Recycling

Opponents of Lakeshore Recycling's proposed solid waste transfer station just off South Bunn Street in unincorporated McLean County are mobilizing with yard signs and public comments to the county.

The Town of Normal should revisit the recycling program for apartment complexes and multi-unit developments, according to Mayor Chris Koos.

The owner of a Bloomington-Normal recycling company, Midwest Fiber, says he’s amazed with how technology is changing his business – even if other economic forces can make things challenging.

The Green Screen Film Series continues at the Normal Theater on Tuesday with "The Human Scale," a documentary about how developing mega-cities change human behavior.

McLean County improved its recycling rate significantly last year, but lost ground on its goals. The Ecology Action Center in Normal reports the county recycling rate rose to nearly 47% of all solid waste produced last year, up from about 44% in 2021.

The recycling dropoff location at Chiddix Junior High School in Normal will move to YouthBuild McLean County at 360 Wylie Drive, Normal.

In the latest installment of WGLT's series Welcome Home, Ecology Action Center Executive Director Michael Brown explains how the nonprofit helped build a recycling program in Bloomington-Normal.

A release from the Ecology Action Center says that while recycling rates decreased by 22% from 2019 to 2020, that percentage is "consistent with national and global deviations that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic."

A Bloomington non-profit helped more than a half dozen families whose furniture was destroyed during the summer storms that caused sewer backups and widespread damage.

McLean County may try again to join a cost-sharing agreement for drop-off recycling with Bloomington and Normal.McLean County Administrator Camille…