NYCHA announces new recycling plan

Capital New YorkNYCHA announces new recycling planCapital New YorkThe New York City Housing Authority will begin to phase in a recycling program, authority and sanitation officials announced at a press conference in the Sheepshead Bay Houses in Brooklyn on Friday. NYCHA will begin installing recycling bins in all of ...and more »

How The Unprofitability Of Recycling Affects Everyone

Patch.comHow The Unprofitability Of Recycling Affects Everyonewaste360Benzinga chimes in with the latest report on how the high costs associated with recycling are making it difficult for waste and recycling firms to offer the service. The issue was the subject of a recent webinar and is something the National Waste ...Are There Any Changes to How Trash and Recycling Should be Placed ...Patch.comMarkets - Weekly Prices Update - 30 May 2015Materials Recycling Worldall 4 news articles »

Why Starbucks doesn't recycle cups

Business InsiderWhy Starbucks doesn't recycle cupsBusiness InsiderStarbucks can't provide enough cups to justify the costly recycling process. A pilot program in 2010 collected three tons of cups from 170 Toronto stores. But that was only a tiny fraction of the 51.5 million tons of recyclable paper products collected ...

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FoodProductionDaily.comPost-consumer PET recycling processes evaluatedFoodProductionDaily.comAccording to the applicant, the recycled PET is intended to be used up to 90% in mixtures with virgin PET in the manufacture of thermoformed trays and containers for contact with foodstuffs, except packaged water, for long-term storage at room ...

City to shed light on recycling enforcement

Toronto SunCity to shed light on recycling enforcementToronto SunAre Toronto residents actually recycling and using their green bins? The public works committee wants to know. Councillor Janet Davis got the works committee Thursday to ask for a report from waste management staff on the city's current enforcement ...If your neighbor got a blue recycling bin and you didn't, don't worry, it'll ...SaintPetersBlog (blog)all 3 news articles »

Springfield to residents: Keep contaminants out of recycling containers

MassLive.comSpringfield to residents: Keep contaminants out of recycling containersMassLive.comPublic Works employees are stepping up efforts to look for contaminants in the household recycling barrels, and will not pick up a barrel if deemed contaminated, Superneau said. In each case, an orange sticker will be placed on the barrel, notifying ...

Decline in St. John's curbside recycling prompts awareness campaign

CBC.caDecline in St. John's curbside recycling prompts awareness campaignCBC.caThe City of St. John's has started a year-long campaign to get people back into the habit of recycling, after noticing a decline in the amount of people bringing blue bags to the curb. "Over the past year we have noted a marked decline in curbside ...