New recycling standards could affect Vermont's e

vtdigger.orgNew recycling standards could affect Vermont's e-waste programvtdigger.orgFlat screen TVs and sleek computer screens have all but replaced the boob tube and boxy computer monitors. And with those disappearing vestiges of 20th century technology, a market for their recycled components also has evaporated. There's little ...

How UK chases waste targets other European countries just ignore: Attempt to ...

Daily MailHow UK chases waste targets other European countries just ignore: Attempt to ...Daily MailBut the report also reveals that recycling remains a novelty in many parts of Europe. Romania is the worst offender, recycling just one per cent of its household waste.Croatia, the EU's newest member, recycles just 16 per cent of its waste, sending the ...

Recycling Rethought: The UK Startup Printing Your Plastics Into Art

ForbesRecycling Rethought: The UK Startup Printing Your Plastics Into ArtForbesWould people be more interested in recycling plastic bottles if they could turn the material into works of art? Stuart Jones thinks the answer is in the affirmative. That's why he started Co2nscience, a social enterprise based in Bramford, West ...

Crews to stay at Atlantic recycling site at Rumney, Cardiff

BBC NewsCrews to stay at Atlantic recycling site at Rumney, CardiffBBC NewsA fire at a recycling centre on the outskirts of Cardiff will need around 20 firefighters at the scene "for the foreseeable future". About 2,000 tonnes of waste material is alight at the Atlantic recycling site in Newton Road, near Rumney. The fire ...

Recycling Iranian style

The Guardian (blog)Recycling Iranian styleThe Guardian (blog)In the evenings, as roaming roves of feral cats vie for food scraps in the side streets of Iran's large cities, 28-year-old Majid is hard at work. Shoulder-deep inside a rancid bin of unsorted garbage, he fills his bags with recyclable treasures ...

The Impoverished Slum That Became Manila's Recycling Champ

Next CityThe Impoverished Slum That Became Manila's Recycling ChampNext CityBut the legislation's biggest goal is to reduce the amount of garbage that needs to be dumped through recycling and composting programs. Right now, the law stipulates that half of all waste be diverted into compost or recycling. That mandate will rise ...

Glass bottle recycling scheme for Plymouth

Plymouth HeraldGlass bottle recycling scheme for PlymouthPlymouth HeraldHe said: “I am delighted to be able to tell everyone that as soon as Viridor Waste Management take over the contract to build and operate our materials recycling facility, they will be able to take our household recycling with glass mixed in it ...

Regional district left holding recycling bin

Prince George CitizenRegional district left holding recycling binPrince George CitizenWith the announcement that curbside recycling was coming to the city of Prince George, came a landfill of questions yet to be answered for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. Like the city, the regional district did not sign on to the Multi ...

7 Recycling Mistakes You're Probably Making

Care2.com7 Recycling Mistakes You're Probably MakingCare2.comIt took a long, long time, but curbside recycling has finally become commonplace in most U.S. communities. According to the EPA, Americans create 251 million tons of waste every year. We say that we “throw away” much of this waste, but of course, there ...

Financial Incentives Increase Recycling Rates

Mother Earth NewsFinancial Incentives Increase Recycling RatesMother Earth NewsRunning a rubbish removal company in London brings me into contact with all sorts of people who have noble ideas with regards to the best methods to use to encourage recycling. The large majority of these proposals aim to extol the benefits of ...

Few Finns recycle small electronics; hoarding rules

YLE NewsFew Finns recycle small electronics; hoarding rulesYLE NewsIn spite of the growing network of recycling return points, consumers have not seized the opportunity to return smaller used electronics for re-use. In Finland small devices account for just 10 percent of recycled electronics. The re-use industry is ...

Oakland Council Backs Higher Wages for Recycling Workers and Pushes for ...

East Bay ExpressOakland Council Backs Higher Wages for Recycling Workers and Pushes for ...East Bay ExpressWorkers who handle Oakland's recycled materials will have “good, family-supporting wages and benefits,” and all Oakland residents — including those in multifamily complexes — will have a full range of recycling services, according to a resolution ...

Orange County Residents Pan Recycling District Tax Plan

Chapelboro.comOrange County Residents Pan Recycling District Tax PlanChapelboro.comCHAPEL HILL- Orange County residents told the Board of Commissioners that while they love recycling, they don't love the idea of a new solid waste service district tax. “This seems like a line that's being stepped over here, creating this as a tax ...

