recycling

The ornaments were found on Christmas trees that were turned in for recycling after the holidays.

Efforts to make recycling more accessible to more communities.

Curbside recycling is available for single-family homes with no extra fee, but multifamily properties have to pay for the service.

The East Central Indiana Recycle and Reuse Center is a little over a year old. The site's founder is celebrating by preparing to expand across Wayne County thanks to a mobile recycling van.

Executive Director Chad Planner says implementing a fee is necessary to sustain the organization.

Collection goes through Feb. 2026 in Ohio and Kentucky, while Hoosiers have the opportunity year-round.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is working on a plan to achieve the state’s long-held goal to recycle half its waste. Right now, only about 19% gets recycled.

Items inappropriately placed in curbside trash are being blamed for three fires involving Rumpke services. That has the company reminding people what does and does not belong in your garbage cans.

When the coffee pot stops perking, the vacuum stops sucking, or that lamp no longer turns on, most people either chuck them in the trash or take them somewhere to be recycled. At Cincinnati's Recycling and Reuse Hub, a team of volunteer tinkerers have found a lot of those items are fixable and can be sent on to help people who are coming out of homelessness.

Local grant recipients include the Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub, La Soupe and the Clermont County Park District.