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Consumers to Beverage Packagers: Recycling Is Still No. 1

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 2:09 p.m.

According to a recent BeveragePulse study on consumer attitude and purchasing behavior, environmental concerns have a major impact on consumer packaged beverage purchases and consumption.“Environmental Concerns: The Impact on Beverage and Package Decisions” surveyed 500 respondents in order to gauge these attitudes.When asked the most important environmental concerns when it comes to packaged beverages, [ ... ] ...

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Volcom Drives Jean Donation Program for the Homeless, Donate Yours Today!

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Published Aug. 1, 2010 at 7:19 a.m.

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Image via Volcom. Last year, Volcom, in collaboration with the National Coalition for the Homeless, donated over 5,000 pairs of jeans to fifty homeless shelters nation-wide in a jean recycling program called, "Give Jeans a Chance." This year, the athletic apparel brand is back with 200 more participating Volcom stores in North America and hopes of collecting 10,000+ pairs of jeans. The campaig ...

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Beautiful Floral Ballet Flats (and More) Made From Textile and Footwear Waste (Photos)

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Published July 18, 2010 at 7:05 a.m.

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TRAIDremade's Vintage Floral Golightly Pump. Image courtesy of TRAIDremade We recently mentioned that one of the largest textile recycling initiatives in the US will launch in New York City in September. While non profits bid to host the recycling bins, you may be wondering what happens to all of those garments, shoes, and accessories. In the UK, Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development (TRAID) operates 900 recycling ...

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First U.S. Battery Recycling Facility in 20 Years Gets Green Light

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Published Aug. 3, 2010 at 1:51 p.m.

Credit: Charles Williams It's the first air permit issued in almost 20 years for a new, fully-integrated battery recycling facility in the U.S., says Johnson Controls Inc. The company secured the permit from South Carolina environmental regulators. And they did it in cooperation with local and national groups including the Coastal Conservation League and League of Women Voters of South Carolina ...

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EPA Admin Urges Tech Companies to Consider Recycling in Design

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Published Aug. 10, 2010 at 5:41 a.m.

At this year’s Fortune Brainstorm TECH, held in Aspen, Colo. July 22-24, guest speaker and EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, urged tech companies to consider the recycling of their products on the front end design, speaking to the growing problem of electronic products in the waste stream.The Fortune Brainstorm TECH conference, presented in association with The [ ... ] ...

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NY May Create Cigarette Butt Recycling Program

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Published June 4, 2010 at 10:24 a.m.

New Yorkers may have to start paying an extra penny for every cigarette they purchase.Michael DenDekker, New York City assemblyman, has proposed a bill to establish a cigarette butt recycling program in the Empire State, funded by a deposit program similar to bottle bills already prevalent around the country.At first striking DenDekker as laughable, the [ ... ] ...

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Making Organics Recycling Profitable

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Published May 10, 2010 at 4:04 p.m.

San Francisco loves it. Portland is considering it. And it has been a huge success in Toronto. For the recycling business, organics is the next big thing.An estimated 100 billion pounds of food – about 3,000 per second – is wasted each ...

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Best Buy Targets 1 Billion Pounds of Electronics Recycling

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Published April 27, 2010 at 2:03 a.m.

Best Buy is looking to increase the amount of electronics and appliances it recycles in stores tenfold, from 120 million pounds last year alone to 1 billion pounds in the next few years.Through a new campaign launched during Earth Week called ...

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EPA to Monitor Electronics Recyclers

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Published March 16, 2010 at 10:39 p.m.

In an attempt to address concerns about improper disposal and unidentified international exports, the U.S. EPA has created Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics ... Recyclers (R2), a set of standards for electronics recyclers.The new certification covers a range of e-waste topics, including banning certain materials from landfills or burning. While electronics [ ... ] ...

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Lack of Recycling is the Top ‘Green Guilt,’ Study Says

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Published March 16, 2010 at 10:38 p.m.

Does a sense of guilt ever strike you after tossing that plastic bottle into the trash rather than the recycling bin? How about that box of clothing you meant to donate but just tossed instead?If you answered yes, you’re “green guilt” is shared among an international audience.According to a Reader’s Digest poll, the greatest green [ ... ] ...

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