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In May, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) was able to accept every batch brought to its Murphy Road center. In the past pizza boxes, plastic bags and trash have been contaminating recycling in the Hartford, CT area. [Extracted from the article]

Sanitation workers in Queens, NY recently saved a kitten destined for the landfill after someone dumped it in a trash can. Their supervisor notified a local animal rescue and who took the kitten in to nurse it to health. [Extracted from the article]

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According to the Dubois County Solid Waste District, recycling contamination is on the rise at eight of the Dubois County's recycling drop-off sites. Several years ago, the recycling contamination started to rise and disseminating information to residents helped reduce the contamination. [Extracted from the article]

The State of Maryland is considering banning retail stores from distributing plastic bags at the point of sale to help tackle the state's plastic pollution. The Inner Harbor's Mr. Trash Wheel, a solar-powered vessel, has collected more than 700,000 plastic trash bags since 2014, but the machine can't separate the plastics from the rest of the trash, so it's incinerated to create electricity. [Extracted from the article]

Since late March, Republic Services has seen recycling contamination increase by as much as 41 percent in the Indianapolis, Ind. area due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yard waste and takeout containers that weren't recyclable were finding their way into Republic's sorting lines. In some cases, people threw entire bags of trash in their recycling bins - a reaction, Lutz guesses, caused by people producing so much trash that it didn't fit in their normal trash bins. [Extracted from the article]

Florida reopened its beaches the first weekend in May and brought in more than just people. According to Keep Brevard Beautiful, beach visitors have since left almost 12,000 pounds of trash behind. Two weekends ago, teams collected 297 bags of trash -- at 40 pounds a bag, that's almost 12,000 pounds, Bobbitt said. [Extracted from the article]

As recycling volumes increase, Kalamazoo, Mich., reminds residents to only recycle approved materials. The contamination included items including yard waste, tires, trash bags, household trash and many other non-recyclable items, the city said. [Extracted from the article]

Solid waste workers who are afraid of becoming infected with COVID-19 are still working to ensure the communities they serve remain healthy and that their waste is collected amid this pandemic. As with first responders, there's no choice for sanitation and recycling workers but to carry on and hope that their gloves and common sense will safeguard them against COVID-19 transmission. NJ.com has interviewed several sanitation workers who are "hauling on" amid this pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

The city of Austin, Texas, is expanding its violet trash bag pilot program to clean up homeless encampment sites in the heaviest hit areas of the city. Austin is expanding the "violet" trash bag pilot program to clean up homeless camping sites which started a few months ago. [Extracted from the article]

Vermont lawmakers are looking at ways to further reduce waste from single-use products. At a Tuesday meeting in the Statehouse, lawmakers and other members of the single use products working group debated options, including the expansion of the bottle bill and a requirement that manufacturers make products with post-consumer recycled content. [Extracted from the article]

The city of Honolulu is requiring businesses in the Chinatown area to place trash into city-approved yellow bags for pickup every morning in an effort to keep litter off the streets in the area. After that, businesses will have to buy their bags from a city-approved vendor. [Extracted from the article]

Shanghai is serving as a testing ground for new trash source separation rules as the Chinese government works toward getting the nation's waste crisis under control. A color-coded trash system in Shanghai includes black bins for dry materials, brown for wet, blue for recyclable and red for hazardous waste, according to a HuffPost report. Residents must hand their trash bags over to Qin, who inspects the contents before tossing them in the correct bin. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the fine imposed by the city of Cleveland, Ohio against residents for trash violations as of July 2019. Topics discussed include citations issued by the city to homeowners breaking its trash collection rules since last August 2018, views of most residents on the fine, and statement from Marko Vovk, whose property was cited for violating the city ordinance.

The article reports that city of Austin, Texas, has launched a weekly trash collection pilot as a part of effort to reduce the amount of trash left behind by homeless people of Austin. It mentions pilot program was inspired by a collaboration between the city and its watershed department, which aims to improve the management of local encampments. It also mentions City of Austin is launching the violet bag pilot program to bring homeless Austinites weekly trash collection services.

The article informs that fast food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. processes roughly 375 million polyethylene gloves that end up in landfilled due to lack of recycling. It is noted that Arkansas-based firm Revolution Bag Inc. has initiated a pilot program with Chipotle to recycle those plastic gloves at its plant in Salinas, California, to manufacture garbage bags.

The article reports that the West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, issued a request for proposal (RFP) for 400,000 trash bags for its pay-as-you-throw municipal waste and recycling program.

The article refers to Ocean Conservancy that brings together volunteer groups for the annual International Coastal Cleanup. Topics discussed include approximately 800,000 volunteers in more than 100 countries collected nearly 20.5 million pounds of trash; views of Nicholas Mallos, director of Ocean Conservancy's Trash Free Seas program on it; and views of Ocean Conservancy's chief scientist Dr. George Leonard.

The article reports on the PGA Championship golf tournament decided to offer recycling after attendees of the tournament complained of lack of recycling options. It presents views of 2017 PGA Championship Director Jason Mengel on the same. It informs that green trash bags and white waste receptacles located around the course.

The article reports that the PGA Championship golf tournament lacks recycling bins for items like cans and bottles. It mentions that golf course has green trash bags and white waste receptacles line but they are not for recycling. It presents views of volunteer Linda Luxenberg on lack of recycling option in the tournament.

The article reports that a 98-year-old Portland, Oregon resident Virgina Ranken was charged more than 1,000 U.S. dollars for 30 rolls of plastic trash bags. It mentions that the woman got call from a for-profit telemarketing business called American Disabled & Disadvantaged Workers. It states that Ranken's grandson-in-law Brian Wilson contacted the firm.

The article reports that Arkansas-based company Revolution Plastics is working with farmers in Minnesota and Wisconsin to collect plastic waste generated by those entities every year, and recycle it into trash bags. Revolution Plastics has given several dumpsters to farmers in the two states to convert the waste into bags that can be used in local parks.

The article reports that waste management company SC Johnson is transforming flexible film like grocery store and Ziploc brand bags from residential curbside bins into full-size garbage bags. It presents the views of SC Johnson Chairman and chief executive officer Fisk Johnson on his business plans. It informs that the company is planning to sell limited qualities of the garbage bags on its Green Choices website.

The article focuses on Otis Mosley, a sanitation worker in Warrenton, Virginia working in recycling industry. Topics discussed include he has faced many challenges like picking up heavy garbage bags and disposing of deer corpse in his career; he does not like heat as in summer the volume of garbage increases as well as the odors; and he would be retiring after serving for municipality.

The article offers information on the supplying of trash bags to Mount Everest climbers by Mountaineering expedition organizers in Nepal for collecting waste during their expeditions. Topics discussed include transportation of trash bags from the mountain to the base camp via helicopter, and collecting waste from 2014 and 2015 expeditions which ended early due to an earthquake-triggered avalanche and multiple deaths.