Utility and sustainability intersect at Green Machine Cycles, which opened in late September in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood. With a focus on cargo bikes and accessories for everyday use, owner Ezra Hozinsky also aims to reduce the ...
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Bioplastics are emerging as viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. This quiet revolution goes well beyond the standard drivers for sustainably sourced and/or compostable materials. I attended the 2013 BioPlastek conference in San ...
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Current levels of clothing and textile recycling has among the highest levels of impact on reducing greenhouse gasses according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In its report entitled: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, ...
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SHABEER Jhetam is a passionate advocate of recycling. The CEO of The Glass Recycling Company talks to Margaret Harris about reducing our carbon footprint and creating jobs What does your job involve? Take me through your typical work day, ...
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Volunteers Needed for Glass Recycling Event Saturday CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - Saturday is glass recycling day, and the City of Corpus Christi is asking residents to bring in glass to the Padre Island Property Association building on ...
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Republic Services, a US-based provider of solid waste and recycling solutions, has unveiled its new materials recycling facility at Fort Worth in North Texas. The 90,000ft2 facility can collect and process over 500t of mixed recyclables ...
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Are beer drinkers more environmentally conscious than wine drinkers? Not to whine about wine, but the recycling rate for wine bottles is 34 percent nationwide versus 41 percent for beer and soda bottles, according to the Glass Packaging ...
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Lochhead believes schemes which offer people in Scotland an incentive for recycling drink containers could help tackle Scotland's litter problem. 'Recycle and Reward' In Scotland, eight different 'Recycle and Reward' schemes have been ...
SIOUX CITY | Roger Rozell, of Sioux City, spent Monday sorting bottle after bottle in the redemption center at Laurence's Super Market. Green bottles in one area. Empty beer bottles in cartons. Entire grocery carts filled with open wine ...
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The call was made at a parliamentary reception last week hosted by Plastics 2020, the industry umbrella group run by the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe. The plastics ...
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SIOUX CITY | City officials are considering ending curbside glass recycling and encouraging people to cash in bottles for refunds instead. They said decline in the value of glass has made processing it impractical without passing higher ...
Waste management company Eco Baltia has opened a new €5.3m recycled PET production plant in Jelgava, Latvia. The new 8,500tpa plant has been established through the company's recycling subsidiary Eko Baltija, plasticsnews.com ...
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PARKERSBURG - In recent months several West Virginia counties have reconsidered or changed their glass recycling programs, but Parkersburg officials say they will continue to accept glass recyclables locally. Parkersburg Mayor Bob Newell ...
As environment ministers await the final economic analysis on a national container deposit system(CDS), a recently released study has confirmed significant savings for local councils.* “Some members of the beverage and packaging ...
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The challenge was to engage and enlighten the consumer that folding cartons such as cereal boxes belong in the recycling bin along with newspapers and other recyclables. RecycleStrip does precisely that. The strip stands out on the shelves ...
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