Recycling and Processing
Arizona Landfills Agree to Fines
Two Arizona landfills owned by Republic Services have agreed to pay fines totaling $58,000 as part of a consent judgment. ...
Georgia Recycling Coalition Diverts 50,000 Pairs of Shoes from Landfills
The coalition has placed more than 200 shoe-recycling bins located throughout the state. ...
Keep America Beautiful Awards Grants to Affiliates
The grants will “support a variety of environmental programs, including increasing awareness of the need to recycle beverage containers. ...
Texans Recycle More Than 12 Million Pounds of E-Waste in 2009
Texas law requires electronics manufacturers to offer recycling services to their customers free of charge. ...
Ohio DNR Seeking Applications for 2010 Tire Amnesty Grant Program
The grants are awarded to local governments, businesses, schools and other organizations to design and host scrap tire collection events. ...
Hollywood, Fla., Implements RecycleBank Program
Earlier this month, approximately 32,000 city households received 95-gallon recycling carts for the program. ...
Coca-Cola, KAB to Offer Recycling Bin Grant Program
Grant recipients will receive both recycling bins and consulting from KAB on how to set up recycling programs. ...
Republic Becomes “Official Recycling Partner” of Houston Rockets
Republic will provide waste and recycling services to Toyota Center, which is the arena in which the team plays. ...
Phoenix Expands RecycleBank Program
The city of Phoenix has expanded its RecycleBank program by 30,000 households. ...
Covanta Encourages Recycling of Mercury-Containing Devices
Covanta Energy and the city and county of Honolulu are asking Oahu residents to recycle mercury-containing thermometers and medical devices. ...
1-800-GOT-JUNK Posts High Landfill Diversion Rate
An audit of 1-800-GOT-JUNK revealed a landfill diversion rate of 61.3 percent. ...
Milwaukee Wins Can Recycling Contest
The contest is sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis and Keep America Beautiful. ...
Advanced Disposal Purchases Sumrall Recycling
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ...
Agromin Recycles More Than 365,000 Tons of Yard Waste in ‘09
That amount is a 21 percent increase from 2008. ...
1-800-GOT-JUNK? Customers Now Offered RecycleBank Services
Starting today, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? customers in more than 150 New Jersey and Delaware communities can earn RecycleBank points. ...
Precision Recycling Opens Glass Recycling Plant in Virginia
The facility will have the capacity to recycle 50,000 tons of glass each year. ...
Hilex Poly Expands Bag Recycling Site in Indiana
The expansion will double the facility’s processing capacity and will add 21 jobs. ...
ISRI Accepting Entries for its Design for Recycling Award
The deadline for submissions is March 2. ...
Schwarzenegger Appoints Acting Director of CalRecycle
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Margo Reid Brown to be the chief deputy director and acting director CalRecycle. ...
Waste Management Buys City Wide Recycling
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
AbitibiBowater Sells Three MRFs to Waste Management
The purchase price was $12 million. ...
Florida DEP Releases Plan for 75 Percent Recycling Rate
The department was required by the state Energy, Climate Change and Economic Security Act of 2008....
EPA Strengthens Haz Waste Shipping Regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revised the regulations governing the movement of hazardous waste for recycling between the United States and other countries. ...
Shopping Spree
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Waste Management kicks off new year by purchasing two firms and three MRFs....
Thinking Big
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Florida considers how to reach ambitious recycling goal....
