Posts Tagged ‘Recycling’

Citizen Information Meeting on I-81 In-Place Pavement Recycling Project
The Virginia Department of Transportation will host a citizen information meeting regarding the Interstate 81 In-Place Pavement Recycling Project that will take place on the Interstate 81 southbound lanes between exit 217 at Mint Spring and Exit 213 at Greenville in Augusta County.
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Private firm takes cut of profits from Cumbria’s charity clothes banks
A private company that runs Cumbria’s 14 household-waste recycling centres has admitted it is pocketing a slice of profits from charity clothing banks.
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New Jersey seeing multitude of benefits from recycling
When former Gov. Thomas Kean signed New Jersey’s recycling law in 1987, then-state Sen. – 4:54 pm
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by Urban Woodswalker

Learning the three R’s of recycling
Reading, writing and arithmetic move over. The new three R’s — reduce, reuse and recycle — took over as students from the Pennfield Middle School EnAct club showed some fourth-graders at Hatfield Elementary the ABCs of recycling.
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New Jersey seeing multitude of benefits from recycling
When former Gov. Thomas Kean signed New Jersey’s recycling law in 1987, then-state Sen. – 4:54 pm
Read more on Daily Record

Citizen Information Meeting on I-81 In-Place Pavement Recycling Project
The Virginia Department of Transportation will host a citizen information meeting regarding the Interstate 81 In-Place Pavement Recycling Project that will take place on the Interstate 81 southbound lanes between exit 217 at Mint Spring and Exit 213 at Greenville in Augusta County.
Read more on WHSV Harrisonburg

County man pioneers recycling in Nicaragua
A Santa Cruz County man is working as a sort of ecological pioneer in the Central American country of Nicaragua.
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Electronic recycling event slated April 25, 26
The Carbon County Department of Solid Waste has announced that it will hold its spring 2011 electronic recycling event on April 25 and 26 at the Lower Towamensing Township building.
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Sheboygan faces tough recycling decisions if state subsidy disappears
Even if Gov. Scott Walkers plan to end state recycling payments to municipalities under his proposed budget, Sheboygan likely would continue to run its citywide recycling program.
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Garbage and recycling report says get rid of autobins
The City of Winnipeg should trash the autobin garbage pick-up system, use wheeled carts for recycling and develop a “re-use” center where someone’s garbage can become someone else’s treasure.
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by Canton Public Library (MI)

Town saves 6,000 in recycling pact
LYNDHURST – The township has awarded a $ 781,695 contract to a Jersey City garbage hauler for curbside recycling pickup service.
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Electronic recycling event slated April 25, 26
The Carbon County Department of Solid Waste has announced that it will hold its spring 2011 electronic recycling event on April 25 and 26 at the Lower Towamensing Township building.
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Drop-off recycling held monthly
The public works yard, located at 122 Carteret St., accepts electronics recycling on the second Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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DuBos: Time to sign up for curbside recycling
This week, Clancy talks about the city’s latest step on the long road to recovery. Clancy DuBos / Eyewitness Political Analyst The city of New Orleans took another big step toward full recovery from Hurricane Katrina this week. On Monday, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced that citywide, curbside recycling will resume in the coming weeks. To those of us who believe in recycling, this is huge. For …
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Frugal tips from readers: I’m so clever
The winner: Instead of recycling the Charlotte Observer in the conventional way, I have my own recycling system. I save the papers from the winter and then use them in my garden in the spring.
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City holding open houses for residents to speak up about garbage and recycling
The city has scheduled 10 open houses this month for Winnipeggers to share their thoughts on garbage and recycling.
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DIY Fake Recycling Box Makes Your Car Less Susceptible To Break-Ins
The best way to make your car less tempting to would-be thieves is to avoid storing your valuables in it. If you absolutely have to, though, this little DIY trick will help you hide them in plain sight. (more…)
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San Joaquin County Office of Education’s Special Education Programs’ Team Up to Clean Up wins recycling challenge
San Joaquin County Office of Education’s Special Education Programs’ Team Up to Clean Up’s hard work paid off. The group won Grand Champion for recycling 97.57 percent of its waste.
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Gas Drillers Recycle Wastewater, but Risks Remain
Some recycling methods by natural-gas drillers can leave behind salts and sludge concentrated with radioactive material, which can be dangerous if it gets into waterways.
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Recycling goes on without Dundee
Second Nature Public Recycling will place and maintain recycling bins throughout Omaha, despite the Dundee neighborhood’s decision to not participate.
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Indian entrepreneur turns pachyderm poop into paper
A struggling maker of handmade paper finds success by recycling elephant dung. He plans to move his workshop to provide jobs to village women. A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. Sometimes that step leaves a little something on your shoe.
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Gwinnett recycling day Saturday in Lawrenceville
Gwinnett recycling day Saturday in Lawrenceville
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Love you planet: RECYCLE, REDUCE, REUSE
Recycle. Reduce. Reuse. The three key factors for sustainable living and farming.
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County’s recycling center expands
County’s recycling center expands – Beginning March 1, the El Paso County Househ
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Trash to treasure
Mt. Pleasant City Carton Recycling donated the Mt. Pleasant Music Boosters with a check for $ 2,503. The funds were raised from residential recyclables dropped off at the City Carton site throughout the months of November and December in what facility manager Kevin Bumgarner hopes will become an annual recycling drive. During the drive, City Carton saw an overall 11 percent increase at the drop …
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IRS raids Camp Washington recycling facility
The IRS is serving search warrants at a Camp Washington recycling facility Thursday morning.
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Waterford to start using new recycling containers March 7
The Public Works Department is reminding residents that it will begin collecting recycling in the new 96-gallon containers on March 7.
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ACRL 2011 joins soap recycling partnership with “Clean the World”
CHICAGO – During the Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) conference taking place in Philadelphia March 30 – April 2, the association has partnered with Clean the World and the Philadelphia Marriott in a social responsibilities recycling program to aid the Cholera outbreak in Haiti.
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Oregon is first state with paint recycling fee
I recently bought some latex paint. I noticed on the receipt that the store was charging a fee of 75 cents per gallon in addition to the price of each gallon. Is this like our bottle recycling? If so, where do we take the can and get the money back? If not, is it just a new hidden tax for taxpayers? What is the money for?
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