Even when you want to an think you’re doing the right thing by tossing something into the recycling bin, you may actually be doing more harm than good. Recyclers are quick to point out that they appreciate that people want to recycle, but there are several common materials that are not usually taken at the [...]
Recycling
Recycling isn’t the most environmentally friendly game in town, but it’s a good start. If you really want to make your contribution to the environment go a lot further, you can simply get in the habit of reusing items instead of throwing them in the bins after a single use. There are many ways to [...]
So, what does the future hold for recycling? In the sort term, increased investment in recycling infrastructure and over all improvements in recycling rates should continue to increase. More and more cities are going to semi-automated sorting and co-mingled collection, even when self-sorting had been a long-established norm. However, over the long term, the goal [...]
One of the reasons that the construction of new landfill facilities as slowed down considerably is due to legislation at the state, provincial and federal level. These laws have not only mandate more restrictive rules on the owners of landfills, but are often conflicting with state and provincial laws and regulations. Many of the regulations [...]
There are nearly half a billion cars on the road in North America. This staggering figure has one thing in common with rare exception, they all have four tires, each. Given that they are consumable materials, it is estimated that about 350 million tires are disposed of each year. As such, the processing, transport, wear [...]
If there’s anything on people’s minds these days, it’s the creation of new jobs that pay a living wage. While not everyone is cut out to work on the sorting floor of a recycling plant, those who do choose such work can be reasonably assured of better pay and benefits that many other entry level [...]
While the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by nearly twice since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the mid-18th century, the amount of methane in the atmosphere has increased by nearly twice that amount in the same time period. This is a problem for the atmosphere, since this particular greenhouse [...]
Just because a refrigerators or air conditioners are no longer needed doesn’t mean that’s the end of the line for them. These behemoths are a massive example of a complex material that not only contains toxic items, but is also a combination of many different types of recyclable material that can be put to new [...]
