The EPA estimates Americans recycle about 90 million tons of material a year. But these days the stuff we recycle has to be purer than Ivory soap. That’s because China, the world’s largest importer of recycled materials, instituted strict new standards on the quality of the products they’ll buy, and…
So now you know: Throwing all your recycling into a single bin ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Single-stream recycling may be more convenient, but, as we reported last week, it’s also to blame for a huge increase in contamination that makes your recycling unrecyclable. You think you’re saving the…
Costs for both disposal and recycling are increasing. New markets for recyclables will take time to develop. Landfills are closing in Mass., leaving fewer options for cost effective disposal of waste. The SSRC supports efforts by its Member Communities to reduce the generation of solid waste, including recyclable items. This…
Over 70 percent of Scituate households use the transfer station, and many more are making the effort to recycle. This is something Dorie Stolley likes to hear. Stolley is the recycling education and compliance officer with the South Shore Recycling Cooperative. The cooperative’s message is Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Right,…
