/tags/austin-resource-recovery Austin Resource Recovery en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:01:00 GMT /housing/2024-09-27/austin-apartments-must-offer-compost-collection-starting-oct-1-but-many-landlords-dont-know If you’re looking forward to sorting through your food scraps next week, you might have to wait a little longer. While the requirement technically goes into effect Tuesday, many apartment buildings will be slow to adopt the change, if at all. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:01:00 GMT /housing/2024-09-27/austin-apartments-must-offer-compost-collection-starting-oct-1-but-many-landlords-dont-know Katy McAfee /austin/2023-10-10/a-new-set-of-rates-and-fees-is-set-to-hit-austin-utility-customers-heres-why The typical resident will pay $172 more this year. The increases are coming on the heels of inflation hikes on most goods, including groceries and gas. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:00:31 GMT /austin/2023-10-10/a-new-set-of-rates-and-fees-is-set-to-hit-austin-utility-customers-heres-why Luz Moreno-Lozano /austin/2023-09-21/compost-collection-apartments-condos-austin-resource-recovery-zero-waste More than half of Austin residents live in multifamily complexes, but most don’t have composting services, according to Austin Resource Recovery. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:39:20 GMT /austin/2023-09-21/compost-collection-apartments-condos-austin-resource-recovery-zero-waste Chelsey Zhu /energy-environment/2023-04-21/how-do-i-throw-away-my-big-old-couch-in-austin The city's bulk pickup program collects large items that can’t fit inside a regular trash bin a few times a year in select neighborhoods. Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-21/how-do-i-throw-away-my-big-old-couch-in-austin Maya Fawaz /energy-environment/2023-04-19/where-does-austins-trash-go Every year, the City of Austin collects hundreds of thousands of tons of trash from residents through its curbside collection service. But what happens to all of this trash after the city collects it? Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:32:53 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-19/where-does-austins-trash-go Kailey Hunt /energy-environment/2023-04-18/how-much-of-the-stuff-we-put-in-the-blue-bin-in-austin-is-actually-recycled Plastic in the U.S. is largely going unrecycled, but the city says that's not so for the plastic we put in the blue bins. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-18/how-much-of-the-stuff-we-put-in-the-blue-bin-in-austin-is-actually-recycled Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2023-04-17/more-than-a-decade-in-austin-is-not-meeting-its-zero-waste-goals-and-were-not-even-close Austin City Council passed an ambitious plan in 2011 to divert most of the city's waste from landfills by 2040. Despite recycling and composting strategies, we're nowhere near where we should be. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:05:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-17/more-than-a-decade-in-austin-is-not-meeting-its-zero-waste-goals-and-were-not-even-close Matt Largey /energy-environment/2023-03-01/heres-whats-happening-to-all-the-tree-branches-piled-up-on-austins-curbs An estimated one-third of the city’s tree canopy was damaged to varying extents during last month's ice storm. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:10:20 GMT /energy-environment/2023-03-01/heres-whats-happening-to-all-the-tree-branches-piled-up-on-austins-curbs Sangita Menon /austin/2023-02-09/austin-tree-limbs-ice-storm West Austin bore the brunt of downed tree limbs. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:05:27 GMT /austin/2023-02-09/austin-tree-limbs-ice-storm Andrew Weber /austin/2019-10-01/starting-this-month-youll-pay-more-for-trash-pickup-in-austin-here-are-some-other-new-city-fees The City of Austin’s new fiscal year starts Oct. 1, and with it comes new city fees. That can mean anything from what it costs to swim at Barton Springs� Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2019-10-01/starting-this-month-youll-pay-more-for-trash-pickup-in-austin-here-are-some-other-new-city-fees Audrey McGlinchy