Bi-weekly residential recycling collection As of the first week of May 2021, residential customers will see a change in curbside collection of recyclable materials. This is when the City of Spokane Solid Waste Collection Service will switch to a bi-weekly recycling collection. This change will allow the escalating costs ofRead More →
School supplies made from oral hygiene products Trenton-based company TerraCycle has launched a school recycling challenge with Colgate and ShopRite. Participating schools in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and four other states can compete for prizes that include new desks, chairs, backpacks, pencil cases and pens, all made from oral hygiene wasteRead More →
DuBOIS – Over the past year and a half, students at DuBois Area Middle School have explored and learned about vermicomposting – the process by which worms eat leftover food. Vermicomposting takes organic waste and turns it into a rich organic soil amendment, said teacher Cory Sholes, who is alsoRead More →