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Q: I have gotten a plot at my town’s community garden. I am wondering what I should be doing to prepare the soil for spring planting. Add compost? Link: https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/home–garden/simple-test-the-properties-garden-soil/Si8wENlLlbkWzOobp6gihO/

It will use a grant from the Department for International Development (DfID) to spread recycling skills in Kwa-Muhia on the southern shore of Lake Naivasha, an internationally important wetland site. Link: https://www.mrw.co.uk/latest/charity-teaches-recycling-in-kenya/10040614.article

Recently on Capitol Hill, the plastics industry gathered congressional staff and reporters together to highlight a billion-dollar campaign designed to rid the ocean of plastic. At the event, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced the reintroduction of legislation to achieve that same goal. Link: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/432081-cant-win-fight-against-plastic-waste-without-recycling

Acadiana its time for another edition of your lawn and garden. Weeds over here, weeds over there, weeds everywhere. I don‘t want weeds anywhere. Is that a good segway into mulch? Link: https://www.klfy.com/lawn-and-garden/garden-compost/1817144252

One of the UK’s largest retail property owners will trial a textile recycling scheme, which it hopes would provide a potential alternative to a ‘recycling tax’ on new garments. Link: https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/landsec-launches-textile-recycling/

Australia‘s recycling system needs a "complete transformation" if all packaging is to be recyclablereusable by 2025, a new study of the nation‘s waste reveals. Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-6754425/Recycling-systems-need-national-rethink.html

The Responsible Recycling Task Force has developed recommendations based on findings from a recently completed recycling study. Link: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/washington-county-task-force-recommends-curbside-recycling-changes/

Recology is working with the city in support of a curbside recycling and composting mandate, as well as challenging citizens to divert more and landfill less. Link: https://www.waste360.com/recycling/recology-and-san-francisco-team-boost-recycling

The university is diverting more of its trash from landfills to meet its ambitious sustainability goals Link: https://news.usc.edu/154552/usc-steps-up-its-recycling-and-composting-efforts-in-move-toward-zero-waste/

The bottles are made with the company’s rPTA produced through its enzymatic recycling process. Link: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/carbious-produces-first-bottles-from-its-bio-enzymatic-recycling-process/