The Dos and Don’ts of Recycling

Single stream recycling has made recycling easier than ever for residents of Brazos Valley. Through our single stream collection and processing system, we’re able to accept more recyclable materials than ever before, including plastics 1-7 rather than simply plastics 1 and 2. However, you do still want to be careful ...

2019-08-01T21:51:10-05:00August 1st, 2019|

3 Ways to Recycle After 4th of July Festivities

4th of July is an exciting celebration, full of fireworks, music, and time spent running around the yard with family. It’s a time to celebrate freedom, and in the moment, few of us are thinking about our waste. But like most major holidays, 4th of July can rack up a ...

2019-07-17T20:29:52-05:00July 17th, 2019|

5 Facts About Landfills

  A landfill is a site, usually an otherwise vacant lot or a clearing of some kind, where solid waste materials are dropped off to be buried for disposal. For perhaps obvious reasons, they’re rather controversial when it comes to waste management and protecting the environment. Every neighbor may have ...

2019-07-04T14:46:40-05:00July 4th, 2019|

What Happens After the Recycling Bin

Brazos Valley residents who recycle like to know that they’re doing their part to help their community and their environment be a little bit cleaner. You may be fairly sure you can trust your recycling to end up in the right place, while skeptical neighbors wonder if it’s simply dumped ...

2019-04-03T15:49:32-05:00April 3rd, 2019|

What Is Land Pollution?

“Pollution” is a term that comes up frequently in conversations about the environment. Most of us know by now that pollution refers to the wearing down and degrading of natural resources. But when we talk about pollution, the conversation usually surrounds air pollution, such as the depletion of the ozone ...

2019-02-25T02:13:22-05:00February 25th, 2019|

FAQs about Trash & Recycling

Every day, you throw away old food wrappers, paper towels, and other waste, hopefully sorting between the regular trash and recyclables. At the end of the week, you drag your bins to the curb to be picked up. But what happens after that? Are you sure that you’re sorting your ...

2019-02-04T07:08:22-05:00February 4th, 2019|

All About Hazardous Waste and What to Do With It

If you’ve taken a look at our recycling guidelines, you’ve probably noticed the last point: “no food waste or hazardous material can be accepted!!” We’re pretty adamant about it. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a trash and recycling company anywhere that allows hazardous waste to be picked up, ...

2019-01-02T11:42:56-05:00January 2nd, 2019|

What To Do With Your Food Scraps This Holiday Season

It happens every year: Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners come and go, leaving behind more food scraps than you know what to do with the next day. Maybe in your household there’s a matter of drawing straws to decide who does the dishes for the night, or trying to pass food ...

2018-12-15T14:14:28-05:00December 15th, 2018|

The Real Impact of Recycling

Recycling took off as a popular environmental movement in the 1970s, though in actuality, it had existed in some form or another for thousands of years. It was a way for every citizen to do their part in protecting the environment, not to mention a way to make a little ...

2018-10-01T13:34:30-05:00October 1st, 2018|
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