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 ...