Newsletter Headline — July 11, 2019Trex Offers Free Recyclability Testing for Polyethylene Packaging ApplicationsTrex Company is offering free recyclability testing to packaging engineers, manufacturers, and brand owners through its NexTrex™ Recycling Program. Each year, Trex diverts more than 400 million pounds of plastic film, bags and wrap from landfills and uses it to manufacture its industry-leading composite decking, which is made from 95% recycled material. Among its largest […] Newsletter Headline — July 11, 2019
Newsletter Headline — July 9, 2019Maryland Environmental Service Announces Environmental Business Leadership Award WinnersMaryland Environmental Service announced recipients of the 2019 Environmental Business Leadership Awards. The seven winners were selected following a competitive nomination and evaluation process. Awards will be presented at the sold-out Environmental Business Leadership Conference dinner on July 10 at the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. The 2019 award recipients include: Environmental Business Leader: LifeBridge Health […] Newsletter Headline — July 9, 2019
Newsletter Headline — July 8, 20192 Companies Building the Circular EconomyNothing demonstrates the economy’s current linear consumption model better than single-use plastics. Used in everything from packaging to toothbrushes to beverage bottles, these materials are becoming a significant environmental problem, which is exactly why personal care and consumer goods brands (and even cities and states) are increasingly turning to paper and plant-based packaging and materials. […] Newsletter Headline — July 8, 2019
Newsletter Headline — June 25, 2019How You Can Make Your Appliances More Eco-FriendlyAmy Hodgetts No matter how many, alerting headlines it takes, it’s great that the world is finally becoming more eco-aware. With the countless number of news, detailing the blanket of plastic that floats in our oceans, to how much carbon emissions are putting the world at risk, everyone is taking pride in defending our […] Newsletter Headline — June 25, 2019
Education — June 18, 2019Winners of DSNY’s 2019 Zero Waste Schools Awards AnnouncedFifteen schools are winners of this year’s Zero Waste Schools Awards, the New York City Department of Sanitation announced. Recipients of the awards, which recognize public schools that have created outstanding programs in recycling, sustainability, gardening or cleanup, will receive up to $1,500 in cash prizes for their schools and will be honored by Sanitation […] Education — June 18, 2019
Newsletter Headline — June 13, 2019More Franklin County, OH Events Pursue Greener StatusSWACO announces the recipients of its 2019 Event Waste Reduction Grant. This grant helps fund public outreach and education efforts around waste reduction and diversion and as well as specific activities that increase reuse, recycling and composting at public events. SWACO awarded more than $13,000 to the following five organizations: The Community Festival – ComFest […] Newsletter Headline — June 13, 2019
Newsletter Headline — June 10, 2019How Car Makers Turn Plastic Bottles and Jose Cuervo Leftovers into New VehiclesFord and other automakers are looking to use everything from recycled paper money to plastic bottles to reduce their carbon footprint. The production process accounts for about 10 to 20 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions generated during a car’s lifetime, studies have shown — but most of the CO2 comes from driving the car […] Newsletter Headline — June 10, 2019
Newsletter Headline — June 10, 2019Poland Spring 100% Natural Spring Water to Use 100% Recycled Plastic by 2022Poland Spring® Brand 100% Natural Spring Water, announces that it has started transitioning its packaging to recycled plastic (rPET), and plans to be the first major bottled water brand to reach 100% recycled plastic across its still water portfolio by 20221 . This month, the brand’s 1-liter bottles will begin being made using 100% rPET. […] Newsletter Headline — June 10, 2019
Newsletter Headline — May 31, 2019Municipalities, ecomaine Pilot Program to Increase Awareness About the Importance of Proper RecyclingWith the markets for some recyclable materials in flux, and the focus on reducing the amount of contamination, or trash, in recycling streams, four southern Maine communities are embarking on a new way of getting out the word about proper recycling – pounding the pavement. The cities and towns of Falmouth, Scarborough, South Portland, and […] Newsletter Headline — May 31, 2019
Newsletter Headline — May 28, 2019Kentucky Recycling Rubber Tires for Parks, PlaygroundsFor the past two decades, Kentucky has collected $2 fees from every new tire sale in the state and deposited them into the Waste Tire Trust Fund, which helps with the rubber-related grants and the management of the state’s annual five million waste tires. The state sends scrap tires to Kansas-based Champlin Tire Recycling, which […] Newsletter Headline — May 28, 2019
News and Press — May 15, 2019Terracyle CEO Tom Szaky Receives Gold Medal Honor from 2019 Independent Publisher Book AwardsThe Future of Packaging: From Linear to Circular, written by Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of waste solutions company TerraCycle, is an Outstanding Book of the Year gold medalist and “Most Likely to Save the Planet.” of the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Designed to be a primer on packaging design for the circular economy, […] News and Press — May 15, 2019
Newsletter Headline — May 15, 2019Rolling Coffee Cups Into the Circular EconomyAmericans generate more waste than people in any other country in the world. Containers and packaging make up the largest portion, or about 30 percent, of the municipal solid waste we generate. That’s the equivalent of 4.5 pounds per person per day, and only slightly more than a third of it is recycled or composted. […] Newsletter Headline — May 15, 2019
