This website is designed to make recycling – and other techniques for minimizing waste – as practical and easy as possible.  It explains what, why and where to recycle. Our goal is to increase the amount of materials recycled in the region and, in so doing, reduce the amount of waste disposed.  Thank you for helping achieve this goal.

Produce Less Waste by Practicing the 3 Rs:

Reduce the amount and toxicity of trash you discard.
Reuse containers and products; repair what is broken or give it to someone who can repair it.
Recycle as much as possible, which includes buying products with recycled content.

View the Three R's Info sheet

Waste prevention, or "source reduction," means consuming and throwing away less. It includes:

• purchasing durable, long-lasting goods;
• seeking products and packaging that are as free of toxics as possible;
• redesigning products to use less raw material in production, have a longer life, or be used again after its original use.

Source reduction actually prevents the generation of waste in the first place, so it is the most preferred method of waste management and goes a long way toward protecting the environment.

There's more to recycling than setting out your recyclables at the curb. In order to make recycling economically feasible, we must buy recycled products and packaging. When we buy recycled products, we create an economic incentive for recyclable materials to be collected, manufactured, and marketed as new products. Buying recycled has both economic and environmental benefits. Purchasing products made from or packaged in recycled materials saves resources for future generations.