You heard it here first.

Well, maybe second, but I don't know how much recycling news gets to your preferred informational medium. Still, it contains a pun too good (too bad?) to pass along.

Philadelphia will go citywide with its single-stream curbside collection program on July 7th, declaring the event as "BINdepndence Day."

TerraCycle has expanded its line of repurposed consumer product packaging — last seen in backpacks made out of discarded drink pouches — to include an umbrella made out of cookie wrappers.

Finally, in the "mine is bigger than yours" category...

The Waste & Resources Action Programme (Banbury, England) has released a comprehensive study into various household recycling programs, finding that the size of a household's recycling bin is the primary determinant of how much people recycle. The study also notes that, though curbside sorting of recyclables results in better material quality than single-stream, the authors of WRAP's study are careful to note that there is "no such thing as a one-size-fits-all 'best' [program]."