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Here are some of the latest articles and reports on Zero Waste in Dallas and beyond!

Public opinion research shows Dallas’ apartment residents want to recycle

As part of its Zero Waste DFW Project, the non-profit group Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund conducted opinion polls and focus groups among apartment residents and building managers in Dallas.

Dallas recycling stuck at only half its goal for ‘zero waste’

Dallas Morning News: The city of Dallas is recycling at just half the rate it set as a goal in a “Zero Waste” plan that City Hall approved three years ago. But the city’s not kicking the blue bins to the curb just yet.

Dallas residents’ voices heard at City Hall: We need recycling in apartments, businesses

Texas Campaign for the Environment presented personalized letters from Dallas residents to City Council members during a November 14th committee update on the City’s long-term “Zero Waste” plan to expand recycling. Two City Council members spoke in favor of fast-tracking commercial recycling.

Regional Report Examines Recycling Leaders, Laggards in North Texas

Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund released a detailed research report, the Dallas-Fort Worth State of the Region Recycling Report at Balcones Resources recycling facility. The report outlines policies and programs in DFW cities that keep discards out of landfills.

DFW State of the Region Recycling Report – 2018 Winter Update

On Monday, January 22, Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund released the second annual publication of its Dallas-Fort Worth State of the Region Recycling Report at a Dallas City Hall press conference. The report examines the very latest in regional recycling program and policies, new and planned local recycling infrastructure, composting and “soft recyclables” opportunities, and…

Franchise Agreements & Recycling in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – 2018

Cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex have implemented public-private agreements, partnerships, and policies to make basic recycling services more accessible. This report examines and evaluates the methods by which cities can work to expand recycling services where people live, work, and play.

Dallas Takes a Huge Step toward Universal Recycling

On Monday, May 14th a committee of seven Dallas City Councilmembers voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that would require all apartments to begin recycling programs by January 1, 2020. The ordinance is scheduled for a full City Council vote next month, on June 13. Recycling advocates applauded the committee members as they made the…

At long last, all Dallas apartments will have to offer recycling

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 By Tristan Hallman, Dallas City Hall reporter Originally Published on DallasNews.com Dallas apartment complexes with eight or more units will have to provide recycling for their residents by 2020. The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the new recycling mandate, which is meant to help push Dallas toward its “zero-waste” goals…

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