Don’t miss the great new exhibit at the Clinton Presidential Center this summer. It’s called “Washed Ashore,” and it features sculptures made of plastic and other materials retrieved from our oceans and on this country’s many beaches. It’s impressive for two reasons: First, the creativity exhibited in these interactive sculptures is worth seeing and experiencing. […]
That means another year has gone by, and improved electronics technology, and holiday gift-giving, have given us new TVs, computers, printers, cell phones, and advanced counter-top appliances. But don’t throw the old stuff away. Instead let us recycle them. For free! On Tuesday, April 23, and Wednesday, April 24, unplug your old electronic equipment and […]
Rather than give you a long list of things that should be left out of your curbside recycle cart, here are the things that can go in your cart. They include regular paper like office paper; cardboard, flattened to fit inside the cart; plastic bottles and jugs, the kinds where the opening at the top […]
It’s now official, and effective immediately: Waste Management will no longer accept glass in your curbside recycle cart. The problem’s not that glass isn’t recyclable. It is. The problem is glass breaks! And when it breaks inside your cart or inside the recycle truck, it can mix in with the other recyclable items in your […]
Recycling glass is the right thing to do. It provides raw materials for new products and avoids landfill waste. But glass is difficult to process when mixed in with other recyclable items. In fact, broken glass in your curbside cart can prevent other recyclables like paper, cardboard, cans, and plastic bottles from being recycled. So, […]
China shuts export door, so firms learn to take trash out of the material stream By Sarah Campbell-MillerSCampbell@ABPG.com Recyclers doing business in Arkansas are educating customers, reworking contracts and focusing more on customer needs as the industry reels from low prices and the loss of a huge market. What happened? The problems started in January […]
By Walter Wright, Jr., wwright@mwlaw.com, (501) 688.8839 The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) issued a February 2019 Issue Brief titled: Recyclables: Changing Markets (“Issue Brief”). A key focus of the Issue Brief is the impact of China’s establishment of a ban and imposition of strict quality standards on recyclable materials on the United States’ […]
For more information, contact:Craig Douglass, 501-580-1608;Tiffany Dunn, 501-776-2533craig@regionalrecycling.orgtiffany@recyclesaline.org LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 11, 2019) – A public recycling event will be conducted on Saturday, Feb. 23, by the Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County and Recycle Saline, the solid waste management district in Saline County. The two-county joint drop-off and collection event will be limited […]
American Composting™, Inc., (ACI) is the dominant organics recycler in the state of Arkansas. In fact, ACI is one of the largest recyclers of organic wastes and by-products in the South Central region of the United States. We take materials capable of causing pollution (if land filled) and turn them into the best garden and […]
If you’ve got an old TV, particularly one with a tube in it, get rid of that dinosaur for FREE at our special TV recycling event on Saturday, Feb. 23, in Little Rock and Benton. We’ll be collecting old TVs, flat screens and monitors – including computer monitors – and recycling them for FREE. It’s […]