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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Craig Douglass Story Link, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 22, 2018 Today is Earth Day. The first Earth Day was celebrated on this day in 1970, 48 years ago, as an environmental protection “teach-in,” with over 20 million Americans participating in cities across the country. Congress established the official recognition eight months later, and designated April […]
By Brent Bell, Vice President of Recycling Operations for Waste Management http://mediaroom.wm.com/tag/recycling101 For all the years I’ve worked in the recycling business for Waste Management, I can tell you that the global challenges our industry is facing these days are without precedent. Simply put, many of the items we all want to recycle are getting […]
Plastic bags, cords, food on no-no list By Emily Walkenhorst Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advertisements, a website and — if a person does wrong — a reminder note of what can and cannot be recycled are coming soon to most Pulaski County recyclers. The Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District in Pulaski County is launching a recycling […]
By Erick Roston From Bloomberg Businessweek Keep your plastics. Photographer: Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images Recycling, we hardly recognize you. Nearly a half-century after the first Earth Day, big companies are now among the biggest boosters of recycling in hopes of pleasing socially responsible investors and planet-conscious consumers. At the same time, a decision by […]