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Can You Recycle Pizza Boxes?
Should you recycle pizza boxes? Learn how to properly dispose of these popular takeout boxes, and see why greasy cardboard shouldn't go in your recycling bin.
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Hiring Our Heroes
In honor of Veterans Day, we recognize our many employees who are veterans and active service. To continue to support them and recruit more veterans to Republic Services, we’ve launched V.A.L.O.R. (Veterans, Advocacy, Learning, Outreach and Recruiting), an employee resource group that will create a network of veterans and military supporters across our company who are passionate about helping veterans.
How Republic Services Is Taking the Lead on Recycling
Republic Services’ Recycling Simplified campaign and our new state-of-the-art recycling facility in Plano, Texas have been honored by the National Waste and Recycling Association in the organization’s annual industry awards.
Two Things You Should Always Recycle to Help the Planet
November 15 is America Recycles Day which we love around here. Whether you’re a hardcore recycler or still trying to figure it out, there are two everyday items you can easily recycle that can make a big difference in reducing the use of our natural resources.
Converting Household Waste into Clean Power
Republic Services is celebrating our newest renewable energy project, at Blue Ridge Landfill in Texas. The facility will provide enough electricity to power more than 4,000 homes annually and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Talking Trash in the Classroom: Free Program Helps Students Learn About Recycling
Trash-talking is not normally encouraged in schools, but that’s changed with the newly launched Recycling Simplified Education Program developed for teachers by teachers to engage PreK through 12th grade students in addressing real-world issues related to sustainability and recycling. Read what a teacher who helped us develop the program has to say.
Partnering With SmarterX To Revolutionize Retail Waste Services
Partnering with SmarterX to change the retail waste industry by using artificial intelligence to automate classification of waste.
