Glass

Few pros in the recycling industry will say it’s impossible to recycle glass. But many questions remain about this practice, from how glass impacts contamination of the rest of the stream to whether there’s money to be made in working with glass...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Omaha, Nebraska’s recycling schedules. Due to revised pick up schedules, residents have been dumping garbage at drop-off sites and creating dump sites. ...

TRENTON, N.J., July 14, 2020 – Rubbermaid®, a leader in home organization and food storage solutions, announced today a partnership with international recycling leader, TerraCycle®, to make all brands of well-used food storage containers...

The city of Arlington, Va., recently discontinued its curbside collection of glass for recycling, so two brothers have leapt in to help fill that void...

In Philadelphia, as in many other parts of the U.S., waste haulers have seen an increase in residential trash volumes since stay-at-home orders went into effect. The city reported that it collected 22,000 tons of extra trash in March and April...

Around 300 U.S. and Canadian campuses are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has not stopped them from recycling, donating and composting 48.6 million pounds of waste and removing more than 380 million plastic bottles from waste streams...

The City of Sequim in Washington recently began installing automatic trash and recycling stations around the city streets.  ...