Streets lined with rubbish and recycling following collection confusion

Taranaki Daily NewsStreets lined with rubbish and recycling following collection confusionTaranaki Daily NewsOn Brooklands Rd, New Plymouth and in Inglewood some residents had put out their new red council rubbish bags, some their new glass recycling bins. Others had stuck with the old black rubbish bags and there were still a few putting out their ...

Waste Management crews working to get garbage, recycling carts delivered in ...

TCPalmWaste Management crews working to get garbage, recycling carts delivered in ...TCPalmINDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Waste Management crews delivered hundreds of garbage and recycling carts Wednesday, racing against a deadline for those with service on the first day of the new pickup program. Customers with a Thursday scheduled pickup ...

Sidney switches to single

Kennebec Journal & Morning SentinelSidney switches to single-stream recyclingKennebec Journal & Morning SentinelIn July, Central Maine Recycling LLC, the Vassalboro company the town used for recycling, informed officials that it was closing its doors for good at the end of September. Plummeting prices for recyclable materials led the businesses owners to close ...and more »

Newark woman starts new recycling business

The Newark AdvocateNewark woman starts new recycling businessThe Newark AdvocateNEWARK — Teresa Felix credits her grandchildren with inspiring her to start her own recycling business. She wants to make sure they don't have to worry about running out of natural resources or living in a world with too much trash. In August, the ...

Wayland Gets Part of $1.4 Million Recycling Grant

Patch.comWayland Gets Part of $1.4 Million Recycling GrantPatch.comThe Baker-Polito Administration today announced more than $1.4 million in Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) grants to 216 municipalities and regional solid waste districts to help maximize recycling, composting and waste reduction programs ...and more »

Somerville Gets Recycling, Waste Reduction Assistance Grant

Patch.comSomerville Gets Recycling, Waste Reduction Assistance GrantPatch.comThe Massachusetts Governor's office announced Wednesday more than $1.4 million in Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) grants to municipalities and regional solid waste districts across the state to help maximize recycling, composting and ...and more »

Scottish household recycling rate rises again

Resource MagazineScottish household recycling rate rises againResource MagazineThe Scottish household waste recycling rate rose by 0.6 per cent in 2014 to 42.8 per cent, according to statistics issued today (30 September) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) – though under the previous calculation method, it would ...Shire below average in new recycling statsEllon TimesScottish household landfill waste falls below 50%Materials Recycling World£2.2m expansion for Keenan RecyclingBQ LiveBBC News -CIWM Journal Onlineall 10 news articles »

Recycling bags not recycled? Adequate water supply?

Asheville Citizen-TimesRecycling bags not recycled? Adequate water supply?Asheville Citizen-TimesQuestion: My homeowners association requires recycling and suggests the use of blue plastic recycling bags or trash bins for that special purpose. Once the recycling gets to the recycling center, how are the bags disposed of? Recycled or trashed?

The Eco

Yahoo NewsThe Eco-Friendly Approach to Cancer Sticks: Cigarette Recycling Comes to the UKYahoo NewsThe cleverly named antilitter effort, which is the brainchild of TerraCycle, a Trenton, New Jersey–based recycling company, spread across the pond to the United Kingdom on Monday. TerraCycle teams up with tobacco companies around the world on its ...and more »

Mapped: New recycling bins in Birmingham City Centre

Birmingham MailMapped: New recycling bins in Birmingham City CentreBirmingham MailTen new recycling bins have been installed in Birmingham City Centre following a link up with a hi-tech waste collection companies. The City Council has teamed up with Enevo Ltd and Wybone to put the bins which not only have separate sections for paper ...

Recycling programs at risk during budget stalemate

IllinoisHomePage.netRecycling programs at risk during budget stalemateIllinoisHomePage.netThe Illinois Environmental Council warned its members of an end to a program meant to spur and sustain recycling programs across the state. The waste and recycling program is run through three administrators at the Illinois Department of Commerce and ...and more »

TerraCycle launches UK

Business GreenTerraCycle launches UK-wide cigarette recycling programBusiness GreenThe UK's first program to offer free cigarette waste recycling was launched this week in a bid to tackle the scourge of cigarette litter and reduce the amount of cigarette waste going to landfill. The Cigarette Waste Brigade, which is the result of a ...

Students' recycling awareness increases

Kansas State CollegianStudents' recycling awareness increasesKansas State CollegianZane Beatie, freshman in civil engineering and Thomas Finley, freshman in general engineering, take out their recycling on Sept. 28, 2015. There are many opportunities students and organizations can be involved in helping the recycling center make ...

