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Waste Awareness Week Aims to Boost Student Engagement with Sustainable Practices

The Renewable Energy Association and other environmental student organizations are hosting Waste Awareness Week to highlight the consequences of global waste mismanagement. Events take place Monday through Friday and include movie screenings, workshops and an art exhibition. Chirine Chidiac, REA programming committee member and third-year civil engineering student, said each day of Waste Awareness Week […]

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New Jersey Composting Council Announces Charter Formation, New Board

USCC members from the State of New Jersey have affiliated with the US Composting Council as an official state Charter Chapter. The NJ Composting Council (NJCC) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit focusing on promoting the composting and organics recycling industry in New Jersey. The organizers of the NJCC work in the consulting, non-profit, public education and […]

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Cuomo to Include Statewide Plastic Bag Ban in 2019 budget

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that a ban on single-use plastic bags will be included in his 2019 executive budget. The budget will also include legislation that will make most non-alcoholic drink bottles eligible for 5-cent redemption. Both proposals are being made in an effort to make progress on environmental issues, Cuomo said Sunday in a statement. […]

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California Becomes 23rd State to Adopt Slow Down to Get Around Law

California became the 23rd state to adopt Slow Down to Get Around legislation, AB 2115, making California roads safer for waste and recycling collection workers. “Slow Down to Get Around laws carry an important message – take your time and slow down around garbage trucks. We applaud California for joining 22 other states that have now passed similar […]

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Renewable Natural Gas Coalition Hires Former California Air Resources Board Transportation Fuel Chief to Lead RNG Industry’s State Regulatory Affairs

The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) announces the hiring of Sam Wade, former Chief of the Transportation Fuel Branch at the California Air Resources Board (ARB), as the organization’s Director of State Regulatory Affairs effective tomorrow, January 15th.  “I’m very excited to join the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas and to help represent […]

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Local California Residents Contribute to a Mattress Recycling Program

Through the “Bye Bye Mattress” program, Tulare County, CA residents properly disposed of an estimated 30,000 mattresses last year, according to officials. Across the state, the program has recycled more than 3 million mattresses since 2016. The increasing numbers don’t mean mattresses still aren’t tossed on the side of rural roads, but it’s a start […]

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Former Erie County Waste-Incineration Facility Slated for Possible Cleanup

A Florida company is leading an environmental cleanup of an Orchard Park industrial property that was once used by Erie County for solid waste disposal and incineration. Octavus Storage NY of Tampa, registered to Joseph McNeil, has filed plans for the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program for 3678 Southwestern Blvd., adjacent to Route 219. The site, […]

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China Gets Tough on U.S. Recyclables. How One Maine Town is Fighting Back.

When China – the No. 1 destination for US recyclables – had cracked down on imports of “recycling” that was laced with trash, and had even stopped taking certain materials altogether, it drove up the cost of business for U.S. recycling facilities, which in turn started charging municipalities for banned items mixed in with recycling. […]

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Environmental Groups Push Coal Ash, Solar and Carbon Bills in Virginia

Environmental groups are uniting behind three key bills in the General Assembly that they say would help align Virginia with clean energy efforts already underway in other states. The bills would mandate the safe storage or recycling of toxic coal ash, put Virginia on a firmer path to slash power plant carbon emissions and ease […]

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Tri-Community Landfill Merger Results in Recycling, Trash Disposal Changes for PI Region

Residents of Presque Isle, ME and surrounding communities have recently seen changes in recycling and trash disposal guidelines as part of the new tri-community landfill merger between Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield, Caribou and Limestone. In 2018, those communities agreed to combine the Presque Isle Landfill and Tri-Community Landfill into one entity known as Aroostook Waste Solutions. As […]

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