Data show recycling on the decline in New Hampshire. What’s behind the numbers?

By: Molly Rains

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: February 3, 2026

Words: 1,793

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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When the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services tweaked the math behind its statewide recycling rate estimate last fall, the result suggested that the state was doing worse than previously thought at diverting waste from landfills.

That wasn’t all the sobering news contained within the most recent Biennial Solid Waste Report, which also showed New Hampshire’s recycling rate trending downward overall. Since 2020, the proportion of municipal waste sent for recycling has dropped by about …

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