Recycling Gets Smarter, Simpler

Sewardcity NewsRecycling Gets Smarter, SimplerSewardcity NewsRecycling is not really that difficult, once you know how it works, and it's getting even simpler, said Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste Director Jack Maryott. But, having heard my questions about the confusing, occasionally contradictory signs at ...

Dept pushes recycling law to ease waste woes

Bangkok PostDept pushes recycling law to ease waste woesBangkok PostThe Pollution Control Department is drafting a legal amendment to enforce recycling in households as part of a drive to combat the waste disposal crisis. Firefighters spray water onto piles of rubbish in the fire-gutted dump site in Lad Sawai ...

More Wheelie Bins for Bluewater Recycling

BlackburnNews.comMore Wheelie Bins for Bluewater RecyclingBlackburnNews.comThe President of the Bluewater Recycling Association says most of the municipalities they serve have now outgrown blue boxes. Francis Veilleux explains when the blue box was introduced it was intended for about five different materials, but now they ...

Recycling of foodwaste yet to catch on in Singapore

TODAYonlineRecycling of foodwaste yet to catch on in SingaporeTODAYonlineSINGAPORE — The practice of recycling food waste has not caught on, despite efforts to curb the growing amount of such waste generated. Food recycling rates in Singapore rose for the second consecutive year in 2013, as 13 per cent of the 796,000 ...

Profits, Not Good Intentions, Drive The Global Recycling Industry

ForbesProfits, Not Good Intentions, Drive The Global Recycling IndustryForbesMany people equate recycling with a fundamentally civic and moral duty. This is an area where markets fail, and government mandates and regulation combined with the good intentions of individuals are the primary drivers. While the government can in ...

Smashing news: doorstep glass recycling in Plymouth to begin this week

Plymouth HeraldSmashing news: doorstep glass recycling in Plymouth to begin this weekPlymouth HeraldCouncillor Brian Vincent, cabinet member for the environment said: “We've all wanted this for a long time – it makes recycling more convenient for residents, which should help reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill. The glass trial ...

City revamps recycling operations

Sandusky RegisterCity revamps recycling operationsSandusky RegisterClyde-based FSI Disposal president Duke Fultz and city commissioners recently came to terms on a five-year deal, calling for his hauling company to oversee recycling operations at First Street near Cedar Point and Marquette Street by Lions Park until 2019.

Fall in waste for landfill as rates of recycling rise in Northern Ireland

Belfast TelegraphFall in waste for landfill as rates of recycling rise in Northern IrelandBelfast TelegraphMeanwhile, recycling rates rose by almost 3% to 38.7% over the same period, according to the provisional Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics for October to December 2013. The largest driver of this increase ...

Stricter recycling standards on their way

NorthJersey.comStricter recycling standards on their wayNorthJersey.comDescribing it as the most dramatic change in the recycling industry in all his many years in the business, Chris Riviello, managing partner of Atlantic Coast Fibers, the recycling contractor that serves much of Bergen County, including Carlstadt and ...

Red tags for householders who fail to recycle properly

Telegraph.co.ukRed tags for householders who fail to recycle properlyTelegraph.co.ukThe council said the scheme, which is being trialled in the Halliwell area of the town, was designed to educate residents about what can and cannot go in the recycling bins. It wants to ensure residents know that items such as yoghurt pots, margarine ...

Trash Tutorial: For Earth Day, the ABC's of recycling 'trickier' items

The Providence JournalTrash Tutorial: For Earth Day, the ABC's of recycling 'trickier' itemsThe Providence JournalDraperies, curtains, and tablecloths can be recycled in any clothing bin in Rhode Island. Don't worry that the bins say “Clothing and Shoes Only” — they'll take any dry, odorless textile. Electronics can be recycled for free locally across the state ...

Call for Milton recycling site to be closed

BBC NewsCall for Milton recycling site to be closedBBC NewsResidents are calling for a recycling collection centre to be closed after it was told to remove excess waste. The centre at Milton, Stoke-on-Trent, is licensed to hold about 500 tonnes of recyclable waste, but last December the Environment Agency ...

Klaveness sends lone tanker for recycling

TradeWindsKlaveness sends lone tanker for recyclingTradeWindsChief executive Lasse Kristoffersen confirms its sole tanker, the 83,000-dwt Baru (built 1986), has gone for so-called green recycling in China to be handled by the Bergen-based Grieg group. “We did consider other locations than China but only there ...

