Residential Recycling
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Recycling surveys offer some surprising results
All the media hyperbole around being environmentally conscious might lead one to believe that everyone participates in recycling. Full Story »
Waste Management receives approval to build MRF in Shawnee County, Kansas
Waste Management Inc. has been given the green light to build a material recovery facility in Shawnee County, Kan. Full Story »
New Jersey residents recycling less than they did in mid-1990s
Despite being the first U.S. state to require residents to recycle, New Jerseyans are recycling less of their waste than they did in the mid-1990s. Full Story »
Bulk Handling Systems to build four material recovery facilities in U.K.
Bulk Handling Systems will design, manufacture and install four material recovery facilities in the United Kingdom. Full Story »
Alpine Waste & Recycling's Denver plant now accepting mixed-rigid plastics
Alpine Waste & Recycling is now taking mixed rigid plastics for processing at its Denver recycling plant. Full Story »
Editorial: Is there a recycling paradox?
Then-doctoral-students Jesse R. Catlin and Yitong Wang set up an interesting experiment: They sat undergrads in a room, one at a time, and told them they would be testing scissors. They gave each of them the same task of cutting out shapes. They placed a ream of paper on the table.... Full Story »
New alliance hopes to increase Buffalo's recycling rate
A new organization was officially launched yesterday to help Buffalo, N.Y., residents increase their recycling rate. Full Story »
ReCommunity inks 20-year deal to handle Delaware's recycling
ReCommunity Recycling signed a 20-year agreement with the Delaware Solid Waste Authority to handle recyclable material for the entire state. Full Story »
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, brings back curbside recycling after tornado
Curbside recycling returned this week to Tuscaloosa, Ala., more than a year after a tornado destroyed city equipment used to collect recyclables. Full Story »
A little creativity gets folks to buy into rural recycling
Teton Valley, Idaho, is like many rural areas: smaller population, close-knit community and little to no curbside recycling. Full Story »
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