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Welcome to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's Recycling Electronic Newsletter Page.

Editor's Note:

Since January of 2005, Recycling Lines has sought to introduce Recycling Program Managers and other interested parties throughout the Commonwealth to information from across the USA that may not be readily accessable to their programs, and also to serve as a forum for them to share what is going on in their communities.

We encourage Recycling Program Managers and other interested parties to share their comments, ideas, programs and stories by submitting copy to us for inclusion in the newsletter.


Please contact Steve Coe at (804) 698-4029 or
steve.coe@deq.virginia.gov. 

Recycling Lines electronic newsletter

January 2012 

  • Recycling Resolution Approved by U.S. Senate
  • 2010 U.S. MSW Management Report available 
  • EPA Chief Touts Recycling 
  • Bio-Based Tires in our Future?
  • Stram Cleanup Grant
  • UVA Recycling Champion 
  • 2012 General Assembly tracking 

December 2011

  • Virginia Council for LP&R Conference
  • Great American Can Roundup School Challenge
  • ASTSWMO Commercial Recycling Reference Guide
  • Web Links: electronics and plastics recycling
  • Did You Know?
  • Happy Holidays

November 2011   

  • Virginia's Recycling Rate Continues to Grow
  •  America/Virginia Recycles Day 2011
  • "Green" Game Day Guidance from Va Tech
  • U.S. Composting Council Poster Contest
  • 2012 Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards
  • In Memoriam - Captain Ronald Anton Erchul

October 2011

  • EPA Launches Green Products Web Portal
  • Recycling Video Contest
  • National Drug Takeback Day in October
  • EPA RCC Web Academy
  • SERDC Symposium and Boosting Recycling Workshops
  • ISRI Study on Recycling
  • DEQ to Host Stakeholders Meeting

September 2011

  • Roanoke Expands Plastics Collection
  • Maryland County to Recycle Food Scraps
  • Recycling Markets Development Workshops in September
  • DMV Revises Abandoned Vehicle Reporting Forms
  • U.S. Senate Adopts Resolution in Support of Recycling
  • Mercury Switch Recovery Update
  • Recycling Web Links/Calendar of Events/Did You Know Facts

August 2011

  • EPA's National e-Cycling Stewardeship Strategy
  • Great American Can Roundup School Challenge
  • Ford Gets Green
  • Recycling Fact Sheets from ISRI
  • Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)
  • Recycling Quick Facts
  • Recycling Web Links/Calendar of Events/Did You Know Facts

July 2011

  • CVWMA - Curbside Value Partnership
  • EPA Report - Composting and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Waste Tire Recycling Fee is Reduced
  • Life Cycle Video on Plastic Bottles
  • Recycling Incentives in Chesapeake
  • School Campus Paper Recycling Challenge
  • Virginia Trekkers Landfill Video

June 2011 

  • Recycling Markets Development Council Sunsets
  • Southeast Recycling Development Council Web Seminars 
  • APR Offers Plastic Model Bale Specs
  • New Plastics Recycling Facility to Open in Virginia 
  • VDOT Uses Recycled Material in New Highway Project 
  • Sustainable Thinking and Action

May 2011

  • Glass Recycling News 
  • U. S Recycling Stamp 
  • Food Waste Diversion to Composting at VT 
  • NRC and RONA Partnership?
  • What Else Can Banana Peels Do? 

April 2011 

  • KAB Receives Lowes Grant
  • Great American Cleanup - 2011

  • Reverse Vending Machines 

  • R2 Recyclers (electronics) 
  • Yellow Pages Opt-Out Program 
  • City/County Sustainability Survey Info 
  • Scrap Theft Alert Network 

March 2011

  • Rubber Manufacturers' Association Celebrates 20 Years of Service 
  • Environmental Management Systems  
  • American Forest & Paper Association Survey Results 
  • USPS Goes Green and Saves Money 
  • Recycling Plastic Bags on the Eastern Shore   

February 2011

  • Recycling Plastics Saves Energy 

  • Electronics Recycling - Factoid 
  • America Recycles Day 2010 - Pledge winners 
  • Recycling Fact Sheets from ASTSWMO
  • Plastic Bottle Recycling Reaches New High 
  • Office Depot School eWaste Recycling Program 
  • IKEA Eliminates Incandescent Bulbs 

January 2011 

  • Environmental Benefit - Electric Vehicles?
  • Armstrong Ceiling Tile Recycling Program 
  • EPA 5-Year Plan 
  • Recycling Facts
  • Community Update - Augusta County
  • Recycled Tire Rubber Use News 
  • EPA Celebrates 40 Years 

Note: Earlier issues are available from our files.  Please contact Steve Coe at 804-698-4029 if you have questions.