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May 3, 2018

Electronics Recycling Collection Nets 81 Tons

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 […]

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May 3, 2018

Recycling Tonnage on the Increase

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 […]

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Why recycling is essential
April 23, 2018

Why recycling is essential

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 […]

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The Battle Against Recycling Contamination is Everyone’s Battle
April 6, 2018

The Battle Against Recycling Contamination is Everyone’s Battle

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 […]

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March 7, 2018

Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde Reports on County Recycling in His State of the County Address

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February 26, 2018

Push Afoot to Get Word Out on Better Recycling

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 […]

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Why iPhones Are Being Recycled and Bottles Aren’t
January 31, 2018

Why iPhones Are Being Recycled and Bottles Aren’t

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 […]

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