Missouri center among losers as paper standards tightened By Bryce Gray St. Louis Post-Dispatch This article was originally published August 5, 2018 HAZELWOOD, Mo. — From aluminum cans to plastic and paper, mountains of material get crunched into bales after winding through a $9 million maze of sorting equipment at Republic Services’ recycling facility in […]
LITTLE ROCK – The Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County posted an opinion poll on its website – RegionalRecycling.org – asking all residential customers to participate. Customers in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood and the unincorporated areas of Pulaski County may participate in the poll by going to: www.RecyclingPoll.com At RecyclingPoll.com, all participants may […]
Proposal aims to increase oversight and reduce dumps By Emily Walkenhorst Arkansas Democrat-Gazette This article was published today at 5:30 a.m. Updated today at 10:47 a.m. Lawmakers will hear a proposal today to implement a new scrap tire system designed to increase oversight of tire programs that receive grants and to reduce tire dumps across […]
By Dan Holtmeyer ArkansasOnline FAYETTEVILLE — A global disruption in the market for recycled plastic bottles, paper and other materials has reached Northwest Arkansas, leaving one recycler with 200,000 pounds of cardboard waiting for a higher sale price and another paying paper mills to take its paper. The region’s cities and companies are still accepting […]
In this 30-second video, learn about why plastic bags contaminate your recycling cart while you learn how to Do Recycling Right!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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