Profile: Recology, The Un-Trash Company
Profile: Recology, The Un-Trash Company
Oct 21, 2011
Recology blazes a trail to zero waste with recycling and food composting programs.
ReCommunity Expands Operations at its N.J. MRF
Oct 03, 2011
ReCommunity officially opened its expanded recycling facility in Morris County, N.J. ,as it expands its reach to the full county...
Collected Shots: Grand Opening of the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos, Calif.
Collected Shots: Grand Opening of the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos, Calif.
Oct 03, 2011
150 attendees, including RethinkWaste board of directors and staff, local and state officials, and community leaders gathered at the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos, Calif., on Sept. 27 to celebrate the grand opening of the upgraded...
Republic Services Investing $20 Million in Calif. MRF
Sep 30, 2011
Republic Services Inc. is investing $20 million to modernize its single-stream sorting system at its Anaheim, Calif., material recovery facility (MRF)...
Rumpke upgrades Ohio MRF
Sep 23, 2011
Rumpke Consolidated Companies Inc. has opened its renovated Columbus, Ohio, material recovery facility (MRF) with new technology that will double its previous rate...
INDIGESTION Bioplastic cutlery marketed as compostable after it had been exhumed from testing that showed it to be anything but
The Bioplastics Burden
Sep 01, 2011
The growing volume of bioplastics in the waste stream poses concerns —  as well as opportunities — for recyclers and composters.
Waste Management to Open Single-Stream Recycling Facility in Detroit
Aug 10, 2011
Waste Management of Michigan announced that it plans to open a single-stream recycling facility (SSRF) in the Detroit metropolitan area to service commercial and residential customers across southeast Michigan...
Tulsa Recycle and Transfer Opens Oklahoma’s First MRF (with related video)
Tulsa Recycle and Transfer Opens Oklahoma’s First MRF (with related video)
Jul 12, 2011
Tulsa Recycle and Transfer (TRT) of Tulsa, Okla., has opened that state’s first materials recovery facility (MRF). Tulsa mayor Dewey Bartlett presided over the opening and during the ceremony declared April 18th as Tulsa Recycle and Transfer Day...
Republic Opens Unique “Transcyclery” in South Central Pennsylvania
Jun 17, 2011
Republic Services of Pennsylvania on Friday opened a $1 million recycling transfer station at Modern Landfill in Windsor Township, Pa. The company says the facility, which it calls a “transcyclery,” will enhance its recycling service in York...
A Real-World WALL-E?
A Real-World WALL-E?
May 23, 2011
Most materials recovery facilities (MRF) are comprised of a mixture of advanced sorting technologies supplemented by human hand sorting. And the processes involved are housed in a building to which the recyclables must be transported. But what if...
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