Ask Eartha: Recycling isn't free

Why does it cost extra to recycle some things, like computers and appliances? Doesn't that discourage people from recycling? I think it should all be free! - Jake, Summit County Well, Jake, you probably know I love to talk trash, so thanks for the opportunity. The short answer is that recycling just isn't free. It might be if trucks ran on good karma. Did you know that this whole community ...

Electronics collection/recycling event set

An electronics collection and recycling event sponsored by Shred Monster Inc., of Columbus, will be held from 4-6 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at the northwest corner of U.S. Highway 81 and 48th Avenue.

Junk's stairway to cyberheaven: Electronic recycling event scheduled at Staten Island Mall

Computers, old TVs and other e-debris will be accepted for recycling on Sept. 18 at the Mall

Mt. Carroll Rotary Club

50 square dancers from 12 area clubs and local caller, Tommy Russell from Eldridge, Iowa, danced across Canada and the New England states for 10 days beginning August 2. Their destination and goal: Plattsburg, New York to visit and dance with fellow dancers, Tim and Paula Schares formerly from DeWitt, Iowa who had moved out east two years ago.

Surprises in composting

We Americans are getting better at recycling, and one of our bigger successes is with paper. Little understood though, is that not all paper can be recycled, and I am not necessarily referring to the kind of paper, but rather its configuration.