We have finally arrived at that time of year again. The magical time of year when we are out buying presents from local stores, having packages delivered to our homes from online shopping, and frantically searching grocery store aisles for our favorite holiday food – possibly fighting someone for that last boneless ham, or good […]
As the holiday season approaches, our homes will not only be filled with family, food, and cheer, but it will also become scattered with festive packaging – especially cardboard boxes. While it’s tempting to toss them into the trash and just be done with it, recycling cardboard boxes is an easy way to celebrate sustainably. […]
We know we have been driving home the importance of glass recycling lately, but that’s because it is so important! Recycling glass bottles and jars is a simple yet impactful way to contribute to a greener Pulaski County and help create jobs in our community. Glass is 100% recyclable and can be reused indefinitely without […]
Halloween is just a week away and soon your house will be flooded with plastics of all kinds. Grocery bags from shopping for Halloween candy, the Halloween candy wrappers, plastic bags that your children’s costumes came in, your trash bags from cleaning up pumpkin guts, those plastic Jack-o’-lanterns that you go trick-or-treating with, decorations, the […]
Glass is remarkable! And recyclable. Here in Pulaski County, we can now recycle glass and turn it into jobs. How? Epic Glass Recycling, a locally owned nonprofit company, has built a new glass recycling plant in North Little Rock. By the introduction of this plant, so many exciting things will now be able to happen […]
A lot of people might avoid recycling simply because of the confusion around what can and cannot be recycled. If this is you, we are here to make recycling simpler for you. Once you know what can and cannot be recycled by our sorting machinery, recycling will become an easy habit. And if it helps, […]
Reducing contamination in recycling carts is one of our main objectives. The more we receive non-contaminated items at our Green Stations, the more we are able to reduce, reuse, recycle. To recycle at the highest level , there are a few items that should never go near your recycling cart. The items listed below contain […]
Let’s start with a fact – Tires do not decompose easily. They take hundreds of years to decompose. If they are not disposed of properly, tires become a significant environmental hazard. Improperly discarded tires can become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, rodents, and other pests, leading to serious public health problems. Additionally, old tires are unsightly […]
A point we always like to drive home is that recycling has major environmental impacts. By recycling consumer packages — plastic bottles, jugs, and clamshell containers; glass bottles and jars; cartons; metal cans; paper and cardboard — it reduces disposal in landfills and helps protect the environment from decomposing materials affecting our climate. What’s not […]
New and exciting things are happening in the world of recycling for Pulaski County residents. As you may have already heard, you can now recycle empty glass bottles and jars in your recycling cart. Yay! But did you know there are even more items now allowed in your curbside cart? Before – you could only […]