How Many People Actually Recycle?
For many people today, recycling is common sense. At BV Trash Valet & Recycling, we agree! We have found that even people who don’t necessarily care about environmental change will recycle if there are convenient ways to do it in their community. It is obvious to the casual observer that [...]
4 Reasons Why You Should Recycle Old Paint
At one time or another most of us have had a handful of half-empty, paint cans stored in the garage from previous paint projects. While storing unused paint is a great practice, at some point, you may need to dispose of leftover paint properly. We have included four reasons why [...]
Support Your Community Environment With Park Cleanups
You recycle at home, and try to go green in your practices at work, as well. But with so many issues to tackle in the current state of the environment, some eco-conscious citizens might find themselves wanting to do more. If you have time and the will, you can volunteer [...]
3 Ways to Root Out Recycling Contamination
Recycling is one easy way that you can help take care of your community and environment, cutting down on waste and reducing the need for the production of raw materials. But that doesn’t mean that everything technically recyclable can be thrown into your recycling bin haphazardly. Recycling contamination ruins countless [...]
What Are the Three Types of Recycling?
At BV Trash Valet & Recycling, we talk frequently about single-stream recycling, a method of recycling that allows all different types of recyclable materials to be collected together and sorted at the recycling facility. But what happens after your recycling is collected? Even with single-stream recycling, there are three different [...]
4 Things You Can’t Recycle (And What To Do With Them)
It would be lovely, of course, if we could truly live with zero waste and just recycle everything that we used. But recycling facilities and methods are still limited at this point, even with single stream recycling able to accept more materials than ever before. If you recycle the wrong [...]