About
Shawn Wright
Prior to joining Waste & Recycling News in May 2011, I interned with Crain's Detroit Business for a year, covering small business, health care, and other subjects. Before that, I was an intern at Automotive News and a sports stringer for the Detroit News, where I first got my start in journalism more than four years ago.
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Buckeyes prove zero waste a trend with third-straight home game over 90%
The Ohio State University always looks forward to the final football game of the season when it plays longtime (and hated) rival the University of Michigan.
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Happy America Recycles Day!
All right, fellow recyclers, it's finally Nov. 15. We all know what that means, right? It's America Recycles Day!
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Hang on, Sloopy, Ohio Stadium achieves zero waste
Never let anyone tell you something can't be done. Ohio State University achieved its goal of going zero waste at its Ohio Stadium – diverting a record 98.2% of its total generated waste from the landfill during a Nov. 3 matchup against the University of Illinois. Total attendance was 105,311.
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Group won't have 'Fifty Shades' book-burning, to recycle them
A United Kingdom group forgoes burning best-selling novels after criticism from recycling advocates.
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Mexico City residents trade recyclables for food
Mexico City creates incentive-based recycling program, offering food for recyclables. Full Story »
Oppan Recycling Style
Let's see if this thing can go viral, too
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California town seeks recycling crime fighter
Concord Police Department places ad on Craigslist for a 'recycling theft prevention specialist' Full Story »
Recycling in the Paleolithic Age
Recycling: So easy a caveman can do it - and it looks like he did
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Edible coffee cup?
Hey, coffee lovers, now you can have your cup and eat it, too.
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GM donates fabric scraps for homeless project
John Bradburn continues to find new and innovative ways to divert General Motors Co.'s waste.
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5 small packs of batteries, 1 big box
Staples packing department drops the ball after sending five packs of AAA batteries in an oversized cardboard box..
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Dixon Ticonderoga draws up a recycling coup
Manufacturer jumps into marker recycling after Crayola says it couldn't be done
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