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Hello Members, How are you all doing? I hope that you all are having a great day. The question is when you recycle do you break your recyclable down to the type of items?Recycling
Hello, How are you all doing? I hope that you all are having a great day. I know that this is not as difficult as it looks, but it is very important that it is started.New Jersey: Carpet recycling gains traction in region
Found this in the Press of Atlantic City. It's an idea that should have come up years ago.... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/150003.html Carpet recycling gains traction in region By MICHELLE J.New Jersey: Recycling innovation could spell end of 'separation anxiety'
Found this on the Press of Atlantic City: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/190/story/146106.html Recycling innovation could spell end of 'separation anxiety' By DAVID PORTER Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Across the state, usually on Mondays and Thursdays, a form of separation anxiety grips New Jerseyans - as in, which recycling bin does that egg carton go in? And what do I do with that plastic deli container? One of the banes of the homeowner's weekly routine may soon start to ease with the advent of single-stream recycling, which doesn't require recyclables to be separated before they reach the processing plant.Why recycling really matters - Ride-along traces trash's path from rubbish to resurrection
Why recycling really matters
Ride-along traces trash's path from rubbish to resurrection
By Elana Ashanti Jefferson
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 04/24/2008 03:51:09 AM MDT
"I definitely see the volume coming into our plants growing," says Bill Cira, Colorado district manager for Waste Management/ Recycle America. Cira oversees several recycling processing facilities like this one on Franklin Street in Denver.(Elana Ashanti)
You can tell a lot about a neighborhood by what ends up in its recycling bins.
Wine bottles and newspapers?
How to rid yourself of stuff that can't go in the recycling bin
ReadyMade magazine A Flash In The Can How to rid yourself of stuff that can't go in the recycling bin by Jennifer Boulden and Heather Stephenson photo credit: Alex Farnum Anyone who’s ever moved from a larger place into a smaller one knows how difficult it can be to jettison unwanted stuff in an environmentally friendly way—especially when it’s bulky, of unknown origin, or the type of thing that requires wearing a Hazmat suit to recycle. Seeking answers, ReadyMade enlisted the help of Ideal Bite, a daily email newsletter devoted to “light-green living,” to create a crib sheet for those with the urge to purge. Downsizers, don’t leave home without it.S.F. OKs toughest recycling law in U.S.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/10/MN09183NV8.DTL ((I took out some local, political details, and composting tips )) Throwing orange peels, coffee grounds and grease-stained pizza boxes in the trash will be against the law in San Francisco, and could even lead to a fine. The Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 Tuesday to approve Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposal for the most comprehensive mandatory composting and recycling law in the country. It's an aggressive push to cut greenhouse gas emissions and have the city sending nothing to landfills or incinerators by 2020.San Francisco: A City Committed to Recycling Is Ready for More
Found this on the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/us/07garbage.html?th&emc=th A City Committed to Recycling Is Ready for More By FELICITY BARRINGER Published: May 7, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Gavin Newsom is competitive about many things, garbage included. When the city found out a few weeks ago that it was keeping 70 percent of its disposable waste out of local landfills, he embraced the statistic the way other mayors embrace winning sports teams, improved test scores or declining crime rates. The San Francisco Recycling Center processes about 750 tons of recyclables a day, and Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to add to that total.Apple offers recycling programs in store and with online purchases!
Apple is offering recycling programs for computers, iPods and cellphones. For CPU recycling: http://www.apple.com/environment/recycling/program/index.html For iPod recycling: http://www.apple.com/environment/recycling/ipodrecycling/ For cell phone recycling: http://www.apple.com/environment/recycling/ipodrecycling/Reconnect: Give your old, unwanted technology new life through recycling
RECONNECT is a comprehensive electronics recovery, reuse and environmentally responsible recycling opportunity for for consumers in participating communities. RECONNECT offers FREE drop-off recycling and reuse options for unwanted electronics. It's about working together.
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