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.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Tuesday, November 20, 2018) The Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County recently challenged public and private schools throughout the county to create or expand recycling education in their schools. The challenge was in the form of a school-grant contest for the best education campaigns about each school’s recycling program. An award of […]
by Emily Walkenhorst | December 3, 2018, Arkansasonline.com Whether Waste Management can increase customer recycling prices based on changes in “foreign law” is at the core of the negotiations over the company’s new recycling contract with three central Arkansas cities. The mayors of Little Rock, North Little Rock and Sherwood have yet to agree to […]
by Craig Douglass on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 National Recycling Day was marked last month as it has been every year since 1997. This annual observance is sponsored by Keep America Beautiful with the objective of encouraging Americans to buy recycled products. “By reducing our waste and increasing our recycling, we can convert waste into […]
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Residents throughout Pulaski County regularly use their green and yellow recycling carts to recycle plastic bottles, paper, cardboard and cans. But this weekend, green will turn pink and blue as the Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County and the Little Rock Public Works Department provide pink recycling carts for this Saturday’s annual […]
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Sunday, October 21, 2018 An application has been accepted from C.A.R.D.S. (Central Arkansas Recycling and Disposal Services) to expand landfill operations at their site. The current Class 4 Landfill property located at 9611 Ironton Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72206, is approximately 62 acres with 20 acres permitted for waste disposal and is located […]