Waste disposal still causes headaches for the city of Sundance — and now, according to a worried resident, it’s having a financial impact on businesses. Amy Goodson, owner of Cowgirl Pizza and Laundromat, appealed on Tuesday to members of the Sundance City Council to remain open-minded about finding a betterRead More →

PORT ANGELES — Glass recycling services and a solid waste transfer station were closed Tuesday as Port Angeles Public Works adjusts to taking over garbage collection and recycling duties from Waste Connections of Washington, based in Texas. Public Works Director Thomas Hunter’s presentation Tuesday at the Port Angeles Business AssociationRead More →

As time passes for the city of Sault Ste. Marie to transition local recycling and hazardous waste programs to producer responsibility, city officials have a few questions they would like answered. Ontario requires municipalities to implement a comprehensive producer responsibility system by 2025, which would place the responsibility for productRead More →

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore has contracted WIN Waste Innovations to staff and operate eight recycling collection centers, with the Department of Public Works remaining on a bi-weekly collection schedule, officials said Monday. Starting Tuesday, the company will staff the centers Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Drop-offRead More →

The Green Party US EcoAction Committee condemns President Biden’s year of climate neglect and renews the call to pressure the President to declare a climate emergency and issue a comprehensive set of related executive orders, as described on ClimatePresident.org. Biden and congressional Democrats must also immediately replace the increasingly shrinkingRead More →

By The Chronicle team The icy driving conditions last week prevented WSU volunteers Lewis County Master Recycler Composter and Master Gardener from hosting a previously scheduled holiday recycling event in Centralia. Due to these circumstances, the recycling program will be extended. Volunteers will be in the parking lot outside theRead More →

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of News Advocate’s Best Stories of the Year compilation (in no particular order) revisiting and recapping Manistee County’s biggest news from 2021. MANISTEE – The County and Town of Manistee recently struggled with their recycling programs. With the accumulation of cardboard boxes at a siteRead More →

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) has started delivering recycling carts to households in Baltimore City. The carts will first be distributed to communities with the lowest recycling rates according to Esri’s Market Potential Index (MPI) database. The distribution process is expected to take four months. Households inRead More →