Charged up about battery recycling 0

The Barrie ExaminerCharged up about battery recycling 0The Barrie ExaminerYes, anything with a battery, plug or chip can be recycled instead of going to landfill, and you get paid by the pound for your trouble. As usual, it's the Saturday morning of Earth Hour (March 29, 10 a.m. to noon), in the parking lot off Toronto ...

Rebuilding UConn's Recycling

UConn Advance (blog)Rebuilding UConn's RecyclingUConn Advance (blog)The results are now in for UConn's recycling efforts at the main campus in 2013, and they're not encouraging. For single-stream recycling – commingled paper, plastic, cardboard, bottles, and cans – both the ratio of recycling compared to trash, and the ...

Russia: Moscow starts recycling again as dumps overflow

BBC NewsRussia: Moscow starts recycling again as dumps overflowBBC NewsMoscow is rediscovering the old Soviet culture of recycling as landfill sites in the Russian capital overflow and toxic leaks cause a public outcry, it seems. Every year, Moscow produces about 9 million tonnes of rubbish - a fifth of all the waste ...

Turning Christmas tree lights into slipper soles

The GuardianTurning Christmas tree lights into slipper solesThe GuardianMost of us have had the experience of rummaging in the attic at Christmas time for decorations only to find the Christmas tree lights are a jumbled mess at the bottom of a box. Every year many tangled sets of lights end up in recycling bins, but where ...

Reusable solutions: Fixing the problem with recycling plastic on campus

The Sun StarReusable solutions: Fixing the problem with recycling plastic on campusThe Sun StarStudents at UAF are able to recycle quite a few things, but plastic is not currently one of them. It isn't just UAF that lost the ability to recycle plastic when K&K Recycling, a company based in North Pole, abruptly stopped it's plastic recycling ...

Paradigm of the recycling cyclist; recycling options in Dixie now, to come

Dixie Press OnlineParadigm of the recycling cyclist; recycling options in Dixie now, to comeDixie Press OnlineIt is through education and awareness that the value of recycling becomes part of a culture. Paul Pfaehler grew up in Pennsylvania where at the time there wasn't any residential recycling pickup. Yet the lack of convenient recycling programs did not ...

Curbside recycling poised for changes

Times ColonistCurbside recycling poised for changesTimes ColonistLead hand James Atess works at Cascades Recovery' a recycling plant on Bridge Street, which will be part of the Green by Nature post-collection network of recycling facilities in Victoria. The future of recycling in the province just got a little less ...

Metal recycling business attracts a new competitor

Daily Journal of CommerceMetal recycling business attracts a new competitorDaily Journal of CommerceThe demand for recycling services is in part fueled by a city of Portland requirement that 75 percent of construction and demolition debris be recycled on projects valued at $50,000 or more. Additionally, all wood, metal, concrete, land-clearing debris ...

Changes on horizon for recycling

Powell River PeakChanges on horizon for recyclingPowell River PeakMulti Material BC (MMBC), a funded not-for-profit, industry-led organization, will take over collection of product packaging and printed paper for recycling in the province starting May 19. The change was part of the provincial government's 2011 update ...

Firefighters use three times more water on blaze in recycling plant as fire ...

Manchester Evening NewsFirefighters use three times more water on blaze in recycling plant as fire ...Manchester Evening NewsFirefighters at the Salford recycling plant have today tripled the amount of water being used to fight the blaze. The flames have now been raging for five days at the firm on Duncan Street and crews have today changed their tactics. On Friday morning ...

Bridgestone Arena and TerraCycle Recycle Cigarette Butts

Triple PunditBridgestone Arena and TerraCycle Recycle Cigarette ButtsTriple PunditTerraCycle, which specializes in collecting materials that cannot be recycled through most curbside programs and turning them into innovative, affordable products, recycles the cigarette butts it receives into industrial shipping pallets and reworks ...

Changes on horizon for recycling

Powell River PeakChanges on horizon for recyclingPowell River PeakMulti Material BC (MMBC), a funded not-for-profit, industry-led organization, will take over collection of product packaging and printed paper for recycling in the province starting May 19. The change was part of the provincial government's 2011 update ...