Recycling: Page 104
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Toronto officials tired of coffee pods, even the compostable ones
The chair of the city's public works committee has asked for a study about reducing the amount of pods in landfills.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
APR: US PET bottle recycling rate dipped in 2015; it could have been worse
After weighing the factors, the industry sees this as a stabilization, not a decline.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Florida city and new MRF on opposite sides over glass recycling
Fort Walton Beach will no longer accept glass in its recycling bins and believes the new ECUA MRF will eventually do the same.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Deep Dive
9 unique, imaginative and futuristic references to trash in modern pop culture
From dystopian worlds overtaken by landfills to more realistic tales of sanitation workers, pop culture references give the waste industry a presence in media.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
The e-waste nightmare of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 recall
The resources used to make 2.5 million devices will likely go to waste, but there are valuable repair lessons to be learned.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Bottle caps on or off? New UK recycling guidelines aim to resolve contamination confusion
The effects of these guidelines will be of interest in the US, where contamination is still a factor in most recycling programs.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 12, 2016 -
$1M Lowe's donation supports Keep America Beautiful community projects
Since 2011, the company has provided $5.4 million in funding hundreds of local cleanup projects.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 12, 2016 -
Can trash cans that look like giant coffee cups boost recycling?
The nonprofit Hubbub is launching its #1MoreShot campaign in Manchester today with the goal of collecting 20,000 cups.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Recycling Partnership funds new carts, education and outreach for St. Paul
The city will roll out single-stream carts to more than 78,000 households with the grant.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Wikimedia
USDA: Bioplastics creating economic benefits and reducing emissions
The report shows an added value of $393 billion from the overall biobased products industry.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Flickr
Due to low participation, Texas city to replace Recyclebank program
Fort Worth will divert money from the program to a new effort aimed at boosting commercial recycling.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Call2Recycle
Sponsored by Call2RecycleVermont single-use battery collections up 3000% after new law goes into effect Jan. 1
Making battery collection more accessible and commonplace is a necessary aspect in ensuring that recycling single-use batteries becomes second nature.
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California city finds creative ways to address state organics goals
Manteca is in the process of using fuel credits for road maintenance and building a natural gas station for its collection fleet.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 10, 2016 -
Study: People generate more waste if they can recycle
The author says that having the option to recycle after a task decreases guilt about waste.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 10, 2016 -
Suez expands recycling of tough materials in Europe with stake in TerraCycle
French waste management company Suez has purchased a 30% stake in the New Jersey recycler.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 9, 2016 -
Flickr
Pew survey: Recycling still not a cultural norm for nearly 1/3 of US residents
A new Pew Research survey found only 28% of U.S. residents felt their communities "strongly encouraged" recycling.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 7, 2016 -
EPA seeing a pattern of mismanaged CRT glass around the country
Speaking at E-Scrap 2016, an EPA official said illegal or improper disposal is becoming a "systematic problem."
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 7, 2016 -
New York recycler to build $7.5M mixed scrap processing plant
Upstate Shredding, funded in part by a state grant, will handle a shredded mix of nonferrous auto metal.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 7, 2016 -
Gumdrop
From Juicy Fruit to rubber boot: How chewing gum is being recycled into shoes
Gumdrop Ltd. has teamed up with Teknor Apex for a new process than can be used to make boots, auto bumpers and more.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 6, 2016 -
Recycle Across America
Recycle Across America labels expand to RISD college campus
The organization now has more than one million labels in use throughout the country to increase participation and reduce contamination.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 5, 2016 -
SPI, recyclers launch project to recover more plastics from auto parts
The Automotive End-of-Life Vehicles Recycling Demonstration Project aims to show the value of increased diversion for all involved.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 5, 2016 -
EPA provides $365K to clean up marine plastic in New York, New Jersey
Seven projects will be funded as part of the agency's Trash Free Waters initiative.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 3, 2016 -
South Carolina county weighs costs of building new MRF on former landfill
Charleston County officials, hesitant about the economic benefits of recycling, are also considering a nearby waste-to-energy facility.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 3, 2016 -
ECUA's new single-stream facility in Florida now operational
The facility, using equipment from Bulk Handing Systems, gives the region new capacity after the Infinitus closure in Montgomery.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 30, 2016 -
Canadian Envirem Organics to open first US facility in Maine
The company specializes in making agricultural products from forestry and industrial residuals.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 30, 2016
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