Fife Council hit by cost of contaminated recycling bins

The CourierFife Council hit by cost of contaminated recycling binsThe CourierThe problem is affecting all the materials that are being collected for recycling from kerbsides. Recycling companies are finding food waste, nappies and even dog excrement in paper recycled by Fifers, while food and garden waste is being contaminated ...

Orange bag collections lead to five per cent recycling increase in Leicester's ...

Leicester MercuryOrange bag collections lead to five per cent recycling increase in Leicester's ...Leicester MercuryNearly a quarter of all the rubbish being thrown out from Leicester homes is being recycled, according to latest figures. The city council says 23 per cent of household waste is now being re-used rather than sent to landfill sites. The figure has risen ...

Should Decatur Start Separating Out Glass From Recycling?

Decatur MetroShould Decatur Start Separating Out Glass From Recycling?Decatur MetroDecatur takes great pride in its trash and recycling programs. In the city's recent Citizen Survey, residents gave both Garbage Collecting and Recycling a 91% positive rating. That's good because recently, recycling has gotten more expensive for residents.

Changes to recycling across Norfolk start on Wednesday

Norfolk Eastern Daily PressChanges to recycling across Norfolk start on WednesdayNorfolk Eastern Daily PressFrom Wednesday Norfolk-wide changes will mean that materials including glass bottles, jars, plastic food pots, tubs and trays, juice and soup cartons can be put in one recycling bin at home. All the district councils in Norfolk have come together under ...

Big decisions loom on recycling facility

High Point EnterpriseBig decisions loom on recycling facilityHigh Point EnterpriseWorkers at High Point's Material Recovery Facility sort through refuse at the recycling operation. City officials estimate that the MRF, which operates at an annual deficit of more than $1 million, could become a profitable operation if City Council ...

Recycling the dead

Science News for StudentsRecycling the deadScience News for StudentsThe most important thing recycled by rot is the element carbon. This chemical element is the physical basis of all life on Earth. After death, decomposition releases carbon into the air, soil and water. Living things capture this liberated carbon to ...

Large amounts of recycling being sent to landfill in Liverpool

Liverpool EchoLarge amounts of recycling being sent to landfill in LiverpoolLiverpool EchoHuge mounds of plastic bottles, cans and paper are going to landfill in Liverpool because hundreds of city centre residents have no recycling facilities. A Sunday ECHO investigation has found a multitude of apartment blocks have not got a single ...

Minneapolis looks at rules for recycling demolition, construction waste

Minneapolis Star TribuneMinneapolis looks at rules for recycling demolition, construction wasteMinneapolis Star TribuneState pollution regulators estimate that construction sites in Minnesota generate roughly the same amount of landfill material as traditional municipal waste does every year. A burgeoning industry has sprung up in recent years to recycle or resell that ...

Elmira's recycling program shows success

Elmira Star-GazetteElmira's recycling program shows successElmira Star-GazetteUnder its recycling program, the city ordered 10,000 new 22-gallon recycling bins that are larger and more durable than the 18-gallon bins that were formerly used. The new bins were distributed throughout the city over about three weeks during the summer.

City recycling work straining other cleanup efforts

WCNCCity recycling work straining other cleanup effortsWCNCCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte's Solid Waste Services is experiencing a strain on resources and limited daily citywide services since it took over for the city's recycling contractor after that contractor failed to meet performance expectations ...

County pares down recycling in Precinct No. 4

Weatherford DemocratCounty pares down recycling in Precinct No. 4Weatherford Democrat4 County Commissioner Dusty Renfro Monday won support for his proposal to pare down county recycling services in southeast Parker County when the court voted 5-0 to stop recycling paper, cardboard, plastics and glass in his precinct, effective Nov. 1.

Opponents round on Cardiff council's Labour administration after recycling ...

WalesOnlineOpponents round on Cardiff council's Labour administration after recycling ...WalesOnlineThe Cathays councillor said: “The Welsh Government has set a target of 58% recycling by 2016. Under Labour we have seen an unravelling of all the progress that had been made. If we don't hit that 58% the Welsh Government could impose a severe fine.

