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You’ve opened all the gifts and enjoyed a nice big meal. Now, you’re surrounded by mountains of wrapping paper and piles of disposable dinnerware.But…
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It’s a familiar scenario: you’ve finished a product and are ready to dispose of the packaging. But wait… does it go into the recycling bin? Or the trash…
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Beginning today, a total of 680 Austin apartment complexes – serving approximately 140,000 households – must offer recycling.It's the second phase of the…
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Austin’s one of the few cities in Texas where you might start composting to avoid being ostracized by friends.Whether its groundwater, tap water, urban…
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As we wrap up the holiday season, the Christmas decorations will soon head to into storage.The City of Austin is encouraging residents to recycle their…
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Every year Austin adds a new material to its recycling stream. This year it’s aluminum. Tin foil and baking pans can now go in the blue single stream…
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New recycling rules, aiming to divert 90 percent of waste from Austin landfills by 2040, go into effect today.The new ordinance requires more office…
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Austin is another step closer to its goal of reaching Zero Waste by 2040, with the opening of a new facility to handle over half the city’s recyclables.…
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Spontaneous combustion is real, at least when it comes to compost heaps.Large commercial compost heaps of over 12 feet tall can become dangerous if not…
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Computer recycling in Texas almost doubled in 2010 compared the year prior, according to the state's environmental regulator. The Texas Commission on…