More Israelis recycle, but country lacks facilities to handle waste

HaaretzMore Israelis recycle, but country lacks facilities to handle wasteHaaretzWhile the amount of households that separate their waste has eclipsed the 300,000 mark, the ministry is scrambling to build facilities that can handle sorting all that waste, and then recycling it. But now it's become clear that if sufficient ...

Dell Recyclable Electronics Win 2014 Design for Recycling Award

Earth911.comDell Recyclable Electronics Win 2014 Design for Recycling AwardEarth911.comISRI Chair Doug Kramer presents the 2014 Design for Recycling Award to Scott O'Connell, director of Worldwide Environmental Affairs at Dell, and Puneet Shrivastava, senior environmental engineer at Dell. The Dell Latitude 10 tablet may look like any ...

BoCC Punts On Rural Recycling Pick

Chapelboro.comBoCC Punts On Rural Recycling Pick-Up PlanChapelboro.comOrange County Commissioners on Tuesday backed away from a plan to create a solid waste service district tax to pay for rural recycling pick-up. “It seems clear to me at least, that a one-size-fits-all solution is not ideal,” said Commissioner Mark Dorosin.

City of La Crosse and Onalaska see pickup in recycling

WKBT La CrosseCity of La Crosse and Onalaska see pickup in recyclingWKBT La CrosseOfficials in the city of Onalaska and La Crosse are really impressed with the residents' willingness to participate in the new single-stream recycling system. Not only are the residents able to recycle more items, but it is also saving some money for ...

Why rare earth recycling is rare and what we can do about it

GreenBiz.com (blog)Why rare earth recycling is rare and what we can do about itGreenBiz.com (blog)One option being explored is recycling rare earth metals from used products. You might think it would be easier to recover rare earths from products than extract them from the ground, but it's not as easy as it sounds. Given the importance of these ...

We can do more to encourage recycling, reusable bags

Boston GlobeWe can do more to encourage recycling, reusable bagsBoston GlobeTHE EDITORIAL “Drowning in a sea of plastic” (April 6) underscores why the Massachusetts Food Association took an initiative more than five years ago to decrease the distribution of both plastic AND paper bags while increasing their recycling as well ...

City looks to raise recycling rate of businesses, apartments

Daily NorthwesternCity looks to raise recycling rate of businesses, apartmentsDaily NorthwesternAs Evanston renegotiates its trash and recycling collection contracts, city officials plan to improve the recycling rate of businesses and apartment buildings before the contracts are due for renewal in late 2015. In 2013, commercial buildings and ...

Minnesota needs a recycling jump

Minneapolis Star TribuneMinnesota needs a recycling jump-startMinneapolis Star TribuneState recycling policy stalled, too. The last comprehensive recycling legislation was enacted by Gov. Rudy Perpich and the 1989 Legislature. It established a solid waste management tax (akin to a garbage sales tax for those who use the services ...

Recycling to pay £200k for illegal dumping

Edinburgh Evening NewsRecycling to pay £200k for illegal dumpingEdinburgh Evening NewsA RECYCLING firm branded Scotland's worst polluter for illegally dumping waste at a former colliery has lost an appeal against a record £200,000 court fine. Doonin Plant Ltd was convicted of the unlicensed burial of hundreds of tonnes of waste ...

Curbside E

Gaston GazetteCurbside E-recycling in Gastonia?Gaston GazetteArea residents can drop them off at any of the several recycling centers around the county, including one at the Gastonia Farmers Market. Some can be left for free, while televisions and computer monitors come with a $4 fee. After they're transported ...

Why we recycle more important than how we recycle

Sarnia ObserverWhy we recycle more important than how we recycleSarnia ObserverThe first recycling program in the province originated in Kitchener-Waterloo over 30 years ago. The idea was to retrieve potentially useful items from the trash and have them reused. In those early days, glass products were a huge target, along with ...

New Portland ordinance will require multiunit apartment buildings to recycle

Bangor Daily NewsNew Portland ordinance will require multiunit apartment buildings to recycleBangor Daily NewsCity workers Barry DeDomenico (left) and Kenneth Pringle feed the truck with large recycling containers from a multiunit building in Portland's Old Port on Wednesday. A new city ordinance requires landlords to provide a means of recycling to residents ...