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Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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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.

In recycling news, Treehugger.com has an interesting post entitled ‘How the plastics industry is hijacking the circular economy’, which takes on both the plastics and recycling industries.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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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.

In local recycling news, The Richmond Free Press is reporting that Chesterfield County is poised to pull out of a regional curbside recycling program, which could require Richmond and Henrico County to boost their subsidies to maintain the program.

The decision could come as early as Wednesday, April 10, when the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on a new 2019-20 budget that includes no money to support the county’s share of the recycling program’s cost, beginning July 1.

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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.

In recycling news, Gillette has announced plans to launch the first national program to fully recycle used razors.
The razor brand is launching the campaign alongside TerraCycle, an international recycling company that specializes in hard-to-recycle materials.
Gillette’s campaign will accept all razor blades and cartridges, regardless of brand. Those who wish to participate in the program can sign up online, and ship materials from their home. Businesses, organizations and schools can also sign up to become a recycling location.
Participation is only offered to U.S. customers at this time, but Gillette says they are already working on rolling the campaign out in other countries.

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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.

In Virginia recycling news, the last recycling plant in Sullivan County, Tennessee, that handles paper and plastics for local governments is set to close, affecting recycling efforts across the region. The Bristol Herald-Courier reports Tri-Cities Waste Paper’s Friday closure will also affect Bristol, Abingdon and Washington County in Virginia. In other news, the annual Virginia Recycling Association (VRA) conference will be held on May 6-8 at the Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center in Glen Allen, VA, near Richmond. The conference theme is “Changing Behavior to Encourage Recycling.” VRA members and non-members are welcomed.

In international news, the Indian government announced last week that it will ban scrap plastic imports as part of its efforts to strengthen the implementation of environmentally sound management of hazardous waste in the country.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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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.

In local news, The Department of Public Works (DPW) is launching the Volunteer Neighborhood Cleanups this weekend. You can contact the Clean City Commission Liaison at (804)646-8325 or Darlene.Mallory(at)richmondgov.comto to set up a volunteer cleanup for your neighborhood. Oregon Hill’s dates would be April 27 & September 14. This is a volunteer run program with assistance from DPW.

Guidelines:

– Neighborhood cleanups are scheduled from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturdays
– Department of Public Works will dispatch specific vehicles to individual cleanups
-Neighborhoods should have volunteers to assist getting items onto the trucks
-The Clean City Commission can provide supplies such as bags, litter grabbers and gloves upon request
-Acceptable items for pickup include: bulk household trash, yard waste; and furniture
-All brush must be cut into 4-foot lengths
-Unacceptable items include: items weighing more than 50lbs., broken glass, and building materials, hazard waste

These events are separate from the 5th District Cleanups sponsored by Councilperson Agelasto’s office.

In state news, Norfolk could be ditching curbside recycling this spring. TFC Recycling said in a post on its website the city is considering getting rid of curbside services after March 31.The company said in the post over 75 percent of Norfolk residents recycle on a regular basis, but the city claims the recycling market is facing challenges nationwide.

Also, Fairfax County is exploring a new use for glass by using crushed glass in a construction project for the first time. While crushing about 20 tons of glass per hour, Fairfax County’s pulverizing machine breaks down glass that will help replace sewer pipes at a plant in Western Fairfax County. Since Fairfax County’s recycle program has a single-stream that combines all recyclables in one bin, glass has become a problem. So, instead of recycling glass it is crushed and used as bedding and fill material to be placed around sanitizing sewer pipes.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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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.

Don’t forget that the RVA Environmental Film Festival continues for just a little while longer. Tonight, see the movie Before The Flood at VCU Cabell Library Lecture Hall at 6 pm.

Tomorrow night, see A Man Named Pearl at the North Courthouse Road Library in Chesterfield. And then this Saturday, check out EVOLVE: Driving a Clean Future in Coal Country at the Henrico Library in Varina, along with an electric vehicle presentation.

In recycling news, in Henrico, Tuckahoe District Supervisor Patricia S. O’Bannon will host a Tuckahoe Town Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 28 to discuss the proper disposal of household waste, recycling programs and other ways to conserve natural resources. But the big news for the state may be the continued wrangling over recycling coal waste. Legislation moving through the General Assembly to clean up Dominion’s coal ash now includes a provision that would shield Chesterfield County from truck traffic due to recycling.

On the international front, a Hezbollah leader appeared on an Israeli recycling ad.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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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 are a couple of things in recycling news to be aware of, including the recent anniversary of the beer can (something that is noteworthy for Richmond), but overall things are not good: Recycling is BS Update: Even aluminum recycling is a mess. Hopefully, citizens can hold corporations more accountable. But hey, recycle those old bras!

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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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.

Don’t forget that the Clean City Commission’s tree/e-cycling event has been rescheduled for this Saturday.

Happy New Year! Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow (Or Maybe Thursday)

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Happy New Year! This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup, or maybe it will be Thursday due to recent holiday. 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.

If you have not done so already, fulfill that resolution, and sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

ALSO: The City of Richmond Department of Public Works and the Richmond Clean City Commission will be hosting its 10th annual “Bring One for the Chipper” on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 from 10 am -2 pm at 1710 Robin Hood Rd and N. Blvd. (field across from the Arthur Ashe Center. In addition to Christmas Tree recycling, the city is hosting household hazardous waste (HHW) collection, electronics recycling ( fees may apply on certain items) and document shredding ( up to 5 boxes) and city recyclers can drop off their 24 gallon green bins for reuse in city schools since now have 95 gallon recycling cart with a blue lid.

In recycling news, mounds of holiday boxes and improper recycling practices caused the City of Virginia Beach to temporarily close one of its recycling sites. Remember, flatten cardboard boxes — and only recycle paper, bottles, and cans. Leave out plastic and bags that are not recyclable.