Santa Fe, N.M. will make the switch to single-stream collection and processing with the help of a $125,000 grant from The Recycling Partnership. That sum will accompany other funding sources for the estimated $3.5 million cart rollout.
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The Spanish word perdido translates to “lost,” so it’s fitting an advanced materials recovery facility has been built adjacent to Florida’s Perdido Landfill. The MRF is working to help the local community hold onto valuable commodities.
When Chad Hurley helped found YouTube in 2005, he likely had no idea the video-sharing website would later help his hometown tell the world about its new materials recovery facility.
If one’s man’s trash is another man’s treasure, then Athens Services’ MRF is the other man.
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Many municipalities struggle to find downstream uses for recovered glass, but one study offers a bit of hope for a modest new end market.
Laura Phillips, Walmart’s vice president of corporate affairs and sustainability, speaks at the company’s recent sustainability summit.
The world’s largest retailer has identified packaging recyclability as a key component of Project Gigaton, its recently announced effort to reduce greenhouse gases in its supply chain.
