Landfills — September 19, 2019Covanta Hempstead Celebrates 30 Years of Service to the CommunityCovanta Hempstead, Long Island’s largest Energy-from-Waste facility, is celebrating 30 years of service to the community. Opened in 1989, the facility is a vital outlet for sustainably managing the waste generated by residents of the Town of Hempstead and other neighboring municipalities. “When it comes to the environment and building a more sustainable future, we […] Landfills — September 19, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 18, 2019Recycling and Waste Solutions (RWS) Changes Company Name to RWS Facility Services to Reflect Expanded Range of ServicesRecycling and Waste Solutions (RWS) announces that the company has changed its name to RWS Facility Services to reflect its expanded range of comprehensive facility services across North America. RWS customers include the nation’s largest companies in food service, retail, commercial, multifamily and manufacturing. The expanded services offered by RWS are designed to boost operational […] Collection/Transfer — September 18, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019A New Report Details Impact Of Food-Waste Reduction EffortsMassachusetts is one of only six states — five of them clustered in the Northeast, the other being California — and seven metro areas that have implemented organic waste bans on some level. And CET has helped area businesses develop strategies to reduce food waste, so a recent partnership with the Harvard Law School Food […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019Bend, OR’s Curbside Yard Debris Recycling Expands to Food WasteBeginning October 1, Cascade Disposal and Bend Garbage & Recycling, now Republic Services, will collect all food waste curbside from residents participating in the yard debris subscription program. Customers can now add all food scraps directly into their yard debris cart, along with their yard trimmings. The yard debris and food scraps will be processed […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
Newsletter Headline — September 17, 2019Oil Majors Face Further Pain As Plastics Fall Out Of FashionOil and gas producers demand may be under threat with regards to the petrochemicals market, thanks to the global backlash against plastics from both consumers and regulators. That’s the view of index provider and investment analyst MSCI, which says that “amid the shift toward electric vehicles and global efforts to rein in fossil-fuel emissions, oil […] Newsletter Headline — September 17, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019Portland, OR’s Artsy Garbage CansPortland is replacing its downtown garbage cans with new versions that feature unique artwork. Visitors flock to Portland for its many attractions and while garbage cans aren’t usually among them, they are now. “Like, in what other city do people Instagram the garbage cans?” Portland artist Dan Stiles said. “It just doesn’t happen.” Stiles came […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019Glasgow County, KY Council Passes Trash OrdinanceIn a new Glasgow City Council ordinance, a few rules were outlined such as when citizens can set their carts out and when they need to collect them. According to Section No. 2, part B of the ordinance, carts must be at the curbside no later than 7 a.m. the day of collection and no earlier […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019Legislators Tour Boulder County, CO Recycling Facilities in Search of Solutions for State’s Recycling WoesSeveral members of the Colorado Legislature’s Zero Waste and Recycling Interim Committee toured recycling facilities in Boulder, Larimer and Broomfield counties to better understand how they could craft legislation to boost Colorado’s recycling system. The main difference between Colorado and California, according to Kate Bailey, the solutions director for Eco-Cycle, is the cost of landfills […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
Newsletter Headline — September 17, 2019Reactivated Halifax County, VA Recycling Program Meeting with SuccessHalifax County has delivered its first two loads of recycling collections to the Tidewater Fibre Corporation (TFC) facility in Chester this week, according to Scott Simpson, Halifax County administrator. “One delivery was on Monday and was made up of two weeks of collections of solely the South Boston location,” said Simpson. “This delivery was 2.53 […] Newsletter Headline — September 17, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019WestRock to Reconfigure North Charleston, SC, Paper MillWestRock Company announces that it is reconfiguring its North Charleston, SC, paper mill to improve the mill’s operating efficiency and long-term competitiveness. As part of the reconfiguration, WestRock will permanently shut down one of the mill’s three paper machines and related physical infrastructure, eliminating approximately 288,000 tons of linerboard capacity. The reconfigured mill’s production capacity […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
Newsletter Headline — September 17, 2019Walmart and TerraCycle® Host Car Seat Recycling EventWalmart and TerraCycle are joining forces to launch the nation’s largest car seat recycling event in nearly 4,000 Walmart stores across the country. The first-ever Walmart Car Seat Recycling Event is taking place Sept. 16-30, in celebration of National Baby Safety Month. Customers can trade in used car seats at the Service desk in any participating […] Newsletter Headline — September 17, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019Dart Container Corporation Partners with Keep America Beautiful on National Plogging InitiativesDart Container Corporation and Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, announces Dart will be the Title Sponsor on all Keep America Beautiful national plogging initiatives, including the Keep America Beautiful Trash Dash™. Plogging, the act of picking up litter while jogging, debuted in Sweden in 2016 and was adopted by Keep […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