'Waste free by 2040': City enters next phase in recycling ordinance

KVUE'Waste free by 2040': City enters next phase in recycling ordinanceKVUEBy Oct. 1, 2014, more commercial and multifamily properties will be required to offer recycling. Affected businesses include commercial properties larger than 50,000-square-feet and multifamily properties with more than 25 units. According to the city ...

Israeli recycling corporation: 52% of large bottles are recycled

HaaretzIsraeli recycling corporation: 52% of large bottles are recycledHaaretzThe Ela Recycling Corporation, which collects beverage containers as per the Deposit Law, reported on Sunday that this year it collected and transferred for recycling 52 percent of the large beverage containers (1.5 liters and over) sold in Israel, and ...

Cherwell glitters with recycling award success

Banbury GuardianCherwell glitters with recycling award successBanbury GuardianOver a three-week period, the campaign reached an audience of more than 160,000 people; increased year-on-year recycling rates by 11 per cent and helped to sell almost 1,500 recycling bins to provide additional capacity for residents to recycle more.

Flexible recycling in pipeline

Otago Daily TimesFlexible recycling in pipelineOtago Daily TimesFresh plans for an inner-city recycling service in Dunedin have been welcomed by apartment dwellers in the city's warehouse precinct. However, the Dunedin City Council - which is surveying residents and businesses about the idea - says it was already ...

Chandler vice mayor: Recycle; it'll save you money

Arizona RepublicChandler vice mayor: Recycle; it'll save you moneyArizona RepublicThis past year, as a result of Chandler's curbside collection and Recycling-Solid Waste Collection Center activity, nearly 42.5 million pounds of materials were recycled. The monies earned for recyclable materials along with the elimination of the fee ...

Recycling at all time high in Winnipeg

Globalnews.caRecycling at all time high in WinnipegGlobalnews.caEmterra's facility on Henry Avenue saw so much recycling materials that workers weren't able to sort the products the most effectively. That meant the amount of money the city was able to get for selling recyclables wasn't as high as it could have been.

3D printing, recycling and will.i.am unite in the Ekocycle Cube

The Guardian3D printing, recycling and will.i.am unite in the Ekocycle CubeThe GuardianThe entertainer says he conceived of developing a simple-to-operate 3D printer that would use recycled materials after playing to an arena of 200,00 fans in Brazil, when he surveyed the mounds of garbage and discarded plastic bottles left behind.

Recoleo professionalizes vegetable oil recycling in Brazil

ForbesRecoleo professionalizes vegetable oil recycling in BrazilForbesThe business of recycling oil in Brazil is not new—Recoleo has eight competitors in its home market of Minas Gerais alone. But it is the fastest growing company of its kind because it has invested in improving the image of its oil collectors ...

Are you the last Houstonian to get recycling?

Chron.com (blog)Are you the last Houstonian to get recycling?Chron.com (blog)Roughly 70 percent of homes get so-called “single-stream” recycling service today (the big green bins), which allows residents to throw all recyclables into the cart for biweekly collection. Another 5 percent of homes have small green tubs that do not ...

City to reach all homes with curbside recycling

Houston ChronicleCity to reach all homes with curbside recyclingHouston ChronicleThat program would offer a wholesale change to Houston's recycling system, allowing residents to mix waste and recyclables - and perhaps even food and yard waste - together in the same bin to be sorted automatically at a first-of-its-kind facility ...

Sioux City's Recycling Program Growing Strong But Slow

Siouxland MattersSioux City's Recycling Program Growing Strong But SlowSiouxland MattersReduce, reuse, recycle. We all know the saying. Sioux City's been offering its free residential recycling program for more than five years now. But still, the number of folks filling up and setting out those little green bins remains low. But not as ...

An insider's guide to recycling plastic

The GuardianAn insider's guide to recycling plasticThe GuardianA recent Earth911/ISRI opinion poll on plastics recycling indicates that many of us are confused; about how much food contamination is acceptable (37%), which types of plastic are accepted by our local curbside recycling programs (28%), where to ...

Recycling Used Electronic Devices is Heavy Job

State College NewsRecycling Used Electronic Devices is Heavy JobState College NewsRecycling those old broken down computers, TVs and other electronic devices has turned into a big job, ever since a 2012 law made it mandatory. In case you didn't know, it's illegal to throw “covered” electronic equipment in the garbage. If you have ...