Forty-one states are awarded grants for recycling bins in public parks, and a Southwest state begins accepting applications for its $800,000 grant program.
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Forty-one states are awarded grants for recycling bins in public parks, and a Southwest state begins accepting applications for its $800,000 grant program.
An Ohio waste exchange program has been updated from a simple bulletin board system into an interactive marketplace model, which will calculate and report the environmental impact of each transaction.
An equipment upgrade at a Sherbrooke, Quebec materials recovery facility boosted the facility’s capacity from 14 tons per hour to 18 tons per hour and resulted in improved bale quality.
Construction progress on Waste Management’s Alameda County facility as of February 2017. Photo credit: CalRecycle
An organics-focused operation in California estimated to cost more than $120 million will extract recoverable material from municipal solid waste. But it’s not aimed at replacing curbside recycling and compost collection.
Over the past three years, nonprofit group The Recycling Partnership has helped deploy 400,000 recycling carts to communities across the U.S.
Together, they provide museum tours, child health and education centers and adult financial literacy classes. Continue Reading
California lawmakers have approved a bill allowing MRF operators and recycling companies to receive tax exemptions for equipment purchases. Continue Reading
An analysis of the environmental benefits of recycling and a story about redemption fraud caught readers’ attention last month.
Improving markets for recovered materials and changes in the way Waste Management measures recycling success grabbed our readers’ attention in January.
Apparel company H&M has released its sustainability report, outlining several ambitious goals, including nearly quadrupling the amount of recycled or otherwise sustainably sourced material it uses.