Posts Tagged ‘Recycling’

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Mecca smell investigation leads to plant crackdown
State regulators started cracking down this week on the soil-recycling plant that’s believed to be causing a foul odor that’s sickened scores of Mecca residents.
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K offered after woman’s body found at downtown LA recycling center
A $ 50,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help police solve a murder at a downtown Los Angeles recycling center.
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Clean Harbors Recycling Center Achieves Safety Milestone
Marks 300,000 hours without a lost-time incident CHICAGO – April 5, 2011 – Clean Harbors, North America’s leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services, today announced that its Solvent Recycling Center located here has surpassed 300,000 manhours without a U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable or lost-time incident. This outstanding safety …
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Salt Shakes
Paperback Rider The newest addition to recycling blue bins—paperbacks—are probably gathering dust on a bookshelf in your home. But before you decide to chuck that book, consider donating it to a local library or retirement home. If it’s truly beyond its useful life, toss it into your blue bin.
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News briefs for April 6
The Boyle County Recycling Center will have a document destruction days 8 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Saturday at the recycling center located at 1862 South Danville By-pass. Personal and confidential documents will be shredded free for residents of Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer Counties.
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Rubbish idea
Clothes thief becomes trapped in recycling bin for four hours
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School collecting old cellphones for money
By Lisa Singleton-Rickman Staff Writer The Colbert County High School Student Council is collecting old cellphones in hopes of winning an iPad and collecting cash for its school.
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Mercury in new light bulbs not being recycled, escaping to environment
Energy-efficient bulbs replacing wasteful incandescent lights each contain up to 5 milligrams of neurotoxic chemical.
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Ask Waste Watchers: Learning how to dispose of your batteries the right way
Which types of household batteries can be safely discarded with my regular garbage, and which types of batteries should I be recycling? Thanks for the question, Brenda, and for choosing to dispose of your batteries responsibly.
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Jacksonville’s citywide cleanup day to be Saturday
Jacksonville’s annual citywide cleanup day will be Saturday.
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OCRRA to accept soft cover books for recycling
Beginning April 1, OCRRA will accept soft cover books for recycling in blue bins. They’ve always recycled phone books, but they’re now expanding the option to include other paperback volumes.
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Holliston church holds recycling fundraiser
Bring your old electronic items to Christ The King Lutheran Church, 600 Central St., Holliston, on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a recycling fundraiser.
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Students present solid waste survey findings
Most Oskaloosa residents who took a recent survey about garbage collection and recycling say they are satisfied with their waste hauler.
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Police Identify Businessman Found Shot To Death
Police Thursday released the name of a businessman who was found shot to death at his recycling plant.
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City makes history with foam extruder
GALVESTON The city’s recycling center is equipped with a machine that will turn plastic foam into a potential moneymaker.
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Good recycling months for Bluffs
COUNCIL BLUFFS — March and April are especially busy for recycling.
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Toaster recycling scheme starts
A scheme to recycle small electrical goods such as kettles and toasters is due to be rolled out in North Lincolnshire following a successful pilot.
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Kenya: Condom Recycling Highlights Gaps in HIV Prevention
Media images of men in northern Kenya washing condoms for re-use have underscored the need to improve HIV communication and close gaps in the supply of condoms in rural areas.
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Brush pile fire at Township of Derry Recycling Facility
Hershey firefighters are currently working to extinguish a brush pile fire at the Township of Derry Recycling Facility on Clearwater Road. The fire broke out about 4:30 p.m. Monday, and no injuries were reported.
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Bloomington holds open house
BLOOMINGTON —Doug Sauer of Bloomington had a “nice chat” Tuesday with City Manager David Hales about the city’s proposed $ 164 million budget.
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On the agenda: What’s going on in Boise
COMING: A SWIMMING POOL — BUT NOT YETBoise City Planning and Zoning Commission, 6 p.m.
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Brother and sister arrested on cemetery theft charges
ROBERTSDALE, Ala. — William Thomas Douglas, Jr., 49, of Silverhill and Amber Douglas Jerkins, 40, turned themselves in to the Robertsdale Police Department on Tuesday afternoon and were both booked on Theft in the First Degree charges in connection with the theft of 179 bronze flower vases from Baldwin Memorial, Pine Rest in Foley, Hale and Rock cemeteries.
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Hidden in Smoke
By: Scottie Lee Meyers The Arcata Fire Department thinks one person is responsible for starting more than 20 fires in the city of Arcata since September. Arcata has a serial arsonist and there is a $ 22,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and c…
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Bella Vista High School plans e-waste
The parking lot at Bella Vista High School, 8301 Madison Ave. in Fair Oaks, will be the site of an e
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Give those beads to Nellie Byers for recycling
As just about anybody who’s experienced Mardi Gras can agree, there’s something compelling about a parade of people throwing prizes as they pass. Even normally reserved folks can somehow find themselves scrambling for beads and other treasures, especially when the traditional soundtrack is blaring and the second line is leading the way.
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Upper Nazareth Township recycling efforts continue
The recycling committee is seeking a recycling collector and grant opportunities.
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Free debris drop-off Saturday at Fireman’s Fund
A free drop-off recycling event will be held on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fireman’s Fund parking lot at 777 San Marin Drive in Novato.
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Clean Communities grants available for non profits
WAYNE In order to keep Passaic County clean and litter free, Passaic County Office of Solid Waste and Recycling Programs announces the availability of grants to Passaic County non-profit organizations from the Clean Communities program.
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New company handling recycling in Lyndhurst
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Property Recycling – Result of Meeting
Property Recycling – Result of Meeting
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Henderson Considers Inmate Labor for Recycling
Henderson officials are considering allowing inmates to pick up recycling, and the idea has sparked a debate among residents.
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