Recycling News

Maryland News

• Frederick re-launches pilot commercial recycling program
• Calverton eco club honored by EPA
• County says single-stream has boosted recycling rates
• Newly adopted trash program ‘a good thing’ -- Here’s why …
• "Donate, Don't Dump" Program

• Ocean City Drops Recycling!
• Baltimore council committee approves plastic bag ordinance 
• Md. recycling bill looms over bars, beer distributors
• Teens turn passion for trash into a runway show
• Oyster shell-recycling program launched
• Hospital Recycling on the Increase
• Converting Office Paper Into Toilet Paper
• Frederick County approves textile recycling
• Greenbelt Expands Recycling Cart Pilot Program
• Allegheny Offers Incentives for Lower Electric Bills
  
• Poolesville Students Promote Safe Battery Disposal
• Balto. County hopes 'single-stream' will mean more recycling
• Lighting & Appliances > Refrigerator & Freezer Recycling - BGE Smart Energy Savers Program
• Be careful about which trash items should and shouldn't be sent for recycling
• Beyond Recycling: EPA Report on Composting
• Residential Food Waste Composting On The Rise
• Companies join TerraCycle in recycling writing utensils
• Study examines city composting as diversion method
• Dell/Goodwill add 445 drop-off sites
• Looking inside the county's trash bags
• 'Trash Talk' As Garbage Battle Brews
• County 'bottle bill' would boost recycling in Frederick, but needs state approval
• Washington County Commissioners discuss curbside recycling again
• Together Forever Your recycling and your trash, sharing cramped quarters in the trucks of private D.C. haulers.
• America Recycles Day inspires art from trash
• Harnessing the Energy of Trash
• Contaminated recyclables cost county money
• Anne Arundel recycling program - part two
• RecycleBank recycling program could offer rewards for Washington County
  

MRN News

• Board Proposes Development of Recycling Knowledge Base - Click here for Details
• MRC Completes Industry Issues Survey - Click here for a Summary of the Results

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