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 […]
The Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District (the District) is requesting competitive sealed bids to establish a projects-only contract for the purchase and delivery of specific personal services. Individual invitations to bid for providing these personal services are found at the following links: District ITB Digital District ITB Production District ITB Public Relations District ITB […]
by Emily Walkenhorst, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette January 17, 2019 Recyclers in Pulaski County soon will be able to take their glass to five stations throughout the county, Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District Director Craig Douglass said. The district has yet to determine when the bins for glass will be available, but Douglass said it could […]
Some of the items moving off the shelf the fastest this holiday season were household electronics: TVs, computers, tablets and game stations. And more will be sold in the next month due to after-holiday sales. Out with the old, in with the new. But wait! Don’t trash your old electronics. Instead, drop them off for […]
Originally published in Waste Advantage Magazine, December 21, 2018 This year, it’s going to be harder to recycle all that holiday wrapping paper and packaging. The reason – China has stopped buying certain kinds of scrap, and more changes are on the way in 2019. As of 2018, China – the world’s largest buyer of […]
Effective January 4, 2019, the Inter-District Waste Tire Management Program will no longer maintain a public collection center for the disposal of waste tires at the City of Hazen/Prairie County Armory located at 968 East Front Street, Hazen, AR 72064. A new public collection center location will be effective January 4, 2019 at Seely’s Automotive, […]
Effective January 4, 2019, the Inter-District Waste Tire Management Program will no longer maintain a public collection center for the disposal of waste tires at the Barkley’s Auto Service, 686 Why 65 North, Greenbrier, AR 72058. Direct questions or comments to desi@regionalrecycling.org.