Latest Recycling technology and waste management news articles 
PAS 108 tyre bales answer the challenge of environmentally friendly tyre recyclingLandfill of scrap tyres was prohibited in 2003 and landfill of shredded rubber was prohibited in 2006. Since that time the recycling industry has struggled to come up with an environmentally friendly solution to tyre recycling. Until the advent of the BSI standard bale, some scrap tyres would be stripped of their rubber which would be turned into chips for horse gallops, children’s play areas and weed suppressant products. Others were shipped overseas to become retreads for the Third World. North East Tyre Recycling Ltd has announced it will create four jobs immediately with four more over the coming summer by becoming one of the first firms in the North to manufacture tyre bales to British Standard PAS 108 for supply to the constructio... [more] Recycling contractors will generally pay a higher price for baled material than for loose wasteDavid Hall, Managing Director of Hertfordshire-based Kenburn Waste Management Ltd has spent the past 18 years in the baling and compacting business. During that time he has witnessed a massive change in the way businesses and local authorities deal with their waste and how technology is being used to turn previously unwanted material into a valuable resource. He said: "When I came into the business in the early nineties waste management was a much simpler task than it is today. We were still living very much in a throw away society with little thought given by the public, or for that matter by businesses, to what happened to their ‘rubbish’ after it was thrown away. Recycling was something we did with milk bottles and expensive alumi... [more] |
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Postal Service sponsors recycling program (Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Seventy-one Post Offices from Logan to Moab will install new recycling bins.
Hamilton Township recycling area not a junkyard (The Evening Sun)
A growing problem with people dropping off their junk at the Hamilton Township recycling yard has the township threatening to discontinue the service.
Chatham Township recycling includes batteries, cartridges (Chatham Courier)
CHATHAM TWP. - The township’s recycling program, sponsored by the Environmental Commission’s “Green Team,” has been expanded as of August to include household batteries and printer/toner cartridges.
When will my trash & recycling get picked up? (WTOP Radio Washington, DC)
Some counties are delaying trash and recycling collection because of this weekend's storm.
Keokuk to get plastic recycling bins (Keokuk Daily Gate City)
Keokuk residents will get 18-gallon plastic recycling bins soon as the city tries to a reverse a trend of more waste going to the landfill in Fort Madison.
Lake Land College hosts Day of Service (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
MATTOON — Lake Land College hosted a Day of Service for Martin Luther King Day 2010.
GSA set to announce new federal cafeteria contracts (Washington Post)
The General Service Administration will announce this week the winner of the first in a series of new federal cafeteria contracts that encourage the use of healthier food, organic and locally procured food, and advanced recycling and waste management programs.
Mail delivery to resume Monday, postal service says (Baltimore Sun)
Mail carriers will attempt to resume deliveries today, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
Job vacancy: Service Development Officer (Team Leader). (PublicTechnology.net)
Neighbourhood Services has a depot at Earlswood which provides a wide range of services to the residents of Reigate & Banstead through direct provision. They include Refuse Collection, Recycling, Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance.
Recycling banks removed due to fly-tipping (This is West Country)
RECYCLING banks at the Co-op car park in Chard have been removed but Somerset Waste Partnership hopes improved roadside collections could be on the cards.
