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City of Greenville to host shredding and e-waste recycling event

City of Greenville residents and businesses will have the opportunity to dispose of electronics and sensitive documents Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at 475 Fairforest Way. The free…

City of Greenville aims to protect the environment

Recently, officials added plastic bags to the list of unacceptable recycling materials on the Greenville website due to the fact that they get caught in recycling conveyor systems. Bags that…

Recycling program diverts thousands of tons of waste from county landfills

Greater Greenville Sanitation’s residential single-stream recycling program collected approximately 3,700 tons of waste material during the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

Looking back at year one of “All In” Big Blue recycling

Would you believe it: the City of Greenville's recycling participation rate is now at 70 percent.

St. Anthony of Padua school installs solar power system

Solar panels installed at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School will provide the school with clean power and educate students in renewable energy.

County Council approves $22K grant for used oil recycling

Automobiles are great for transportation, but not for the environment. That’s why the Greenville County Solid Waste Division has promoted and conducted used motor oil recycling since 1993.

Greenville’s new recycling program begins June 6

“Big Blue” 95-gallon carts have been distributed to city residents.

Greenville County no longer accepting glass recyclables

Starting this week, Greenville County Solid Waste will no longer accept glass as a recyclable item.

Fiber Options

Ford may sell fewer than 10,000 of its new Focus all-electric sedans this year, but the car’s seat covers made entirely from recycled materials represents a major coup for Upstate’s…

Please, keep it green

Area artists competed to put their work on the sides of eight new recycling bins in downtown Greenville. Now, they want to people to let people know what to put…

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