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.

A couple of additional notes:
Locally, with the school year drawing to a close, it is time for student renters and others who are moving to consider how to deal with all of their stuff. With the City budget strained, it is important that stuff is recycled and disposed of properly, without just dumping it on the sidewalk, street, and alley. I am happy to post neighborhood yard sale notices on this site. There are also certainly a number of local thrift stores and charities that are willing to receive furniture donations.

Sadly, the 5th District Cleanup/RVA Cleansweep event this past Saturday was cancelled due to weather, but there is an Oregon Hill alley cleanup scheduled for June 4th, organized by Cherry Street neighbor Jimmy Blackford.

There’s been lot of internet/social media interest in these new edible/biodegradable six pack beer can rings. Will local breweries implement them?

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.

A couple of additional notes:
Locally, with the school year drawing to a close, it is time for student renters and others who are moving to consider how to deal with all of their stuff. With the City budget strained, it is important that stuff is recycled and disposed of properly, without just dumping it on the sidewalk, street, and alley. I am happy to post neighborhood yard sale notices on this site. There are also certainly a number of local thrift stores and charities that are willing to receive furniture donations. Don’t forget the 19th Annual Big Yard Sale at the University of Richmond on May 14th.

In terms of Oregon Hill neighborhood cleanups, RVA CleanSweep has a Randolph/Oregon Hill litter pickup scheduled for May 21. Meetup link: http://www.meetup.com/RVA-Clean-Sweep/events/228648874/
There is also a alley cleanup planned for early June.

In international recycling news, scientists are studying the anomalous sinking of spheres, which might lead to better recycling methods.

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, a Colorado University-Boulder research team has found a way to recycle carbon-fiber composites by simply soaking the composite in an organic solution at room temperature.
Read more: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2016/02/19/strong-lightweight-and-recyclable-has-this-startup-discovered-the-holy-grail-of-carbon-fiber-composites/#ixzz44KwU7xDV

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, a University of Missouri professor of textile and apparel management has found that Millennials are much less likely to throw old clothes and other textile waste into the garbage than older adults.

Alright, I think President’s Day screwed up the schedule last time, but 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.

The Valentine Museum/Richmond History Center, along with Richmond Magazine, is holding a community conversation TONIGHT about area recycling. Click here for details.

Don’t forget the next neighborhood cleanup is happening THIS SUNDAY March 6. Click here for details.

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, toy and game manufacturer Hasbro Inc. has joined the How2Recycle label program. Hasbro, based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is now one of more than 45 companies taking part in the program designed to educate consumers on packaging recyclability by providing on-package instructions.

Don’t forget the next neighborhood cleanup is happening March 6. Click here for details.

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, Ikea wants people to stop throwing away its furniture. Click here for the story.

Don’t forget, the RVA Environmental Film Festival continues, with upcoming nights at University of Richmond, Henrico Library, and VCU.