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Pilot Project to Study Large-Scale Use of Disposable and Biodegradable Tableware

BASF and Lausitzring have launched a pilot project to introduce disposable and compostable tableware at the ADAC Masters Weekend motorsport event.

23 Aug 2012

Online Registration for Local Events Open Under America Recycles Day 2012 Program

America Recycles Day (ARD), the national initiative of a volunteer-based organization, Keep America Beautiful that is celebrated on November 15 every year, focuses on promotion of recycling in the United States.

23 Aug 2012

Recycled Leather for Sustainable, Cost-Effective Design Applications

EcoDomo, a sustainable supplier of recycled hide leathers and cork, is offering customized design, style and embossment of patterns. The company’s recycled leather can be used for utilizing budgets, designs and sustainability for applications to the maximum.

17 Aug 2012

360 Vodka Spearheads Composting Initiative for Sustainability

360 Vodka, a maker of sustainable vodka, has ensured that the wasted produce generated during the five day “Tales of the Cocktail 2012” event did not go to trash, but rather should go to compost bins.

16 Aug 2012

New Material Recycling Facility Opened at Newby Island Resource Recovery Park

Republic Services has opened a material recovery facility at the Newby Island Resource Recovery Park. Bulk Handling Systems designed, developed and installed the 110 tph multi-stream system, which is the largest and first of its kind recycling facility.

13 Aug 2012

Keep America Beautiful Launches Recycle-Bowl Competition for School Students

Keep America Beautiful, a well-established education organization and volunteer-based community action in the U.S. and Nestle Waters North America jointly declared the opening of the second annual Recycle-Bowl youth recycling competition.

9 Aug 2012

Wastewater Utilized as Fertiliser

Wastewater, sewage sludge and liquid manure are good forms of fertiliser for crops and plants. Fraunhofer researchers have come up with a new chemical-free, eco-friendly method to convert recovered salts into fertiliser for crops. Of late, farmers have faced a dearth in the supply of the essential mineral phosphorus.

9 Aug 2012

Sustainability Goals for the Summer 2012 Olympics

The city of London will be endeavoring to meet its sustainability goals at the Summer 2012 Olympics. The goals by themselves are on an Olympic-level. Mary Ann Liebert’s publication - Sustainability: The Journal of Record, is providing a first-person narrative of the development of the sustainability targets and the ways and means that they will be achieved.

13 Jul 2012

CBR Seeks Stewardship Organization to Manage National Battery Recycling Program

The Corporation for Battery Recycling (CBR) has released a request for proposal (RFP) for a stewardship organization (SO) to manage a national recycling program for household batteries.

11 Jul 2012

Recycling is Key to Achieve a Sustainable Economy and Create Green Jobs

Charles Johnson, Vice President for Environment, Health and Safety at The Aluminum Association, has testified in front of House of Representative's Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

29 Jun 2012