From Box to Bale: The Ultimate Guide to Cardboard Recycling We all have them—piles of Amazon boxes in the garage, cereal boxes in the pantry, and shoe boxes in the closet. Cardboard is the backbone of modern packaging, but what happens after you break it down and toss it in the bin? At Trash King, […]
Trash King offers eco-friendly waste bin rental solutions With technological advances coming as fast as they are, we’ll always have new gadgets and products to replace those that have become obsolete. What should be done with those old gadgets? Here, you’ll learn more about recycling old computers, batteries, and other electronics. Where Does E-Waste Go?
Walmart will join Superstore next month in charging customers for plastic bags. Beginning on Feb. 9, the chain of stores will charge customers five cents for each plastic bag used to house items bought at the checkout. Superstore has for years charged five cents per bag. Walmart said the fee is part of its strategy
She always wanted to own land, and so Judy Kenzie worked her way from an apartment in Kitsilano to a house on small lot in Strathcona and, finally, to a lush hillside spread in Mission with a can’t-look-away view of Mount Baker. She had always wanted to recycle a house, too, because Kenzie has a
Paper Cup Recycling Dilemma in Canada.A Vancouver group thinks it may have a solution to the problem of litter and waste caused by the 1.6 billion disposal coffee cups that get thrown out in Canada every year. Anna Godefroy of the Binners Project, a group that picks up recyclables and returns them for cash, believes
There are calls for more regulation of B.C.’s recycling stewards after several industry-run agencies reported millions in cash reserves. The agencies that run the programs are set up as non-profits and tasked with setting and collect fees, which by law we all have to pay. The fees range from three cents to $40 depending on
