/tags/recycling recycling en-US Copyright Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:50:00 GMT /2025-09-03/indiana-wants-the-publics-help-crafting-a-new-recycling-plan The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is working on a plan to achieve the state’s long-held goal to recycle half its waste. Right now, only about 19% gets recycled. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:50:00 GMT /2025-09-03/indiana-wants-the-publics-help-crafting-a-new-recycling-plan Rebecca Thiele /local-news/2025-07-10/rumpke-trash-fire-fireworks-danger-lithium-ion-batteries Items inappropriately placed in curbside trash are being blamed for three fires involving Rumpke services. That has the company reminding people what does and does not belong in your garbage cans. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:52:40 GMT /local-news/2025-07-10/rumpke-trash-fire-fireworks-danger-lithium-ion-batteries Tana Weingartner /local-news/2025-06-17/tinker-team-recycle-reuse-hub-cincinnati-new-life-furniture-bank When the coffee pot stops perking, the vacuum stops sucking, or that lamp no longer turns on, most people either chuck them in the trash or take them somewhere to be recycled. At Cincinnati's Recycling and Reuse Hub, a team of volunteer tinkerers have found a lot of those items are fixable and can be sent on to help people who are coming out of homelessness. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:42:00 GMT /local-news/2025-06-17/tinker-team-recycle-reuse-hub-cincinnati-new-life-furniture-bank Tana Weingartner /environment/2025-06-13/southwest-ohio-1-3-million-epa-recycling-litter-cleanup Local grant recipients include the Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub, La Soupe and the Clermont County Park District. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:01:00 GMT /environment/2025-06-13/southwest-ohio-1-3-million-epa-recycling-litter-cleanup Isabel Nissley /local-news/2020-12-31/how-to-dispose-of-almost-everything-left-over-from-your-holiday-celebrations Americans throw away 25% more during the Thanksgiving to New Year's holiday period than any other time of year, research shows. Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:45:00 GMT /local-news/2020-12-31/how-to-dispose-of-almost-everything-left-over-from-your-holiday-celebrations Jennifer Merritt /environment/2024-11-12/cincinnati-recycle-plastic-hefty-renew-rumpke Hefty tells Rumpke that 25% of Hefty ReNew carton sales in the U.S. came from Cincinnati. The program launched locally in November 2023. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:16:02 GMT /environment/2024-11-12/cincinnati-recycle-plastic-hefty-renew-rumpke Tana Weingartner /environment/2024-11-07/recycle-election-signs There are several ways to get rid of election signs without throwing them in the trash. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:24:00 GMT /environment/2024-11-07/recycle-election-signs Tana Weingartner /environment/2024-10-16/tips-sustainable-halloween-sustainably Feeling spooked by the waste Halloween can create? Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub Marketing Manager Katrina Weiss offers some tips to make your celebration more sustainable. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 08:30:00 GMT /environment/2024-10-16/tips-sustainable-halloween-sustainably Isabel Nissley /show/cincinnati-edition/2024-02-05/businesses-reduce-waste Hamilton County ReSource is working with local companies and nonprofits to help them figure out how much waste they generate and then reduce it. Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2024-02-05/businesses-reduce-waste /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-12-13/eliminate-plastic-waste-holidays How to reduce, reuse and recycle when our holidays can be inundated with plastic packaging. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-12-13/eliminate-plastic-waste-holidays