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Residents in Tonbridge and Malling save over one million trees in 10 yearsAylesford Newsprint is one of only four paper mills based in the UK that manufactures 100% recycled newsprint from recovered newspapers and magazines. Located just outside Maidstone in Kent, the mill is within the Tonbridge and Malling area and so ideally situated to receive the Council’s kerbside collected paper. The Mayor of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Cllr Sue Murray, recently visited Aylesford Newsprint to mark the 60,000th tonne of paper collected by the Borough’s kerbside green box scheme recycled at the nearby mill. To mark the event Cllr Murray was invited to tour the mill. “It was an amazing sight to see the paper from the green box scheme being pulped and to realise that every tonne of paper recycled saves 17 tree... [more] Mobile phone recycling is becoming a major income stream for charitiesRecycling has become a major income stream for charities as a leading electronics recycling business donates £3 million from mobile phone recycling campaigns. ShP for Charity hit the £3 million mark in donations to charities after thousands of old phones were handed in by supporters over a five year period. It now plans to boost this figure by accepting a wider range of products for recycling. This includes old electrical equipment such as laptops, MP3 Players, ink cartridges and satellite navigation systems. Simon Walsh, founder of ShP for Charity, said: “Many people want the latest gadgets as technology advances. With product replacement comes a surplus of redundant electrical items. Our aim is to replicate our success in mobile ... [more] |
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Seguin parks drive through recycling plan (Seguin Gazette-Enterprise)
SEGUIN — Opening a new city facility to accept recyclable materials has been postponed, and the recycling issue will be studied by a citizens’ committee.
TFC Recycling Curbside Tonnage Collection Triples (dBusinessNews.com)
Households participating in new Chesapeake , Va. big bin program exceed 1,100 tons of recyclables per month. Hampton Roads, VA – March 17, 2010 – TFC Recycling announced this week that volumes for the new big bin program in Chesapeake , Va. has increased three-fold since it began four months ago.
City may open drive-through recycling center (Seguin Gazette-Enterprise)
SEGUIN — A new drive-through recycling facility will be considered when the City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. today in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
Jamestown Survey to Gauge Interest in Recycling (KQCD-TV Dickinson)
Residents of Jamestown will be surveyed to gauge their interest in recycling, and in curbside pickup of recyclables -- a service for which they likely would have to pay.
Curbside recycling recommended for Regina (CBC Saskatchewan)
Regina is a step closer to launching a city-run curbside recycling program, following a positive recommendation by a committee of city council Tuesday.
Regina curbside recycling program one step closer (Regina Leader-Post)
Property-line recycling for all Regina residents is one step closer to becoming a reality.
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.
Recycling could begin on Hilton Head by September (Island Packet)
Islandwide recycling could be a reality by September , Town of Hilton Head Islandofficials said Tuesd
Customer Service (Brandon Sun)
OTTAWA - Another fight is brewing over the supremacy of Parliament - a war this time being waged over those lowly one-page partisan mail-outs that tend to wind up in household recycling bins.
Recycling Out With The Trash At Colo. Company (CBS4 Denver)
We sort the paper, plastic and glass for recycling to keep landfills from growing. However, the effort may be wasted in some Colorado communities.
