Saturday, February 7, 2015

Angler Stops Catching Fish and Starts Recycling Them—Into Clothes

TakePartAngler Stops Catching Fish and Starts Recycling Them—Into ClothesTakePartKasberg's plan is to reuse and recycle discarded fish skins and turn them into leather—just like cow hides. Kasberg sees potential for fish-skin wallets, belts and more. Swatches of Tidal Vision's salmon skin wallets show what the company's recycled ...

Friday, February 6, 2015

Single stream recycling good way forward for Cove

The Killeen Daily HeraldSingle stream recycling good way forward for CoveThe Killeen Daily HeraldThe dangers involved in crushing the glass, such as the dust produced, also keeps most places from recycling it, Rhoads added. The only other thing that single stream can't recycle is plastic bags, because they will get caught up in the recycling ...

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Oakville school honoured for recycling efforts for fourth straight year

InsideHalton.comOakville school honoured for recycling efforts for fourth straight yearInsideHalton.comOur Lady of Peace has been recognized by the Recycling Council of Ontario for the fourth year in a row for its efforts in the Waste-Free Lunch Challenge. Members of the school's eco club (from left) Elissa Kingsburg Sydney Cochrane, Nicolas Geissler ...

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Resident's anger at 'unbelievably' rigid recycling centre permits

Hemel GazetteResident's anger at 'unbelievably' rigid recycling centre permitsHemel Gazette“We appreciate it will take time for everyone to get used to these changes, but our aim is to ensure that your local recycling centre is used correctly and not to fall victim to trade or commercial waste dumping, which ultimately is of the cost of the ...

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Residents want to end Phoenix apartment recycling ban

azcentral.comResidents want to end Phoenix apartment recycling banazcentral.comLike many Phoenix residents who live in an apartment complex, Ory doesn't have recycling bins. An ordinance passed decades ago prohibits the city from picking up recycling at most multifamily residential or commercial buildings, and her landlord doesn ...

College Park City Council to discuss changing code to require recycling

Diamondback OnlineCollege Park City Council to discuss changing code to require recyclingDiamondback Online“When we put our trash out on Tuesday, I drove up and down the street, and about 10 percent of the people had their green trashcans out, but no recycling bin,” Balachandran said. “There needs to be ways for people to start thinking about waste in ...

Monday, February 2, 2015

Letter: Tell Kwik Trip you value recycling

Wausau Daily HeraldLetter: Tell Kwik Trip you value recyclingWausau Daily HeraldShe said they have recycling containers for customer use at more than 100 of their stores, and they place them at all of their new stores as they are built. In addition, they are currently in the process of adding recycling containers at more of their ...