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RWM 2010 Preview: Riverside Provides the Complete Solution

Riverside Waste Machinery, the specialist shredding and baling equipment supplier, will again exhibit at September’s RWM exhibition (14-16th). Joining forces with Austrian shredding machinery manufacturer UNTHA on one of the largest stands of the show, the team will demonstrate its leading expertise in waste management. Visitors to stand 1186 will see the new look UNTHA RS series – when the revamped shredder is unveiled for the first time i... [more]

SABMiller aims to significantly improve recycling rates in Colombia

SABMiller, one of the world's leading brewers, has partnered with a major retailer in its Colombian operation to establish a system aimed at significantly improving recycling rates in the country. Significant efforts have been made in recent years by the local government to reduce the levels of waste going to landfill in Colombia's capital, Bogota, a principle element of which involves improving the recycling infrastructure. SABMiller's Co... [more]

New waste recycling scheme for residents in Victoria Centre Flats in Nottingham

Residents in Victoria Centre Flats have been supplied with orange bags for all recyclable waste such as paper, newspaper and magazines, cardboard, food and drinks cans, large tins, plastic bottles and plastic tubs, pots and trays. Every Monday and Thursday, from 7am to midnight, residents can put their orange bags down the chute and Nottingham City Council will then empty the bins and separate the recyclable waste from the orange bags. Res... [more]

Wilcox Textile Reclaimers sees 37 percent reduction in the cost of collecting materials with SmartBin Recycling Bank Solution

Wilcox Textile Reclaimers has seen an astounding 37 percent reduction in the cost of collecting materials from its bins throughout the United Kingdom, using SmartBin’s advanced bin-monitoring technology and service. Based on the efficiencies derived from a 10-week trial covering 14 of its strategically positioned textile recycling bins, Wilcox has extended the use of SmartBin technology and services to all of their 1,500-plus bins throughout its ... [more]

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead rewards homeowners for recycling

Landfill tax will reach £48 per tonne in April and will continue to rise at a rate of £8 per tonne in subsequent years, so it is imperative that more households are encouraged to recycle and to increase their recycling efforts so that waste to landfill continues to decrease. The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has become the first local authority in the UK to adopt a full, borough-wide rewards for recycling scheme. From July, 60,000 hous... [more]

Other Glass recycling news and reviews

Curbside recycling approved in St. Pete
Recycling just got a lot easier for St. Petersburg residents. In a unanimous vote, city council approved Waste Services of Florida Inc. to provide weekly curbside pick up service for recyclables for a monthly fee of $2.75.

Electronic Recyclers International Introduces North America to Groundbreaking Glass Recycling Technology
FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, has received approval by the State of California to utilize a technology system for the recycling of glass from old televisions, computer monitors and cathode ray tubes (CRTs). Glass has long been a challenge for recyclers of electronics, but ERI’s new technology ...

Roscoe recycling center still open this Saturday
ROSCOE — Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful reminds residents that its recycling center will be open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

New glass recycling bins for Potters Bar
POTTERS Bar residents will become the first homeowners in Hertsmere to receive new glass recycling bins next week.

New recycling ordinance passes in Clinton Township
CLINTON TWP. – After testimony from Aljeanette Kasper, wife of the owner of Kasper Disposal, the Township Committee unanimously adopted a new recycling ordinance at its Wednesday, Aug. 25 meeting. Council President Dawn Apgar was absent.

Staging area completed at resource recovery plant
Thirty-one tons of crushed glass from yellow recycling bins in Ames were used to complete construction this week on a staging area for the Resource Recovery Plant, 110 Center Ave., according to Susan Gwiasda, Ames public relations officer.

More Recycling Spots In St Brelade
There are now more places for people in St Brelade to recycle their rubbish.Containers for paper, plastic bottles, cans and glass have been put in the car park behind the parish hall.A bottle bank has also been added to the recycling centre at Les Creux Country Park, where glass was just being dumped.

IESI Acquires Recycling Facility in North Austin
AUSTIN, TEXAS--(Marketwire - 09/03/10) - IESI Corporation ("IESI"), a subsidiary of IESI-BFC Ltd., announced today it has acquired Central Texas Secure Shredding and its recycling facility in Pflugerville, Texas. Central Texas Secure Shredding provides secure document destruction processes that include the collection of documents in locked containers, transportation in locked vehicles, mixing of ...

Curbside recycling finally comes to St. Petersburg
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 Joy Wissing and her dog Paddy recycle at the Crescent Lake location in St. Petersburg, Wednesday, September 1, 2010. ST. PETERSBURG — Environmentally conscious residents had much to cheer about Thursday as the City Council approved voluntary curbside recycling. The council unanimously approved a bid from Waste Services of ...

New recycling center opening in Elk Co.
ST. MARYS - Elk County residents will soon have a new place to take their recyclables. The Community Recycling Center, which will likely open in November, will be located in the Stackpole Complex in St. Marys.