Restaurant Association.
“Single-use plastics were eliminated in Commons and Sadler Center Court,” Moyer said.
W&M’s Sustainability Plan, a five-year plan that started in 2019, included a commitment in its diversion section to eliminating the distribution of single-use plastics in the two dining halls by 2019.
“Plastic waste has permeated the world around us, and we are taking steps to reduce the creation of that waste on campus,” said W&M Director of Sustainability Calandra Waters Lake. “Even more impactful than recycling, the rethinking and reducing that dining has done through this initiative sets an example that we hope to continue to expand.”
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. 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.
Did you know that, in West Virginia, more than 1,000 Christmas trees were recycled to help fish habitats at 10 lakes last year. Meanwhile, a Virginia company says it can make trash disappear by heating it to 18,000 degrees.