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Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

The Technology Conservation Group Joins TERRA’s “Done with IT” Mail-In Electronics Recycling Program

The Technology Conservation Group (TCG) has joined TERRA’s Done with IT program to provide simple and safe electronics recycling options for businesses and individuals from their two Certified R2 facilities in Florida and Kentucky. TCG operates a total of five Certified recycling facilities in the U.S. and Mexico. TERRA is the largest network of e-Stewards and R2 […]

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

Capital Waste Prioritizes Charleston Market with Priority-1 Waste Acquisition

Capital Waste Services, LLC, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, announced the acquisition of Priority-1 Waste, LLC, a roll-off collection company serving industrial and construction and demolition waste customers in the Charleston market. Priority-1 Waste represents Capital Waste’s second add-on acquisition and Kinderhook’s 48th environmental services transaction since inception. “Priority-1 Waste allows us to […]

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Research Points to Strategies for Recycling of Solar Panels

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have conducted the first global assessment into the most promising approaches to end-of-life management for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. PV modules have a 30-year lifespan. There is currently no plan for how to manage this at end of their lifespan. The volume of modules no longer needed […]

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

EPA at 50: Transforming and Revitalizing Communities by Cleaning Up Brownfields

As part of the U.S. EPA’s 50th anniversary commemoration, EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management is highlighting the agency’s Brownfields program and successes in revitalizing underserved and economically disadvantaged communities. Over the past three years alone, EPA has assessed 6,572 properties, completed cleanups at 638 properties, and made 2,900 properties ready for anticipated reuse. Over this […]

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

SWANA Renews Affinity Program Relationship with Re-TRAC Connect

SWANA has renewed its agreement with Re-TRAC Connect™ as a participant in SWANA’s Affinity Program. With the renewed and expanded relationship, more services, such as the Municipal Measurement Program™, are also being made available to SWANA Members. “SWANA is pleased to renew and expand its relationship with Re-TRAC Connect,” stated David Biderman, SWANA’s Executive Director […]

Collection/Transfer — July 13, 2020

Newsletter Headline — July 13, 2020

Industry Experts Unite to Define PET Thermoform Packaging Recycling Pathways

The Foodservice Packaging Institute has organized a group of industry partners to examine recycling of PET thermoform packaging. The group is conducting a study to further understand the PET thermoform packaging recycling stream and define the most cost-effective and practical pathways for recovering it. Through the study, the group hopes to establish a common understanding […]

Newsletter Headline — July 13, 2020

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