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When it comes to recycling, many people want to do the right thing, but don’t always know what should be included in their curbside recycling bin. That’s why ACUA recently teamed up with Egg Harbor Township for a curbside inspection and tagging project to spread recycling information and combat contamination in the recycling stream.

As part of its resiliency planning efforts, ACUA has embarked on several projects to protect critical infrastructure at its Wastewater Treatment Facility in Atlantic City from the threat of flooding. ACUA purchased a system of inflatable barriers called a Tiger Dam System from U.S. Flood Control that can be set up temporarily to keep the Wastewater Treatment Facility and its accompanying pump stations sustained during a flooding emergency.

As the recycling industry implements changes across the globe, there has been a renewed focus on the hard-to-recycle items and habits contributing to the waste stream. When you put an item in your recycling bin, the recycling process is just beginning. This first step is the start of a complex process that takes items on a global journey to be remade into something new.