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It will alleviate an imminent sanitary hazard to meet water treatment quality standards and improve the health and safety for 2,550 residents in Lyon County.Rural Action Inc. received $122,000 to fund an initiative to encourage best practices for waste management by improving recycling and composting techniques in 14 Appalachian counties. It’s expected to improve ...
While NAPCOR has analyzed US recycling rates for decades, for the first time the 2019 report also includes a North American PET recycling rate, incorporating recycling statistics from Mexico and Canada in addition to the US. ...
Sprouts.com/earth-month celebrates these green options and inspires shoppers with at-home activities on how to reduce food waste, recycle, compost and create natural cleaners. 2018 Sustainability Results Beyond offering neighborhoods from coast to coast access to fresh, natural and organic products at great prices, Sprouts is dedicated to operating and growing ...
Green Practices: AZA members engaged in sustainable business practices such as recycling, composting, growing the food they sell on-site or sourcing it locally, and purchasing or producing renewable energy. In 2017, AZA facilities recycled more than 88,000 tons of materials and generated or purchased more than 39 million kilowatt hours of ...
12 international and several local businesses gathered with New Zealands‘s Environment Ministers today to make a joint declaration committing to use 100 % reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging in their New Zealand operations by 2025 or earlier. ...
Apex exhibited to large crowds at COMPOST2018, the USCC’s national conference and the largest compost and organics recycling industry event in the United States, recently held in Atlanta, Ga. The event marked the introduction of our groundbreaking new compost medium - GoPost3. For a fast, fresh, feel-good composting ...
WASTECON offers opportunities to see what’s new in collection, processing, marketing, and management of compost, recyclables, and solid waste through training, technical sessions, exhibits, and networking. ...
For the extra food that has no other use, EPA offers tools for families on how to compost at home, including how to build a compost pile or bin: http://www2.epa.gov/recycle/composting-home. Compost is nature’s recycler and is part of the Earth’s life cycle. ...
The US Composting Council (USCC) is seeking entries for the annual International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) poster contest, incorporating this year’s theme, Be Loyal to Your Soil– Compost! The contest runs September 1 through November 15, 2014 and is open to anyone who wishes to share their artistic interpretation of ...
Virginia Mason’s robust green programs include recycling, composting, conserving energy, promoting alternative forms of transportation, and donating surplus food from the cafeteria to local food programs that serve individuals in need. ...
In total, Federal Green Award participants nationwide: reduced over 57.5 million kWh of electricity and 342 million cubic feet of natural gas (equivalent to the energy used in a year by almost 2200 households); prevented over 40,000 tons of waste from reaching landfills, through composting and recycling, resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions by over ...
Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $50,000 to two Puerto Rico organizations, Leaders of the World and the Scuba Dogs Society, to educate low-income communities about effective waste management, recycling and the negative effects of improper waste disposal on people’s health and water quality. ...
The Trommel is ideal for topsoil, recycling, and composting, but it’s heavy duty construction means that the 622 range is equally at home in C&D waste applications. ...
Recently two young men died in a tragic accident at Community Recycling & Resource Recovery Inc.'s composting facility near Bakersfield, California. ...
"Michael brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the USCC, as well as a seasoned business ethic, that will help our members facilitate the growth of composting and organics recycling through education, communication and public policy," said Frank Franciosi, President of the USCC. ...
A nationwide, friendly competition set to begin in February pits colleges and universities in a contest to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most campus waste. It offers bragging rights and special awards made out of recycled materials to the winning schools. Last year, 607 participating campuses collectively recycled or ...
Waste management in Surrey is set to be revised with brand new targets for recycling and reducing waste being introduced. The Surrey Waste Partnership (SWP), made up of Surrey County Council and the 11 district and borough councils, is updating its plan for waste management with the aim of setting a 70% reuse, recycling and composting target by ...
A new contract, which could increase recycling rates to 75%, has been awarded by North Yorkshire County Council. The seven-year contract to operate 17 recycling centres was awarded to May Gurney in the hope it will make the necessary improvements to increase recycling rates. May Gurney has said it plans to make changes to the sites, including ...
Residual rubbish refers to that which cannot be economically re-used, recycled or composted. A Waste Flow Model has been created by Project Transform to look at how much rubbish people are likely to produce and how much of this can be recycled. ...
Waste management firm Verdant has helped the Isle of Anglesey to “achieve the second best recycling rate in Wales”. Speaking about Anglesey residents, Verdant managing director Roger Edwards said: “Without their sustained support and interest in recycling, these results just wouldn’t have been possible.” Data released by the Welsh Assembly for the year 2009/09 ...