Abstract: This Participatory Action Design Research (PADR) study explores how persuasive technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) can be used to encourage participation in recycling activities.

Delivery of the City of San Diego’s new gray trash bins has begun in Rancho Bernardo. After a one-week delay, some residents in RB’s Westwood neighborhood had their black trash bins removed and gray ...

A long line of blue recycling bins at one of St. Louis' new drop sites. Mayor Cara Spencer’s staff says her controversial new recycling program is working and that they have the data to prove it. “The ...

As the city of San Diego began delivering new gray trash bins to homes with city-provided trash and recycling service and removing the old black bins, the process hit some snags, leading some La Jolla ...

The City of Rockledge Sanitation Division is reminding residents to make sure that only acceptable materials are placed in recycling bins and that non-recyclable items should go in regular household ...

Chicago is not alone in the fight to boost its recycling rate. On Monday, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus — representing 275 local governments in the Chicago metro area — kicked off a joint recycling ...

A 15-year-old in Charlotte, North Carolina has been arrested 111 times since August 2023 and released again despite violent crime concerns and repeat offender issues.

One sunny morning in mid-September, a truck crunched over gravel in a Boonville marshaling yard, a parking lot where National Grid keeps construction equipment used in rebuilding transmission lines.

Richmond region residents will soon be able to throw out their trash in bins that were once garbage themselves. Several Central Virginia localities have invested in 3,000 new trash carts partially ...

The state also announced it was suing three other companies that it said illegally marketed their plastic bags as being recyclable when they were not. By Neil Vigdor California is expected to receive ...

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