Taking to next step: How multi-family efforts can give cities a boost in recycling rates

摘要

As landfill space becomes scarcer and tipping fees rise, communities coast-to-coast are aiming to increase diversion out of necessity. Simultaneously, single-family recycling diversion tonnages have plateaued in many cities. As municipal officials seek to reduce landfill disposal tonnages, multi-family recycling is increasingly being considered as an answer to the question: What more can be done to increase my city's diversion rate?