Recycling provides many benefits, from helping to preserve the delicate ecological balance of our environment by reducing pollution to conservation of energy and natural resources. We provide expert and environmentally responsible recycling services to help our customers attain maximum benefit from a recycling program.

We have 78 material recovery facilities and other recycling operations.  These facilities sort recycable paper, cardboard, aluminum, glass and other materials.  Most of these recycable materials are internally collected by our residential collections operations.  In some areas, we receive commercial and industrial solid waste that is sorted at our facilities into recycable materials and non-recycable waste.  The recycable materials are salvaged, repackaged and shipped to third parties and the non-recycable waste is disposed of.  Last year Allied Waste/Republic Services recycled more than 3.5 million tons of material.  This metal, glass, plastic and paper is equal to 23 pounds for every man, woman and child in the United States.  Recycling the paper products alone is equivalent to saving 23 million trees,               

Among the paper-based materials we collect and recycle are books, cardboard (baled and loose), coated sulfite, computer paper, file stock, new colored ledger, new white ledger, newsblank, newspaper and copy paper. Other materials may also be profitably recycled. Our in-house recycling experts can help you determine which materials qualify and how to achieve maximum value for your material.

Pulling our weight

More than ever, the statistics show that Americans are pulling their weight when it comes to paper recycling. In the United States, the amount of paper recovered for recycling rose from an average of 233 pounds per person in 1990 to an average of 339 pounds per person in 2003 (source: American Forest & Paper Association). We are proud to play an important role in paper recycling here in New England.