Changes expected for Elgin waste removal program
Elgin City Council members will extend the current garbage and recycling contract with Waste Management through 2014 and use the next two years to gather community input about how to change the program moving forward. The city is saving more than $4 million this year by passing on the cost of garbage and recycling services to residents — rather than the city paying for...
read moreCell Phone Recycling: The Business Players
One of the frequently asked questions of cell phone users is what will happen to their old cell phone after they have upgraded. They are curious if these old phones will be really recycled by stores and given to the unfortunate ones or they just end up in a landfill. As the number of cell phone users increase, they are now becoming...
read moreIn Israel, composting and recycling programs in new ecology push
by Jessica Steinberg · January 30, 2012 JERUSALEM (JTA) — the still-new recycling center in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem is fairly quiet on a crisp winter afternoon. several people drive in to drop off their recycling — from old printers and batteries to aluminum pans, plastic containers and cardboard — in bins clearly labeled for each type of material. These people, however, are...
read moreRecycling Bins in Schools
The cash benefits to a recycling project are simple and substantial. Colleges pay hefty fees for the collection, transportation and disposal of garbage. This garbage, very often, contains more recyclable materials than trash. Beverage containers, food service containers and documents make up the majority of materials transported to overly full landfills unnecessarily. Conduct A Trash Audit Colleges can contact recycling service companies for a trash audit that will provide a reasonable estimate of just how much their trash volume and...
read moreRecycling habits start young
Parley’s Park Elementary School is working to reduce its cafeteria waste and teach students how to separate recycling from waste items, according to Green Team Leader Tania McIntyre. “We’re trying to educate the kids so that they are responsible for their waste and teach them values for the rest of their life,” McIntyre said. “I’ve been in the cafeteria every day for the last two weeks teaching students to separate recycling...
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