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  Category: Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances


DNREC reminds residents that Christmas tree recycling – a Delaware post-holiday tradition – carries on statewide for 2017/18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2017

DNREC encourages Delawareans to deliver their Christmas trees to one of many yard waste recycling facilities located throughout the state.




DNREC to hold public meeting Dec. 7 on redevelopment plans for former GM Wilmington assembly plant site

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | New Castle County | Date Posted: Monday, December 4, 2017

DNREC will hold a public meeting Thursday, Dec. 7, to discuss proposed redevelopment plans for the former GM assembly plant site at 801 Boxwood Road.




Delaware and DNREC observe America Recycles Day, with state’s recycling exceeding the national average

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Today is America Recycles Day, and Delaware has a lot to celebrate, including the state’s 44.5 percent recycling diversion rate – 10 percent above the national average – for keeping recyclable materials out of landfills. The diversion rate has almost doubled since 2006, when the Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC), Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) started calculating recycling rates in Delaware.




Recycling Public Advisory Council to meet Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Lewes

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Thursday, November 9, 2017

Delaware’s Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the DNREC Field Office, at 901 Pilottown Road, in Lewes.




Recycling Public Advisory Council to meet Wednesday, Oct. 25 at DSWA’s Delaware Recycling Center in New Castle

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Monday, October 16, 2017

Delaware’s Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 at the Delaware Solid Waste Authority’s Delaware Recycling Center, 1101 Lambsons Lane, in New Castle.







  Category: Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances

DNREC reminds residents that Christmas tree recycling – a Delaware post-holiday tradition – carries on statewide for 2017/18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2017

DNREC encourages Delawareans to deliver their Christmas trees to one of many yard waste recycling facilities located throughout the state.




DNREC to hold public meeting Dec. 7 on redevelopment plans for former GM Wilmington assembly plant site

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | New Castle County | Date Posted: Monday, December 4, 2017

DNREC will hold a public meeting Thursday, Dec. 7, to discuss proposed redevelopment plans for the former GM assembly plant site at 801 Boxwood Road.




Delaware and DNREC observe America Recycles Day, with state’s recycling exceeding the national average

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Today is America Recycles Day, and Delaware has a lot to celebrate, including the state’s 44.5 percent recycling diversion rate – 10 percent above the national average – for keeping recyclable materials out of landfills. The diversion rate has almost doubled since 2006, when the Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC), Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) started calculating recycling rates in Delaware.




Recycling Public Advisory Council to meet Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Lewes

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Thursday, November 9, 2017

Delaware’s Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the DNREC Field Office, at 901 Pilottown Road, in Lewes.




Recycling Public Advisory Council to meet Wednesday, Oct. 25 at DSWA’s Delaware Recycling Center in New Castle

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Monday, October 16, 2017

Delaware’s Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 at the Delaware Solid Waste Authority’s Delaware Recycling Center, 1101 Lambsons Lane, in New Castle.