Recycling is an essential part of living a sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle. With the implementation of various recycling symbols, it has become easier to identify items and materials that can be recycled. This article will help readers gain a better understanding of what the different American recycling symbols mean. The [...]
In recent years, the zero waste lifestyle has gotten more attention, partially because of the extreme challenges that a few have undertaken. There are a few people like Bea Johnson and Lauren Singer who have been able to go for an entire year or more while generating only a Mason [...]
In today's time, everyone knows that recycling plastic is the way to go, but a lot of people still don’t know the “why” behind doing it. There are SO many benefits to recycling plastic. Recycling plastic means that we take used plastics and turn them into new products like plastic [...]
For many people today, recycling is common sense. At BV Trash Valet & Recycling, we agree! We have found that even people who don’t necessarily care about environmental change will recycle if there are convenient ways to do it in their community. It is obvious to the casual observer that [...]
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many efforts have been made to appreciate healthcare workers such as nurses, doctors, and EMTs. Essential workers who keep the world spinning while the rest of us are in quarantine have also been given their laurels by the community. Among those essential workers [...]
Recycling is more than just looking for the recycling label on a container and chucking it into the recycling bin. In fact, careless recycling can sometimes do more harm than good, even contaminating the recycling batch so that none of it can be salvaged. It’s important for conscientious citizens not [...]
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest problems facing our environment today. Experts estimate that the average American throws away about 185 pounds of plastic each year. Plastic accounts for 10% of the total waste generated, because we use so much of it. And because plastic is non-biodegradable, it tends [...]
