The bathroom is full of recyclable materials, but it’s easy to forget to toss those items in your blue bag. There are also a lot of materials that seem like they should be recyclable, but actually are not. Keep scrolling to find answers on whether some common bathroom materials can or can’t be recycled. …
Project traffic updates for the week of July 22, 2019: Burlington Residential Sewer – Minor and temporary lane restrictions throughout the project. Elgin & McGalliard Storm Sewer – Some lane restrictions on McGalliard between Doctor MLK Jr Blvd. and N Elgin Street. Full road closure on N Elgin St. just south of the intersection of Elgin &…
Your kitchen is full of recyclable materials, but there are also many items that seem like they should be recyclable and are not. So, what items can and can’t you recycle from your kitchen? Paper Board and Food Boxes Clean and dry boxes made from paper board or cardboard, such as cereal boxes, are…
According to the National Park Service, Americans receive enough junk mail in one day to heat 250,000 homes! Most of that mail can be put in blue bags and recycled, but there are some things you receive in the mail that should go in the garbage. So, what kinds of mail can and can’t be…
At the park, you finish all the water in your plastic bottle and look around for a recycling bin. You see a trash can, but no recycling. You’re faced with a choice: you can hold onto the bottle until you get home and toss it into your blue bag, or you can just throw it…
Earlier this week, the body of Michael Donald Coates was found within Muncie Sanitary District’s wastewater treatment plant. Coates was not an MSD employee, and his cause of death has yet to be determined. The Muncie Police Department has determined that there was no unauthorized entry at the plant, that there is no evidence of…
The following traffic impacts are expected next week for MSD Bond Projects: Burlington Residential Sewer – No work expected. Elgin & McGalliard Storm Sewer – Temporary lane restrictions along McGalliard Road between Cambridge Apartments and Elgin Street for water line relocation preparation. See attached exhibit. S. Hoyt Residential Sewer – No work expected. CSO 019…
Are magazines able to be put into blue bags? Yes, you can put magazines into your blue bags or take them to East Central Recycling at 701 E Centennial Ave. What is the recycling process for magazines? The recycling process for magazines is the same as paper recycling. Here are the steps in which paper…
We use cardboard boxes to ship millions of items from candy to diamonds. Right now 400 million tons of paper and cardboard is being manufactured worldwide. In the United States 90% of goods are shipped in a cardboard box and that’s why its the highest waste item in your trash. Luckily 91% of cardboard is…
We’ve been having problems with vampires lately. Not the vampires that suck blood but vampires who suck electrical energy. We have lost $3 billion worth of energy because of vampire energy, that’s 5% of the United States energy. That’s enough energy to power the country of Italy for a whole year! Vampire energy is defined…