Blue box pick up moves to every 2 weeks next March in Waterloo region as recycling program revamped

Changes are coming to the way people recycle items in Waterloo region. That includes that pickup will become biweekly in ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Nearly all the blue bins have been emptied, and Chesapeake’s recycling fiasco is coming to an end

The nightmare known as Chesapeake’s recycling program is almost over. For almost two months in some Chesapeake neighborhoods, residents waited and waited — and waited some more — for their blue ...
KSAT

Heads up! Single-use plastic bags are no longer allowed in blue recycling bins in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Solid Waste Management Department is no longer accepting single-use plastic bags in blue recycling bins, even bundled, to address issues caused by processing them. The ...
St. Louis Magazine

St. Louis officials say recycling revamp is already paying off

Mayor Cara Spencer’s staff says her controversial new recycling program is working and that they have the data to prove it. “The theory was that we’re committed to recycling; we think we can do it ...
Hawaii News Now

Are you making these mistakes? What should, and should NOT, go in your recycling blue bin

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nearly 20% of the 25,000 tons from residential blue cart items cannot be accepted at the City and County of Honolulu’s recycling facility. That’s according to Henry Gabriel, ...
syracuse.com

‘Hold on folks. Not everyone needs a giant recycle container’ (Your letters)

With regard to articles last April in syracuse.com as well one by OCRRA’s Executive Director Kevin Spillane in their Summer 2022 newsletter predicting the phase out of the traditional blue bin in ...