Plastic Recycling

  • Whitlock Training Group Offers Business Recycling Course

    September 19th, 2008


    Whitlock Training Group Corporation, a leader in e-learning for the business and law enforcement communities, recently launched the new online training course “Profitable Recycling for Business,” reports The Wall Street Journal.

    Many businesses perceive recycling as simply a good move for the environment, but there are economic incentives as well. Valuable items are also sent off to the landfill, causing companies to continue …


  • Tennessee Students Recycle for Football Tickets

    September 17th, 2008


    Tennessee’s K-12 schools have the opportunity to enter to win $500 and tickets to the University of Tennessee home football game on October 18 by entering the Good Sports Always Recycle Contest.

    The Good Sports Always Recycle program has been in place for 15 years at University of Tennessee home games, encouraging fans to recycle plastic bottles and cups. continue …


  • A New Life For Recycled Paper, Plastic in Israel

    September 17th, 2008


    The American Israeli Paper Mills Group (AIPM) has invented a pipe “almost as tough as steel” made with recycled plastic and paper fibers, reports The Jerusalem Post.

    The pipe is composed of 60 to 70 percent recycled material and uses a newly discovered bonding agent which gives the material the resilience of paper fibers and the flexibility of plastic. The company itself is already using the continue …


  • ACRC to Celebrate Recycling 100 Million Pounds of Pesticide Containers

    September 16th, 2008


    The Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) is preparing to celebrate collecting over 100,000,000 pounds of triple-rinsed pesticide containers, according to The Tidewater News.

    The national organization will hold its celebration at its largest collection facility in Southampton County Fairgrounds in Courtland, Va.

    ACRC specializes in the collection of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastic agricultural and specialty pesticide containers. The recycled plastic continue …


  • Florida Company to Recycle Political Signs

    September 16th, 2008


    Gulf Stream Plastics (GSP), a Florida-based company, is serving as a dropoff site for political signs through Thanksgiving.  Thus far, an estimated 800 pounds of political signs have been collected and shredded, according to The Walton Sun.

    After collection, the signs are shredded at GSP’s facility.  The shredded material will then be sent to a recycling broker in Montgomery, continue …


  • France Debates Tax on Disposable Items

    September 15th, 2008


    According to msnbc.com, France is considering a  new “picnic tax” on disposables.  The proposed new taxes are meant to change both consumer and manufacturing habits regarding reusing and recycling.

    Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, France’s ecology minister, said that the proposed tax would initially target disposable dishes and drinkware and then extend to other items such as disposable diapers, automobiles and homes.  Kosciusko-Morizet continue …


  • Rhode Island Sets Recycling Goals for Annual Race

    September 15th, 2008


    The annual CVS Caremark Downtown 5K comes to Providence this weekend, and the city has partnered with Waste Management to provide recycling options for the expected 12,000 attendees.

    The Providence Department of Public Works is providing 30 recycling bins for drink containers. The city expects to recycle over 15,000 plastic bottles, hundreds of aluminum cans and 100 continue …


  • 8 Ways to Green Your Night Out

    September 15th, 2008


    Saturday night’s alright, especially when it comes to going out on the town. But how do you keep your environmental footprint low while you’re dancing up a storm? Here are eight suggestions:
    1. Create Your Own Scent
    Perfumes and colognes smell nice, but they also contain some of the same toxic chemicals that exist in cigarette smoke. These ingredients can have harmful continue …


  • Michigan’s DTE Energy Music Theatre Going Green

    September 9th, 2008


    The DTE Enery Music Theatre in Clarkson, Mich. reached two milestones in its green journey, reports mLive.com.

    For the past two months, the venue participated in DTE Energy’s GreenCurrents renewable energy program, displacing more than 170,000 pounds of carbon dioxide. DTE’s renewable energy comes from wind and biomass such as wood, municipal solid waste and alcohol fuels.

    Another milestone was recently continue …


  • University of Oklahoma Students on the Green Team

    September 9th, 2008


    A voluntary crew at the University of Oklahoma is hoping to inspire football game attendees to recycle their plastic and aluminum, reports The Norman Transcript.

    During home games, thousand of water bottles and other beverage containers are tossed in trash cans or on the ground. Recycling bins have been placed next to regular trash cans throughout the stadium in hopes to divert continue …