Article taken with permission from The Edgerton Enterprise, Volume 138, Number 42 – November 18, 2020 By Jill Fennema, Edgerton Enterprise Shannon (Blom) Dwire isthe president of Millennium Recycling. All the recycling that Van Dyke Sanitation picks up in Pipestone County goes to Millennium Recycling in Sioux Falls. Shannon (Blom) Dwire is the president of…
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Article taken with permission from The Edgerton Enterprise, Volume 138, Number 42 – November 18, 2020 By Jill Fennema, Edgerton Enterprise November is National Recycling Month. In Edgerton, for just about two years, residents have been able to use large green totes to collect all their recyclable materials – a mix of plastic, glass,…
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America Recycles Day is November 15th… Do you know what to throw? Check out the Millennium Recycling Guide for a simple list of what you can include in the Sioux Falls and surrounding area recycling bin (special thanks to recyclingpartnership.org for the great carty image) Mixed Recycling Guide View Source
How far back does plastics recycling go? The first recycling center to accept household plastics goes back to the early 1970s. Pennsylvania started plastics recycling, and there have been advancements over the years. Curbside pick-up started in the 1980s. Rhode Island made plastics recycling mandatory in 1986. By 1990, Coca-Cola was using some recycled plastic…
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A Look Inside a Recycling Plant – How Your Items Get Sorted and Recycled | RecycleNation Recycling is a process where you take items made of a specific material, break it down, and reuse it in some way. The metal can that you rinsed you gets sorted and crushed with thousands of other cans to…
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The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot. We’re working from home when possible. We’re social distancing. Some are wearing masks whether it’s a state mandate or not. We’re getting curbside meals rather than eating out. We’re staying home more, ordering online more, and creating more trash and recycling than before. These new habits have impacted…
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