With the increased awareness on the benefits of reusable bags, a lot of residents in the US are making a conscious effort in order to include reusable bags in their daily routine. In fact, a resident from San Jose, Donna Nardi, has been selling reusable totes and custom gift bag in her city for a few years now, and she feels that the residents are appreciative of such reusable bags.  … [Read more...]

A metal recycling company based in Jackson has taken the decision to spread its operations in Waverly as well. This company is going to open its recycling facility in Waverly in the coming two months, and this center is going to create 500 new jobs for the residents in this region. According to the officials from the company, this new facility will drastically reduce the wastage of metal in … [Read more...]

Since it is hard to create enough energy for all of the world’s population these days, people are trying to find new ways of how best to extract more fossil fuel. As such, fracking is becoming increasingly popular as an extraction method. But it wastes a lot of useful water. Professor Larry Wackett is trying to find ways to recycle that water and reuse it. … [Read more...]

Close to a billion plastic films and single-use plastic bags were collected at recycling centers in the US in the year 2011. These figures suggest that the recycling rate has substantially increased in the country, especially in the past two years. … [Read more...]

Waste Management has helped a lot of the cities and counties in the United States to increase their recycling rates in the past one year. With the help of the programs organized by the company, close to 75 communities have been able to recycle around $179 million pounds of waste material, and the citizens have been able to win rewards worth $4 million as well. … [Read more...]

Have you ever thought about what happens to the plastic hangers after you buy the clothes off them? Well, artist Loren Naji certainly has. As soon as he found out for certain that the plastic hangers, on which Old Navy’s clothes are hung, are not recycled but just thrown out as trash, he took steps to get those hangers recycled. … [Read more...]

The students from the University of Michigan are excited about participating in this year's RecycleMania. One of the students from the university, Julian Tabron is making the effort of recycling college waste in his house, as he feels that Detroit does not have a lot of recycling centers. At present, the university is placed in the top half rankings of the competition, and the officials from the … [Read more...]

Holly Springs Elementary school has taken part in a nationwide scheme called the Great American Can Roundup. As part of this initiative, the school is inviting the local community to contribute aluminum cans for recycling. The money obtained from the sale of these cans would be used by the school for education related activities. … [Read more...]

In an attempt to popularize reusable eco friendly bags among the residents, the city council of Boulder decided to host a design competition. In this competition, the residents had to send in entries for designs for reusable bags that would be distributed by the city council. The city council is going to distribute free reusable bags as part of their promotional campaign, and all these bags will … [Read more...]

Many US schools are taking part in recycling competitions in order to promote recycling behavior among their students. Last year, Keep America Beautiful conducted a nationwide Recycle-Bowl for all the schools in the US. Many US states actively participated in this contest, and Grant Elementary School was given the honor of the most eco-friendly school in the Nebraska region. … [Read more...]