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Recent Trends in Recycling and the Waste Industry 11 Feb 2013 | 01:21 am
In the USA non-hazardous solid waste is a $USD 55 Billion annual business. This ever evolving industry made up of ten thousand players spans public, private, and municipal institutions. Over the past ...
The Urgent Need to Recycle Textiles 22 Oct 2012 | 07:42 pm
The next time you clean out your closets make sure all no longer wanted clothes and household textiles get donated, gifted, or recycled. Despite all of our garage sales, accessible donation drop boxes...
Revitalizing a Recycling Program 26 May 2012 | 01:30 am
Is your recycling program suffering from a bit of malaise these days? As with many well intentioned initiatives, excitement can begin to wane with time. To make sure recycling remains top of mind for ...
Tip of the Week 26 Apr 2012 | 03:03 am
Support bottle deposit legislation and dual stream recycling in your community. Recycling glass bottles via deposit programs and dual stream systems results in 98% and 90% of the collected glass being...
Single-stream Recycling- Building Larger Landfills One Truck at a Time 23 Feb 2012 | 01:15 pm
Just last month my municipality implemented single stream recycling. Like many other local governments, my well intentioned town succumbed to the waste hauling propaganda that single-stream collection...
Recycling and our Presidential Candidates 30 Nov 2011 | 09:29 am
With the Presidential race taking up most of the news and the Iowa caucuses just about a month away, it seems appropriate to take as close a look as possible at how “Recycling Friendly” our 2012 Presi...
Tip of the Week 16 Oct 2011 | 07:04 am
Just as it is important for all of us to recycle plastics, it is also important for us to support companies that make plastic goods from recycled plastic. When purchasing a product made from plastic, ...
What if all plastics were recycled? 5 Oct 2011 | 08:51 am
Imagine a world where all plastic products were recycled. Living in a world where no plastic debris litters the roadways, nor floats in our oceans, nor sits in landfills for hundreds, if not thousands...
Tip of the Week 2 Sep 2011 | 08:11 am
When doing back to school shopping make sure to purchase environmentally conscious school supplies. Make back to school shopping a green experience. -R.G.
How Recycling is helping to make Back to School Supplies Green 12 Aug 2011 | 04:10 am
August is the month that big box stores load up on traditional school supplies. For us environmentally conscious shoppers, there are more green choices for back to school supplies than ever before. Al...
