Recycling

Brita + Preserve = Pitcher Filter Recycling in 2009

Take Back the Filter has a great announcement up right now - Brita has partnered with Preserve so that the Brita Pitcher filters can be recycled starting in January 2009. You can read the entire PDF press release here. I'm...

What to do with rotten, smelly garbage when the nearest dumpster is 100 million miles away

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Source: Video Image: Associate professor Jean Hunter, left, and Ph.D. student Apollo Arquiza add waste to a machine that recovers water from space cabin trash. By Melissa...

City OKs higher fees for garbage service

Boise City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved rate increases for garbage collection, said city spokesman Vince Trimboli. The fee hikes include an 18.5 percent increase in combined residential garbage and recycling service,...

Alaska Communications Systems Launches Cell Phone Recycling

Alaska Communications Systems Group , Inc. ("ACS") (NASDAQ:ALSK) today announced a key step to reduce waste and protect the environment. In partnership with The Wireless Alliance of Boulder, Colo., ACS has launched a cell phone...

Recylex: Adjournment of The Action by the Liquidators of Metaleurop Nord SAS For Repayment of Its...

Recylex (Paris:RX): Today, the Douai Court of Appeal issued a decision in the appeal brought by the liquidators of Metaleurop Nord SAS against the judgment given on February 27, 2007 by the Béthune High Court rejecting their...

New plant tackles our electronic leftovers

Environmentalists and the Federal Opposition have accused the Federal Government of dragging its feet on a national response to Australia's e-waste epidemic, following the opening of the southern hemisphere's first automated...

Councils' Recycling Grinds To Halt

6:07am UK, Wednesday November 19, 2008 Jon di Paolo Mountains of recyclable rubbish are building up at council sites across the country because the market for re-processing and selling it has collapsed. Green campaigners do not...

Sony Starts Eco-Friendly Service

Recognizing that most consumers don't bother to properly dispose of their old TVs, Sony has launched its "Green Glove" service. It is offering this in-home delivery service to consumers who purchase a Bravia high-definition...

San Diego Takes the Initiative on Water Reclamation

The city of San Diego will be the first city in the state to experiment with a kind of water reclamation called “indirect potable reuse.” KPBS reporter Alison St John explains. The cost of importing water is escalating and San...

City's automated garbage collection is cutting injuries, saving money, report says

The city was trash-talking Tuesday, touting the value of its garbage collection in terms of money, safety, health and the sweet smell of success. The city's refuse and recycle collection program is saving Madison taxpayers $1.4...

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