Delaware Consolidates Statewide Recycling Info into Single App

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage):  The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s (DNREC) new and improved web-based application puts all of the state’s recycling information in one place for residents and industry. The solution, known as Recyclopedia, was created by iWasteNot Systems and is being administered by the DNREC Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances, according to Adam Schlachter, DNREC’s waste management and reduction branch manager.

The resource, which can be accessed from any Internet-enabled device, offers users a pictorial guide for common items, how to recycle or dispose of them and the nearest locations to do so. The resource has been in progress for years, ultimately dating back to Delaware’s Universal Recycling Law being signed in June 2010. That legislation requires waste haulers that provide residential trash collection services to include a recycling collection service and that businesses, schools, nonprofit organizations and government agencies participate in a universal recycling program.

“Delaware is fairly unique in that we have a single recycling program for the entire state,” Schlachter stated. Sometimes, however, the messaging gets complicated because multiple haulers participate in this recycling market. “It really equalizes the playing field so that the smaller municipality has the same access to the right information that the larger municipality has,” he stated. “So, it’s definitely an equalizing tool.”

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