Litterbug charged, trash thrown into recycling bins

A Lake Township man faces charges after he was spotted putting nonrecyclable material into recycle containers.

Champlin City Council looks at single sort recycling system

If you don't have single-sort recycling in Champlin now, you could have it a year from now.

Curbside recycling finally comes to St. Petersburg

By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 Joy Wissing and her dog Paddy recycle at the Crescent Lake location in St. Petersburg, Wednesday, September 1, 2010. ST. PETERSBURG — Environmentally conscious residents had much to cheer about Thursday as the City Council approved voluntary curbside recycling. The council unanimously approved a bid from Waste Services of ...

Columbia to recycle cooking oil

Columbia residents can now recycle cooking oil at the city’s Public Works facility off Harden Street. The city will donate the cooking oil to a Winnsboro company, Midlands Biofuels, which will convert it to biodiesel. The company will then sell the biodiesel back to the city to use in one of its garbage trucks.

Wendy Gordon: Love Match: NRDC and a Greener US Open

The US Tennis Association is greening their operations because it's smart and responsible business -- but also because they want to show their fans that it can be done on any scale.