Monthly Archives: May 2012

School kids urge Crayola to rethink recycling

  A group of California grade school students wants Crayola to start a recycling program for spent plastic markers, but the company doesn’t appear ready to make such a move. About 40 students at Sun Valley elementary school in San … Continue reading

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Wasted Food No More

 Massachusetts may ban big institutions from discarding food in the trash in a bid to cut down on the methane from landfills. David Biello reports | Sunday, May 13, 2012 | 4 When you don’t clean your plate, microbes … Continue reading

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Californians recycled over 16 billion beverage containers in 2011

By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling California’s beverage container recycling rate stayed essentially flat last year, but still reached gaudy heights according to a recently-released report by the state’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). According to CalRecycle’s Biannual Report of … Continue reading

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Carbon Fiber Recycling program picking up steam

Trek Bicycle has announced that it has recycled over 700,000 pounds of carbon fiber, a material used to make high-end bikes, as well as other purposes, since launching a pilot program last year. The Waterloo, Wisconsin-based bicycle manufacturer launched the pilot program … Continue reading

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