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Wilmington, Delaware

 

Environmental Overview:

Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware. It has adopted several environmental protection measures, including a city-wide recycling program and an urban forestry program. In the early 2000s, the City of Wilmington partnered with the Riverfront Development Corporation to revitalize the Christina River by encapsulating the river’s shoreline soil, which had been polluted by hundreds of years of industrial use. The project qualified for a federal Brownfields grant because of its goal to clean up industrial pollution at the site. The riverfront now serves as a biking and walking space, and also offers a refuge for local wildlife.


Wilmington Recycling Program:

Wilmington has a city recycling program in place, administered by the Delaware Solid Waste Authority. The program provides for recycling of plastics, metal, paper, and glass products.

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  1. Plastics: # 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 (look for the number inside the recycling symbol on the container).

  2. Paper: Newspapers, magazines, brochures, junk mail, office paper, folded or crushed paper bags, greeting cards, phone books, paperback books, file folders.

  3. Cardboard: corrugated boxes, cardboard beverage carriers, dry food boxes/cartons, tissue/towel rolls.

  4. Metal: Aluminum, metal cans, metal jar lids, steel bottle caps, foil.

  5. Glass: Bottles and jars (without tops), food containers, beverage containers.

Recycling Processing Plants:

  1. Delaware Recycling Center, 1101 Lambson Lane, New Castle, DE 19720

    The Delaware Recycling Center (DRC) is the center of Delaware’s state run recycling program. The DRC partnered with two private companies to manage Delaware’s recycling program. Republic Service, a national company, runs a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) where household recycling is sorted and baled. Revolution Recovery, a Philadelphia based company, processes and bales construction and demolition (C&D) waste such as wood, drywall, metal, and carpet. All of the sorted and baled material are sent to different facilities/ markets to be recycled into new products.

  2. Republic Services, 1420 New York Ave, Wilmington, DE 19801

    Republic Services manages and recycles household waste products for the city of Wilmington. Click here to view Republic’s national website.


Wilmington Urban Forestry Program:

Wilmington has an urban forestry program in place.


Other Environmental Initiatives:

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Wilmington Municipal Code:

Click here to view Wilmington’s municipal environmental code.