Posts Tagged ‘Recycling’

by Adam Foster | Codefor

Bulloch recycling hits home
      With the help of a state grant and a low interest loan from the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, Bulloch County has completed a major expansion of its recycling processing facility and initiated curbside single-stream recycling in the city of Statesboro.
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Measure ups ante on state ‘e-waste’
Looking through Arkansas ’ “State of Recycling” reports dating back to 2002 shows just how far electronics recycling has come.
Read more on Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sparta postpones trash, recycling decision
SPARTA — The Township Council will wait to award a new contract for garbage and recycling services.
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Ask The Times: Recycling options
Q. As a renter in downtown Ottawa, what are my options for recycling newspapers, glass, cans or plastic? A. Newspapers, cans and plastic can be dropped off at Cimco Recycling, 1520 U.S. 6, Ottawa. The facility provides pick-up services
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Most of Seattle trash tracked to recycling centers
When MIT researchers sought volunteers willing to have their trash tagged and tracked, Jodee Fenton offered up about 10 household items including a pair of running shoes.
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by brewbooks

Ask The Times: Recycling options
Q. As a renter in downtown Ottawa, what are my options for recycling newspapers, glass, cans or plastic? A. Newspapers, cans and plastic can be dropped off at Cimco Recycling, 1520 U.S. 6, Ottawa. The facility provides pick-up services
Read more on The Ottawa Times

Most of Seattle trash tracked to recycling centers
When MIT researchers sought volunteers willing to have their trash tagged and tracked, Jodee Fenton offered up about 10 household items including a pair of running shoes.
Read more on KOMO Seattle

Cleveland: Fire rips through recycling company
A recycling business went up in flames Sunday morning, damaging the building in the 16000 block of St. Clair Avenue.
Read more on WKYC Cleveland

Solid Waste District sets Saturday for recycling
recycling at 4-H center
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Coastal Carolina taps sustainability coordinator
Coastal Carolina has named Jennifer Sellers as its campus sustainability coordinator, according to a
Read more on The Myrtle Beach Sun News

MacSolutions Plus Stores Now Accepting E-Waste for Recycling
Buffalo, NY, February 18, 2011 – Do you have old VCRs, fax machines, printers or other electronic devices collecting dust in your home Now you can recycle them for free at the Eastern Hills Mall and West Seneca locations of MacSolutions Plus, Western New Yorks leading independent Apple Specialist store.This new service comes in response to the New York State Electronic Equipment Recycling and…
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Electronics-recycling event to be held Saturday in Danville
An electronics-recycling event will be open to all Hendricks County residents Saturday. Waste Management Recycle America and LG Electronics have collaborated to offer the free dropoff event.
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by davis.jacque

Fire sparked in mulch pile
Anne Arundel County Fire Crews continued with their busy Saturday when they fought a 2+ alarm fire at a recycling plant.
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ScrapArtsMusic takes recycling to a whole new level
Transcending language, culture and age, ScrapArtsMusic excites the senses with intricate rhythms, raw energy, athletic choreography and the greenest — and most inventive — reuse of materials on stage
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Fire crews battle recycling blaze
Firefighters are at the city’s east end tonight battling a two alarm blaze in a recycling plant.
Read more on Mississauga News

Solid Waste District sets Saturday for recycling
recycling at 4-H center
Read more on Evansville Courier & Press

Rio Rancho, Sandoval County To Open Recycling Center
City and County officials expect the shared recycling facility to open by the end of April. The center will be located at the Sandoval County landfill near the intersection of Iris and Idalia in Rio Rancho. It will accept a range of items such as paper, cardboard, plastic, . . .
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Students reduce their use, slash their trash
BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Just recycling isn’t enough anymore. There is much more to helping the Earth than properly disposing of water and soda bottles. The students and teachers of Samsel Upper Elementary School recognized this and, during last week’s National Green Week, took it to the next level. read more
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Fire crews battle recycling blaze
Firefighters are at the city’s east end tonight battling a two alarm blaze in a recycling plant.
Read more on Mississauga News

New statewide program for plastic bag recycling in Texas
It’s getting easier to recycle in the state. Texas is now the third state in the country to offer “a bag’s life”, a recycling program for plastic bags across the Texas.
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Residents double recycling amounts
Canton residents have more than doubled the amount of materials they recycle since 2006, spurred by heightened education efforts and the township’s move to an easier, single-stream recycling program.
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Novato In Brief
Eco-friendly recycling event this weekend This weekend the Vintage Oaks at Novato Shopping Center is opening its parking lot between the International House of Pancakes and Chevy’s for an eco-friendly recycling event. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 12-13, any California resident or business may bring hard-to-dispose-of items to the site and dispose of them, mostly free of charge.
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Recycling bins may spread
The City Council OKs 138 bins, but the exclusion of Dundee and the Old Market has the contractor reconsidering.
Read more on Omaha World-Herald

Village Residents will be Rewarded for Recycling
Residents of the Village of East Aurora have an opportunity to take part in a new program that promotes recycling while providing participants with discount coupons for national and regional merchants. The village, in partnership with Waste Management, launched “Think Green Rewards” as of Jan. 1.
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The Art of Recycling
Recently nominated by the academy for Best Documentary Feature, Waste Land shadows a recent project of Brazilian art phenom Vik Muniz . The visual artist, known for recycling unorthodox materials in his mixed-media representations, travels to the world’s mother lode of trash…
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Bartlesville trash pickup, recycling discussed
Efforts to convert the City of Bartlesville’s sanitation collection to an automated polycart system have remained at a standstill and after a Solid Waste Implementation Committee discussion on Monday, city staff will be drafting a proposal to submit to various companies and to the city’s Public Works Department to compare costs of trash collection in-house to the cost of outsourcing.
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Recycling bins may spread
The City Council OKs 138 bins, but the exclusion of Dundee and the Old Market has the contractor reconsidering.
Read more on Omaha World-Herald