City Council Passes Bill for Recycling of Plastic Bags
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The New York City Council on overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring large stores and retail chains to collect and recycle the plastic bags they give to shoppers.
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By Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald  Feb. 16--A significantly watered-down version of a proposed ordinance to strip Miami-Dade Police of powers to investigate corruption at County Hall passed a key committee Thursday after being endorsed by the mayor and police director.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 6--RALEIGH -- Wake County Solid Waste Management is kicking off its  annual Telephone Book Recycling Program as new directories arrive on  doorsteps.
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By Rita Callender  Government legislation relating to the protection of the environment has come at us in abundance over the last few years.
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By JIM LUDWICK Journal Staff Writer  The city will be digging into its own garbage dump this weekend to recover some 150 tons of recyclable material taken to a landfill instead of a recycling plant.
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By KEVIN BLANCHARD  LAFAYETTE - The City-Parish Council tweaked an ordinance Tuesday enacted last year that allows residents to report litterbugs to the authorities to resolve some gray areas.
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In a bid to curb the environmental impact of nearly 1 billion plastic bags used by New York City consumers annually, the city's council passed a bill on Wednesday requiring large stores to set up recycling programs.
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Councils in England will be allowed to pilot schemes to charge households according to how much rubbish they throw out. Is this the best way to promote recycling?
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By Liam Ford, Chicago Tribune  Sep. 10--Chicago officials said Saturday they will expand a pilot recycling program, a sign that the city might be moving toward waving a white flag for its blue bag recycling--a program with a low participation rate a decade after it started.
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By John Castellucci; Journal Staff Writer  PAWTUCKET - A City Council committee is recommending the elimination of fees for the pickup of bulky trash items.
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By Matt Birkbeck, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 9--Two months after passing an immigration law that's become the focus of a national debate, Hazleton City Council on Friday gave initial approval to a revamped ordinance designed to survive court challenges.
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By Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 11--Hixson resident Howard McNeese was an avid recycler when  curbside collection was weekly, but since the city cut pickup to monthly,  storing aluminum cans and newspapers for a month at a time has pushed him to  quit recycling.
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If voters approve, the city would combine refunds with loans to help citizens meet their energy needs through solar power. It's the most sweeping program yet devised by a U.S. municipality.
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Four states have approved electronics recycling laws, and a federal legislator has reintroduced a bill that would impose an upfront recycling fee on the cost of laptop PCs and other devices.
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By Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio  Dec. 7--McDONALD -- Village council approved the third reading of an  ordinance that updates a solid-waste plan with the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste  Management District.
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The United States Postal Service will begin using packaging made with recycled materials and take other steps to reduce its impact on the environment, Postmaster General John Potter said on Wednesday.
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 18--MANTECA -- Apartment dwellers: Step out to your communal garbage bin and take a look inside.   Ninety percent of what has been dumped there, according to city officials, could have been recycled.