by Bruce Watson Apr 22nd 2013 9:00AM EXCERPT: …. Starbucks and McDonald’s have emerged as leaders in the green fast food movement. For the past few years, the two companies have been working on improving their sourcing, cutting down on their packaging, and lobbying the FDA to increase the amount…
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Fast Food’s Green Trend: Making Big Macs and Lattes More Earth-Friendly
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April
22nd,
2013
Carroll County’s Solid Waste Alternatives report available You can download a pdf of the report here: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/pubworks/sw-workgroup/SWWG-Rpt-Nov2012.pdf
Austin-based Balcones Resources, the largest independent recycling company in the Southwest, processes some of Austin’s recyclables now, but starting in October it will sort 60 percent of the city’s residential curbside recycling material.
Resource Recovery Park Company Profiles, Alachua County Florida
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August
22nd,
2012
A model for a sustainable Resource Recovery Park. See: Company Profiles (HTML / PDF) Related: Google Search – Resource Recovery Parks
Austin, Texas Zero Waste Plan and Resource Recovery Austin Resource Recovery provides a wide range of services designed to transform waste into resources while keeping our community clean. Core services include curbside collection of recycling, trash, yard trimmings, large brush and bulk items; street sweeping; dead animal collection and operation…
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Strive for 75 In 2010, Florida Statute 403.7032, creating the 75% recycling goal for the State of Florida, went into effect. In this statute the Legislature recognizes, "that the failure or inability to economically recover material and energy resources from solid waste results in the unnecessary waste and depletion of…
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Alachua County, Florida Embraces a Move to Zero Waste Providing clean, efficient, economical and environmentally sound management of solid waste resources in Alachua County.
Frederick’s New Recycling Program Has Not Been Given a Chance Frederick County now operates a single-stream recycling program. The county school system is in the beginning stages of adopting its first widespread recycling program. We need to give large organizations such as our schools, offices, and college campuses time to…
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New lifecycle products and zero-waste alternatives aren’t just the pipe dreams of environmentalists anymore. Other communities have had great success in building zero-waste facilities. Technology and operational standards constantly change. How much more will it cost us to keep up with these standards? No one can predict that. Environmental standards change. Recommendations by the EPA put…
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