Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) is launching a new program designed to reboot recycling in Wisconsin. Wisconsin has one of the most comprehensive recycling programs in the country with 94% of Wisconsin households supporting recycling and recycle regularly. The Recycling Law has been in place for over two and half decades and is responsible for diverting tens of millions of tons of valuable recyclables out of landfills. Despite its popularity, recycling is now facing

Love your electronic devices all you want, but please, please, please don’t throw them in the trash when you’re done with them. That’s a plea from makers of the lithium-ion batteries that typically power our phones, laptops and even power tools. Thrown into the trash or even the recycling bin, they can cause fires at trash and recycling centers. Last year, 65% of waste facilities fires in California began with lithium-ion batteries. And when one goes, others can, too. “If t

The recycling industry is getting pickier about the material they’ll take — and that could affect what homeowners put in their bins. China's decision this year to stop accepting most imported scrap has meant lower prices for plastic and paper, placing greater pressure on cities and waste companies nationally and in Wisconsin to keep unwanted trash out of recycling bins. The impact has been more severe on the West Coast, where paper and plastic has been piling up at recycling