Newsletter Headline — September 23, 2018Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood (AK) to Decide Recycling Price RiseThree Pulaski County cities will ask their councils to approve new curbside recycling terms that would raise customer prices and stop glass collection.The cost increase is happening in other cities across the United States, where the supply of recyclables to companies that re-purpose them is so great that prices for those recyclables have collapsed. Companies […] Newsletter Headline — September 23, 2018
Collection/Transfer — September 23, 2018Hazardous Waste Collection Benefits City of Chatfield, MN in Several WaysHazardous waste collection offered to Chatfield residents gives the opportunity to clean out garages and under-sink cupboards and drop off the unwanted paints and solvents for safe disposal, instead of the items remaining in their homes or being illegally dumped in ditches. “Chatfield partners with Olmsted County annually in September for a hazardous waste collection,” stated […] Collection/Transfer — September 23, 2018
Collection/Transfer — September 23, 2018World Bank Warns that Waste Could Grow 70 Percent as Cities BoomGlobal waste could grow by 70 percent by 2050 as urbanization and populations rise, warns the World Bank. According to the report, the rise in garbage will outstrip population growth, reaching 3.4 billion tons by 2050 from around two billion tons in 2016. High-income countries produce a third of the world’s waste, despite having only […] Collection/Transfer — September 23, 2018
Government and Regulations — September 23, 2018California Bans Plastic Straws in Full-Service RestaurantsUnless customers asked for a single-use plastic straw in full-service restaurants, straws will no longer be automatically given out. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last week that bans full-service restaurants in the state from handing them out to customers. This makes California the first state to ban restaurants from automatically providing plastic straws. […] Government and Regulations — September 23, 2018
Collection/Transfer — September 20, 2018In Florence’s Floodwater: Sewage, Coal Ash and Hog Waste Lagoon SpillsRainfall from Hurricane Florence flooded more than 1,200 roads to the point where authorities were telling motorists to avoid North Carolina entirely. The port city of Wilmington took a direct hit from Florence and essentially became an island, leaving officials scrambling for fuel to keep the water treatment plant running while a nearby sewage treatment […] Collection/Transfer — September 20, 2018
Collection/Transfer — September 20, 2018The State of Circular Economies Around the GlobeWhile most production and consumption currently follows the linear “take-make-dispose” model; a more sustainable option may be the circular “reduce-reuse-recycle” model. The circular economy can “close the loop,” explained one Oliver Wyman report, by “reusing end-of-lifecycle products as raw materials, sharing idle resources, using renewable resources, or extending the product lifecycle,” ultimately paving the way […] Collection/Transfer — September 20, 2018
Newsletter Headline — September 20, 2018Los Angeles, CA Recycling Business Gives Second Chances to Electronics, Ex-ConsHomeboy Electronics Recycling, which breaks down gadgets to refurbish or to resell as component parts, moved into a new 6,000-square-foot facility four days after the fire at its original facility and now employs 18 people who are overcoming life setbacks that include drug addiction, homelessness and incarceration. Launched in 2011 as Isidore Electronics Recycling, the for-profit […] Newsletter Headline — September 20, 2018