Flemington to host community recycling day on Oct. 3

NJ.comFlemington to host community recycling day on Oct. 3NJ.comWith the onset of autumn it's time to do some seasonal cleaning. Downtown Flemington will host a community recycling day on Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the corner of Main and William Street. Assure Shred will be taking an array of items to ...

Pittsburgh launches app for trash and recycling

Pittsburgh Post-GazettePittsburgh launches app for trash and recyclingPittsburgh Post-GazetteToday, the city and the Urban Redevelopment Authority launched PGH.st, an web app “created to help tame the complexity of the trash and recycling collections schedule,” the mayor's office said in a news release. The app was conceived at the 2014 Steel ...City Launches Trash, Recycling Pickup AppCBS Localall 3 news articles »

Dell Inc. boosts recycling, environmental efforts

MyStatesman.comDell Inc. boosts recycling, environmental effortsMyStatesman.comRound Rock-based Dell Inc. says it is stepping up its recycling and environmental efforts, announcing that it will be the first tech company to use new recycled elements in its products starting later this year. Dell, which discussed the plan late ...Dell boosts recycling, environmental effortsAustin American-StatesmanDell honored for using 100% post-consumer recycled plasticWaste DiveDell has plan to cut a few toes off its carbon footprintAustin Business Journal (blog)all 17 news articles »

RI towns profit from recycling – but still need to clean up act

WPRI 12 Eyewitness NewsRI towns profit from recycling – but still need to clean up actWPRI 12 Eyewitness NewsThe RIRRC handed out its profit shares in a ceremony at the Johnston Materials Recycling Facility Tuesday morning with a big TV-camera-ready check reminiscent of the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes or Rhode Island Lottery prizes. The intent was ...Recycling Pays Off Across StateRhode Island Public RadioRhode Island cities, town share recycling profitsTurn to 10all 3 news articles »

City Launches Trash, Recycling Pickup App

CBS LocalCity Launches Trash, Recycling Pickup AppCBS LocalPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority are launching a new trash day and recycling app called PGH.st. City residents can either go online and enter their address to see when their garbage pickup will be ...

Not happy with recycling

Castanet.netNot happy with recyclingCastanet.netScott Anderson is going to ask the City of Vernon to urge the regional district to review the new recycling system. The Vernon city councillor will bring the matter up at the next council meeting, but said Monday he is not a fan of the blue boxes ...Kick it to the curb: Vernon councillor says get rid of new recycling programInfoTel News Ltdall 2 news articles »

City moves away from Kokomo Recycling for curbside program

Kokomo TribuneCity moves away from Kokomo Recycling for curbside programKokomo TribuneWith the announcement last week that Kokomo will roll out curbside recycling in December – with full implementation by Jan. 1 – Kokomo Director of Operations Randy McKay revealed Monday that the city will partner with Recovery Recycling, Inc. in a ...

Recycling Pays Off Across State

Rhode Island Public RadioRecycling Pays Off Across StateRhode Island Public RadioThe Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation made more than a million dollars in profits selling recyclable material all over the world. Sarah Reeves, director of public policy programs and planning, said the landfill agency is sharing 50 percent of ...

Software Provider Stays Busy In Waste & Recycling Industry

waste360Software Provider Stays Busy In Waste & Recycling Industrywaste360AMCS USA Inc., a software provider for the waste and recycling industry, has had a busy quarter—acquiring new businesses and securing funds to enhance its suite of technological offerings for the waste and recycling industry. A North American ...

Liquid assets: how to test recycled water on the cheap

euronewsLiquid assets: how to test recycled water on the cheapeuronewsWith water shortages a growing problem around the world recycling waste water has become increasingly important. European researchers have come up with a cheap and efficient tool to control the safety standards of waste water in a development that ...and more »

Will the 'yuck factor' sink California water recycling?

San Francisco Chronicle (subscription)Will the 'yuck factor' sink California water recycling?San Francisco Chronicle (subscription)Experts say such recycling is the path California must take if it expects to have enough water for a growing population. Hundreds of billions of gallons of treated wastewater is now dumped into the Pacific. That's water that could be used, according to ...

Good Question: What's Recyclable?

CBS LocalGood Question: What's Recyclable?CBS LocalMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Ever heard of wish-cycling? It's a phenomenon recyclers refer to when people put materials in their recycling bins that's supposed to go in the trash. “They have a real desire to put more and more in the bin because they want to ...