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Best practices, case studies and strategies in operating residential curbside collections programs.

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Student Rounds Up Mega Volumes of Spent Markers for Reuse

Mar 10, 2020

In just over two years, 12-year-old Joslyn Stamp has collected more than 12,000 markers, diverting them from landfill and helping to make fuel.

Hefty Diverts 1M Pounds of Plastics from Landfill

Mar 09, 2020

The Hefty EnergyBag program has surpassed a key milestone in combating plastic waste, with plans to expand into even more cities across the U.S.

Medical Recycler Provides Repurposed Prosthetics to Developing Countries

Mar 09, 2020

Penta Medical Recycling is looking to repurpose prosthetics by providing used ones from the U.S. to six developing countries.

WM Works with Florida Communities to Recycle Mixed Paper

Mar 06, 2020

Waste Management changed its plans to stop accepting recycled mixed paper in Broward County, Fla., after community backlash.

Study: Recycling Challenges, Opportunities in Franklin County, Ohio

Mar 05, 2020

During the study period, 180 commercial and residential trash samples were collected and analyzed.

ISRI Addresses Residential Recycling During Congressional Testimony

Mar 05, 2020

ISRI Chief Lobbyist Billy Johnson explained what makes for successful recycling, identified existing pressure points in the residential recycling stream and provided a number of clear policy solutions.

Texas Township Approves 35% Trash Collections Hike

Mar 05, 2020

The Woodlands Township has also implemented an educational program to teach the public how to recycle properly.

Austin, Texas, Signs Three Short-term Waste Contracts

Mar 04, 2020

The city signed short-term contracts with TDS and Central Waste while it continues to work on a new long-term contract for collection services.

Florida County Approves 39% Trash Contract Increase

Mar 02, 2020

The annual bill for trash collection at a single family home will jump to an estimated $194.28 a year, up from $139.70 a year.

LCA and the Sustainability of Recyclable Materials

Feb 27, 2020

EREF’s Staley breaks down how LCA can help determine when recycling makes sense versus when it makes more sense to landfill materials.