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Newsletter Headline — December 13, 2018

International: Ways that Plastic Can Be Environmentally Friendly

Amy Hodgetts Say the word “plastic” nowadays and people tend to assume something negative. From its perceived damage to the environment to concerns over where it ends up, plastic has become the new fossil fuels when it comes to environmental discussions. But just how bad is it really? To show you how plastics have […]

Newsletter Headline — December 13, 2018

Compost/Organic Recycling — December 13, 2018

Freestate Farms Breaks Ground at County Compost Facility in Virginia

On Tuesday, December 11, Freestate Farms LLC, an organic waste recycling company based in Northern Virginia, broke ground to begin construction of its new advanced aerobic composting system at the Prince William County Balls Ford Road Composting Facility in Manassas. Colesvile District Supervisor Martin E. Nohe (Prince William County Board), County Executive Christopher E. Martino, […]

Compost/Organic Recycling — December 13, 2018

News and Press — December 13, 2018

Metro Cancels Food Scraps Processor Procurement, Seeks Alternatives

Food is the single largest portion of the greater Portland area’s garbage. Almost 20 percent of what the region throws in the trash is food. Metro recently canceled the procurement of a processing technology for food scraps from greater Portland area businesses after it could not reach agreement with the proposed provider of that technology. […]

News and Press — December 13, 2018

Collection/Transfer — December 13, 2018

NYC Electronics Recycling Program Exceeds 20 Million Pounds of E-Waste Collected from New York Residents

New York City’s electronics recycling program has successfully collected and recycled more than 20 million pounds of electronic waste from city residents. Now serving over 4.6 million New Yorkers, the program is a public-private partnership between DSNY and ERI. The ecycleNYC program is fully funded by electronics manufacturers, and is free for NYC taxpayers and […]

Collection/Transfer — December 13, 2018

Newsletter Headline — December 13, 2018

ISWA Joins a New Collaborative H2020 Project to Pilot Selective Recovery of Pure Plastics from Multi-materials Waste

Plastics deliver value through convenient, versatile and lightweight consumer products and advanced performance in high-end applications but, as the environmental consequences of single-use, linear plastics consumption become more evident, public perceptions of plastics are currently at an all-time low. Less than a third of plastic packaging is currently recycled due to technological and economic limitations, […]

Newsletter Headline — December 13, 2018

Collection/Transfer — December 11, 2018

Renewable Natural Gas Coalition Testifies in House Hearing on the Future of the Renewable Fuel Standard

The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas’s (RNG Coalition) Manning Feraci provided testimony on behalf of the renewable natural gas (RNG) industry at the House Environment Subcommittee hearing to discuss the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. At the outset of his testimony, Feraci noted that RNG currently fuels more than 25 percent of […]

Collection/Transfer — December 11, 2018

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