The solid waste supervisor at the Asotin County Regional Landfill says recycling plastics is costing the county about $8,000 a year and is not worth the effort. Stephen L. Becker, who oversees the program, has asked the Asotin County ...
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USAgain, a for-profit textile recycling company, announced that it diverted nearly 58 million pounds of unwanted clothing and shoes last year that would have otherwise been thrown into the trash and ultimately buried in landfills. In ...
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November 15th is America Recycles Day, a national event started by the Keep America Beautiful organization, in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and various state agencies and manufacturers. Of course, recycling has to ...
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Horsehead Holding Corp ZINC a holding company of Horsehead Corporation, INMETCO and Zochem Inc, declared that Horsehead Corporation signed an amendment to the Shell Chemical LP's Option & Purchase Agreement. The company said that the ...
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Energy.gov reported that senior Advisor in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Mr Gil Sperling joined local officials and company representatives for the ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of the ArcelorMittal steel ...
ArcelorMittal unveiled a new energy recovery and reuse boiler at its East Chicago facility on Monday which recycles waste gas generated through the ironmaking process and uses it to generate electricity to help power the plant. The US ...
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Cornwall County Council has voted in support of an IT outsourcing and telehealth partnership with BT after rejecting a controversial plan to privatise a much broader range of council services. After councillors threw out their executive's ...
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e-Waste, LLC, an end-of-life technology waste management company located in Hudson, Ohio, has been selected by the Ohio Schools Council (OSC) to be the premier electronics recycling and data eradication company to represent a consortium of ...
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Apple's share price on Friday closed at an all-time high, climbing nearly $12 to just over $648 a share, a number that sets the value of the firm at more than $600 billion. Most experts attributed Apple's recent surge to investors' ...
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This year on America Recycles Day, it's time to add textile recycling like clothing, shoes and household goods to the list of things celebrated and discussed. America Recycles Day, November 15, 2012, is the only nationally recognized day ...
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The Laptop Guy announces its upcoming summer Groupon Daily Deal offering savings on iPod, iPhone, iPad, and laptop screen repairs starting June 24th, with a special preview day on Saturday, June 23, 2012. Just in time for summer, Groupon ...
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated a better way to use photosynthesis to produce ethylene, a breakthrough that could change the way materials, chemicals, and ...
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The American Beverage Association is honoring America Recycles Day by supporting a pilot project called "Recycle on the Go" in Palm Beach County, Florida, to increase the amount of recycled cans and bottles and decrease the amount of ...
Tags: Beverage Industry, Public Space Recycling, Space Recycling
Cities across the United States are lighting their Christmas Trees, and this season they are more energy-efficient than ever. Check out the nation's biggest, most energy-efficient holiday trees below, and read our energy-efficient holiday ...
Tags: NYC, DC, LA, Houston, LED Christmas trees
Wavien,Inc.has released the Turbo Recycling Reflector(TRR™)for variable color spot light applications in the entertainment industry. This unique optical component allows increase in brightness for each of the LEDs with different ...
Tags: LED, Wavien, Inc., entertainment industry