The U.S. arm of the British medical giant recently launched an inhaler recycling program to combat the ever-increasing problem of inhalers winding up in landfills. Continue reading
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August 18, 2012
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Recycling Plant Fire Unnerves a New York Town
A lack of readily accessible information about whether the fire spread contaminants raises concerns among residents of a Columbia County town. Continue reading
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How to Choose the Right Composting System for You
The EPA estimates that 27 percent of the American waste stream is organic material that can be composted. We all want to help cut that number down to size, but to a beginner, composting can seem downright intimidating. Potential composters are faced with a myriad of challenges, from limited space to lack of free time. [...] Continue reading
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After the Gas Rush (Part 2)
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
The natural gas industry uses millions of gallons of fresh water for its hydraulic fracturing process, water that becomes contaminated with a witches brew of as… Continue reading
September 23, 2011
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‘Recycling is No Joke’ Video Contest Launches
Q. Did you hear the one about the aluminium recycling plant? A. It smelt! Think you have a better recycling joke than this? If you film it and upload it to the America Recycles Day YouTube page, you can have a chance to win $1,000. National…
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Inside GE’s Unbelievable Recycling Plant
When you buy a refrigerator, technicians usually come to your home, install the new appliance and haul the old one away – supposedly for recycling. But have you ever wondered where your appliances really go? About 40 percent of the refrigerators, stoves and other appliances collected by retailers each year are resold to other customers [...] Continue reading
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Coke Reopens Plastic Bottle Recycling Plant
After shutting down in March and laying off workers, Coca-Cola’s bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in Spartanburg, S.C., will reopen this week, according to PlasticsNews.com. The $50 million facility opened in 2009 with plans of becoming the…
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PET recycling start-up planned for California
United States | CarbonLITE Industries LLC, the recycling arm of plastics manufacturer HPC Industries, is planning to open a 220 000-square-foot bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant at Riverside in California in mid-2011. Continue reading
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ZincOx in financing talks for Korean recycling plant
United Kingdom | Zinc mining and recycling specialist ZincOx has begun discussions aimed at securing financing and engineering services for the Korea Recycling Plant (KRP) project for treating electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) – a by-product from steel … Continue reading
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