Lincoln, Nebraska has recently made national headlinesby taking a huge step to increase recycling and banning cardboard from their landfill. As a city that has had a cardboard ban in place for years, Sioux Falls is way ahead of the curve! Do you know what else is...
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How does China’s Crackdown affect Sioux Falls Haulers?
China recently announced an import ban on certain types of recycled materials. Given China is the largest importer of U.S. recyclables, this action will make it much harder for recyclers in the U.S. to be profitable. Banned materials include unsorted and/or...
Yankton Recycling Success!
Recycling recently got a lot easier in Yankton. The City of Yankton South Dakota began single-stream recycling just a few months ago. Now all paper, plastic, cardboard, cans and glass are able to be put into one single container instead of separating into multiple...
Recycling Survey: Residents Still Confused
An online survey released by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) found that U.S. residents have gained a better understanding of how the recycling industry works but are still unsure about many basic concepts. Nearly half of US adults do not have...
Business Recycling in Sioux Falls- Why Isn’t it Happening?
A recent article published by the Argus Leader pointed out a lingering issue in our community that is slowly starting to get noticed: Commercial businesses aren't recycling. Why Aren't Businesses Recycling? Businesses opt-out of single stream recycling in the Sioux...
Get a Free Waste Stream Review !
Do you want to start a recycling program at your workplace but aren't sure where to begin? Or do you want to find ways to improve what your business is already doing with recycling? Millennium Recycling offers FREE Waste Stream Reviews to help you start or improve...
Sioux Falls is growing, and so is our Waste!
The new estimated population of Sioux Falls was released at 169,800 people, 4,000 more souls than a year ago.... At Millennium, we've definitely been affected by this growth. In 2004, we recycled 21,761 Tons of material, as of 2013, we were at 51,286 Tons! That's more...