A fire at the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority recycling facility has caused Waste Management to halt processing of recycled material collected in Harrison and Jackson counties until repairs are complete. Residential curbside collection of household garbage in Harrison and Jackson…
D’Iberville High School teacher Evelyn McQueen is using a grant to go green courtesy of Mississippi Power. Earlier this year, Mississippi Power presented McQueen with an environmental grant and she used that money to purchase recycling bins…
Jackson County has announced locations for residents to dispose of their Christmas trees through the month of January. Tree recycling will be available through January 31st at five locations including: The Jackson County Landfill at Seaman Road…
Don’t let that tree go to waste! Mississippi Power has partnered up with Harrison County to recycle Christmas trees. Save trees, live better! Walmart is recycling unsold Christmas trees to help beautify our community. Walmart Store Manager…
Harrison County hosted their third annual Cardboard Recycle Day Saturday, allowing residents to get rid of excess Christmas cardboard. Now that people have enjoyed the holidays and the year is coming to an end, Harrison County wants…
Waste Management is suspending service for recycling temporarily because of damage to its facility in Florida. In addition, garbage service is a day behind this week because of Hurricane Sally. Because service was suspended Tuesday, service is a day behind…
Recycling in Harrison County has seen a steady amount of growth over the past few years. The Harrison County Utility Authority switched from smaller 18 gallon receptacles to larger 60 gallon roll-off ones for fiscal year 2018. In that time,…
Harrison County Beautification Commission and Mississippi Power have partnered to provide Christmas tree recycling services for Harrison County. Recycling begins Thursday, Dec. 26 and ends Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.
The Harrison County Beautification Commission, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Mississippi Aquarium, and Gulfport High School came up with a new and interactive way to keep our beaches clean on the Coast. They came together to build a mobile…
Today is Earth Day and Harrison County Utility Authority officials celebrated by releasing their six month progress report summarizing recycling rates. Those numbers were a reason for celebration. For the first six months of the HCUA fiscal year, tonnage of…
The glass bottles and jars Ocean Springs residents have been putting into recycling bins for decades will now be heading to the landfill. Ocean Springs Mayor Shea Dobson and officials from Waste Pro made the announcement to end glass recycling,…
With Mardi Gras over, you are probably left with tons of beads that you may not know what to do with. The clients at Gulf Coast Industries will take those beads! Every year they take these leftover beads and clean…
The Harrison County Beautification Commission held their annual Christmas Cardboard Recycling event over the weekend. Partnered with Waste Management and Mississippi Power, Harrison County set up three separate locations where people could recycle their cardboard items. The Christmas holiday is…
Mississippi Music played their part in helping clean up our Earth by hosting a free recycle and restring event on Saturday. Musicians brought in their old guitar strings as part of disposing them properly so they won’t end up in…
Jackson County's solid waste department will collect Christmas trees for recycling beginning today. Recycling of Christmas trees saves space in local landfills and discourages illegal dumping. The purpose of this collection is to turn the trees into composting material in…
Jackson County’s solid waste department will collect Christmas trees for recycling beginning next week starting Tuesday, December 27th. Recycling of Christmas trees save space in local landfills and discourages illegal dumping. The purpose of this collection is to turn the…
Seven drop-off locations for Christmas trees recycling will be open in Harrison County between now and January 20th, 2015.
With Christmas just a week away, it’s not too early to start planning on what to do with your Christmas tree after the holidays.
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed November 15th as America Recycles Day in Jackson County.
Reduce, reuse, recycle. It's a phrase we're all familiar with, but how well are we doing it?
Americans discard about 290 million used tires each year.