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Recycling center closing due to dumping
- Baltimore County officials tired of combating persistent dumping at a Randallstown recycling center said they will close the popular drop-off point later this month. The Northwest Area Recycling Center will close June 29 and will not be relocated, said Councilman Ken Oliver, a Democrat who said he himself uses the facility at least once per week.
Best Buy tests new recycling program
- Think twice before tossing that old cell phone or MP3 player — Best Buy will gladly take it.
Baltimore construction firm sees savings from concrete recycling
- Even concrete can be recycled.
- Even concrete can be recycled.
Fairfax County residents, businesses recyling more than ever, report finds
- Fairfax County residents and businesses are recycling a greater percentage of their waste than ever, according to a report issued this week by the county.
Report: Recycling reaches record in Fairfax County
- Fairfax County residents and businesses are recycling a greater percentage of their waste than ever before, according to a report issued this week by the county.
Members of environmental panel quit over incinerator vote
- Two environmental panel members have resigned after Carroll commissioners voted to move forward with plans for a waste-to-energy incinerator.
Carroll votes to build waste incinerator
- Carroll commissioners voted 2-1 Thursday to move forward with a plan to build a waste incinerator with neighbor Frederick County despite some residents’ health and recycling concerns.
Recycling stressed as alternative to incinerator in Carroll
- Don’t burn the mountains of trash, say opponents of a $320 million waste-to-energy incinerator that would be shared by Carroll and Frederick counties.
Officials, residents look for ways to boost recycling
- Increasing recycling in Carroll may hinge on trash haulers’ willingness to identify residents responsible for the county’s low rate, officials said.
Ulman eyes raising trash collection fee
- Howard County Executive Ken Ulman wants to raise the county’s trash collection fees to cover an expanding recycling program and the rising costs of trash collection.
Trex sees 20 percent increase in plastic recycling
- With cities such as San Francisco and companies like Whole Foods pushing for a ban on plastic bags, one local company is lobbying for plastic — and not because it produces it, but because it recycles it.
Commission criticizes proposed incinerator
- Carroll should increase recycling and burn the garbage that remains instead of partnering with Frederick County to build a $320 million waste-to-energy incinerator, commissioners said Tuesday.
‘Paper police’ creating a furor in hunt for delinquent recyclers
- D.C. government inspectors on the hunt for delinquent recyclers have issued thousands of citations after picking through the garbage of private offices, drawing the ire of the business community and raising constitutional concerns.
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