Did you know that in the last decade, the percentage of material that is recycled in our state has basically remained stagnant?  I know that in every neighborhood that I have lived in here in MA for the last 5 yrs, I have been surprised by the lackof recycling bins out on the sidewalk on [...]

Did you know that only a little over 50% of aluminums cans, on average actually get recycled?  I was really surprised that this number was so low.  After reading a short article, we learned that the number was about 54% in 2008 up from 2007.  The all time high was actually in 2000 at only [...]

Although technologies of the machines used at our waste facilities have emproved vastly over the years as far as sorting and so forth, recycling is still as important as it ever was.  Space for landfills is still such a difficulty to come by and even though the methods to maximize the lifespans of the current [...]