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America Recycles Day Celebrates the Might of the Recycling Industry & Focuses on Opportunities

Every November 15, people come together to celebrate America Recycles Day and focus on the value created by recycling. The benefits, including the industry’s $110 billion economic impact, more than 531,000 jobs created, and reduction in greenhouse gases are numerous. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, is using […]

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City of Santa Fe, New Mexico Formally Launches Rubicon’s Smart City Platform

To celebrate America Recycles Day on November 15, the Environmental Services Division (ESD) for the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, focused attention on its newly installed RUBICONSmartCity™ platform, and how it can improve residential and commercial waste and recycling services for its more than 80,000 citizens. The Environmental Services Division of the City of […]

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Allentown, PA Residents Can Now Recycle Electronics, Clothing from Doorstep Thanks to Pilot Program

Allentown will begin a one-year pilot program with retrievr. In addition to the convenience factor, Allentown officials believe the platform will cut costs related to landfill disposal. Here’s how it works: Visit retrievr.com or text PICKUP to 757-70-FETCH (757-703-3824) to schedule your pickup date. Specify the clothing or electronics you wish to recycle. On your […]

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Boulder Named Gold Medal Winner for Best Municipality Recycling in Colorado

The Colorado Public Interest Research Group and Eco-Cycle named Boulder a gold medal community for its achievements in recycling in their third annual State of Recycling in Colorado report. The report highlights the successes of recycling in the state, with communities across Colorado recycling and composting over 1.2 million tons of materials in 2018, up […]

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Central Ohio Recycling Rate Reaches 50 Percent for the First Time Ever

For the first time ever, Central Ohio’s waste diversion rate reaches 50 percent. That means residents and businesses in the region are keeping half of the waste they generate out of the landfill through recycling and other waste-diversion activities. That’s a significant achievement, especially considering the national diversion rate hovers around 35 percent. SWACO announced […]

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Glass Recycling Coalition Awards First MRF Glass Certifications

At the Texas Glass Recycling Workshop co-hosted by State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) and the Glass Recycling Coalition (GRC), Balcones Resources and Sedona Recycles received the GRC’s MRF Glass Certification. “Balcones is committed to keeping all of our recycling at the highest quality, and glass is no exception,” said Kerry Getter, CEO of Balcones. […]

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U.S. Recyclers Increasing Domestic Investments and and Responding to China’s Export Policy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2017 Facts and Figures Fact Sheet, which provides information on recycling and recovery rates, among other things, for calendar years 2016 and 2017. The American Chemistry Council responded to the report with the following statement from Steve Russell, vice president of ACC’s Plastics Division: […]

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Armstrong® Ceilings Recycling Program Marks 20 Years of Diverting Used Ceiling Panels from Landfill

The Armstrong® Ceilings Recycling Program, the first and longest-running program of its kind in the commercial ceilings industry, marks 20 years of diverting used ceiling panels away from landfills. Launched in 1999, the Ceilings Recycling Program has recycled more than 200 million square feet of used ceiling panels, saving more than one million tons of […]

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Universal Recycling Technologies Has Processed More Than 1 Billion Pounds of Electronic and Universal Waste Material

Universal Recycling Technologies (URT) has proudly processed over one billion pounds of electronic and universal waste material. Reaching the one billion milestone is partly due to their leadership in working with OEM’s and becoming a major ITAD provider. One billion pounds is approximately forty thousand school buses or seventy-seven thousand elephants. According to a 2016 […]

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ecomaine Grants $25,000 to Maine Schools for Landfill Diversion Programs

ecomaine celebrated America Recycles Week by announcing $25,000 in grant funding to 20 recipients of its 2019-20 School Recycling Grants, which are designed to raise recycling awareness in schools and communities, and to help schools implement more efficient recycling programs or add composting to their waste collection. “We had far more requests for funding than we’ve ever had before,” said ecomaine […]

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AMP Robotics Raises $16 Million Series A Led by Sequoia Capital, Joining Alphabet-backed Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners and Leaders in Sustainable Investing

AMP Robotics Corp., a pioneer in artificial intelligence and robotics for the recycling industry, announces that it has raised $16 million in Series A funding, led by Sequoia Capital with participation from previous investors. AMP will use this latest funding to further scale operations and develop new AI products that help improve the economics of […]

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