NEWS RELEASE For more information, contact Desi Ledbetter, 501-840-3737; desi@regionalrecycling.org LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Sept. 12, 2018) – Environmental Specialist Calvin Wilson has joined the Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District in Pulaski County as its second Illegal Dumps Control Officer (IDCO). Desi Ledbetter, Chief Operating Officer of the District, is also licensed as an IDCO. […]
With more and more of us shopping online, we find cardboard boxes on our doorsteps as often as mail in our mailboxes. So, remember: cardboard is recyclable. In fact, it is one of the most recyclable items in the waste stream. Recycling cardboard conserves energy and natural resources, and helps reduce the pollution of sulfur […]
by Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 CINCINNATI — The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable with their impact on the environment. Kroger Co. will start Thursday at its QFC stores in and around Seattle, with the goal of using no […]
Originally published by CBS NEWS August 5, 2018 Click on the video below to play! Piece by piece, an environmental threat is piling up, and we’re ALL to blame. Worse yet, even those of us trying to bring an end to the problem may not be doing as much good as we think. David Pogue […]
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 […]
In this 30-second video, learn about why plastic bags contaminate your recycling cart while you learn how to Do Recycling Right!
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