Week of January 25: TRASH COLLECTION is running approximately 1.5 days behind schedule. If your collection day has passed and we have not serviced your street, leave your carts out. We are running extra trucks and will be there as soon as it is safe to do so.

RECYCLING is suspended this week except for the following areas: City of Bellevue, Offutt/Rising View, City of Ralston, Village of Murray, and City of Louisville. Overflow recycling may be set out on your next scheduled collection day or taken to a drop off location. We apologize for any inconvenience and will resume normal collection schedules as soon as its safe for our drivers to do so.

Recycling Market Update

06/24/19

US RECYCLING MARKET UPDATE

Recycling programs across the country have been in turmoil since China’s 2018 decision to ban most recyclable products and severely tighten restrictions on others. The loss of this important market for US recyclables has resulted in a glut of recyclables with no place to go. As a result, processors are raising fees and cracking down on contamination. Here are few articles for more information:

Mountains of US Recycling Pile Up as China Restricts Imports

China Scrap Imports Projected to Drop Nearly 95% From 2017 Levels

How Recycling is Changing in All 50 States

Sorting Out the Future of Mixed Paper