Recycling

Local Harvest Grocery, a Tower Grove South grocery store, is providing ways for St. Louisans to reduce waste after the city ended its alleyway recycling program.

Earthday365 Executive Director Jess Watson is not giving up hope that alley recycling pickup could return in the future.

Mayor Cara Spencer’s administration has been telegraphing such a move since May.

The city will not be collecting recycling from the alley bins. Instead, St. Louisans can drop recycling off at 26 designated spots.

Ripple Glass set up shop in St. Louis last year, hoping to divert bottles from the landfill and turn a profit.

The trees can be dropped off at set locations in the STLPR listening area. They are usually ground for mulch or sunk in lakes to provide habitat for fish.

Local authorities called for some evacuations and told other nearby residents to shelter in place. Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources is on the scene to assess potential environmental impacts from the incident.

Eclipse glasses can be mailed to Eclipse Glasses USA or to Astronomers Without Borders. Both are organizations that collect the glasses for kids who live in underserved communities around the world.

The EPA found SA Recycling stored scrap metal, gas cans and other waste material in a way that could transport them into the river during a rain event.

Food waste takes up space in landfills and produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Composting that waste can reduce climate impacts and save municipalities money on landfill fees, but concerns about bad smells and pests sometimes get in the way.