:30 Video “No Bags”
In this 30-second video, learn about why plastic bags contaminate your recycling cart while you learn how to Do Recycling Right!
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Tampa’s largest recycling plant set to reopen after large fire caused by contaminants
TAMPA — ABC Action News has uncovered new information about the fire that shut down Tampa’s largest recycling plant. We took our cameras behind the machines uncovering the one mistake that sparked the flames. So many people recycle the wrong things that Waste Management Recycle Tampa is on a schedule. Eight times a day they […]
Recycling, Once Embraced by Businesses and Environmentalists, Now Under Siege
The Wall Street Journal By Bob Tita May 13, 2018 “Recycling as we know it isn’t working,” said James Warner, chief executive of the Solid Waste Management Authority in Lancaster County, PA. There’s always been ups and downs in the market, but this is the biggest disruption that I can recall.” Click the link to […]
Public Notice: Waste Tire Trailer Locations
Effective May 1, 2018, the Inter-District Waste Tire Management Program will no longer maintain a public collection center for the disposal of waste tires at the Jacksonville Recycle Center located at 1301 Marshall Road, Jacksonville, AR 72076. Direct questions or comments to desi@regionalrecycling.org. Click HERE to view and download the revised Pulaski County Inter-District Waste […]
Proposed Changes to Regulation 4: Hauler Licensing
(Amendments to the Regulation are underlined.) SECTION 1. Authority. The Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District is required by Act 752 of 1991 to enact and enforce a licensing program for all haulers who collect or transport solid waste in the District. See Ark. Code Ann. 8-6-721. The purpose of the licensing program is […]
Are you recycling right?
Executive Director for Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District, Craig Douglass, said, sadly, a third of the recyclables they see are contaminated. Originally broadcast by THV-11 on May 3, 2018
Pulaski County reports increase in curbside, electronics recycling
By Emily Walkenhorst Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District has reported an increase in curbside and electronics recycling from this time last year, according to announcements last week from the district. The district collected 81 tons of electronics for its latest biannual electronics recycling drive, and 3,555 tons of recycling in its […]
Regional Recycling Launches New Website
The Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District in Pulaski County has a new website: www.RegionalRecycling.org. The purpose of the site is to help fulfill the district’s vision statement, which says, in part, “to inform and challenge local Arkansans to achieve maximum waste reduction, reuse and recycling,” through effective education and action. “The vision statement is […]
Electronics Recycling Collection Nets 81 Tons
Pulaski County residents and businesses unplugged 81 tons of obsolete electronics equipment and dropped them off at last week’s special electronics recycling collection. Called Electronics Recycling Unplugged, the Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County collected everything from computers, copiers and printers to old televisions, hair dryers and toasters. The twice-yearly event was held April 25 […]
Recycling Tonnage on the Increase
So far this year, Pulaski County residents have increased their participation in residential recycling programs. The quarterly measurements provided by Waste Management to the Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District for January, February and March include recovered materials from curbside recycling carts in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood and the unincorporated areas of Pulaski […]