Innovators in the resin realm often get a bad rap for prioritizing functionality over recyclability. But according to one bioplastics executive, end-of-life is still top-of-mind for many companies developing cutting-edge materials.
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Innovators in the resin realm often get a bad rap for prioritizing functionality over recyclability. But according to one bioplastics executive, end-of-life is still top-of-mind for many companies developing cutting-edge materials.
An e-scrap recycling program in West Virginia gets support, and deadlines are approaching for those interested in federal funding for waste reduction.
New York City has begun e-scrap collection at a handful of apartment buildings in the five boroughs.
New York City has launched a new e-scrap collection program for multi-family residential buildings.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg earlier this week announced a plan to bring food composting to a bigger swath of city residents, a push that is the latest in a cluster of recycling initiatives put forth by Bloomberg during his final year in office. It also places America’s most populous city in the middle of the nation’s ongoing expansion of composting.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday announced a large-scale change to the Big Apple’s recycling program, adding mixed rigid plastics to its curbside recycling collection.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is telling New York City residents to “Recycle Everything,” in an attempt to jump-start recovery rates in the Big Apple in his last year in office.
New York’s City Council voted overwhelmingly to expand the city’s organic waste collection program, paving the way for outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg to further reshape the city’s waste collection services.
New York City’s initiatives to improve residential recycling have made plenty of headlines of late, but a recent report is urging Big Apple leaders to focus more on the commercial sector.
New York City’s commercial sector generates more waste and has a lower diversion rate than previously thought, according to an advocacy group that used Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain previously undisclosed government documents.