06Jun

“How to create a near-zero waste kitchen”

Storage tip from @zerowaster to cut kitchen waste: don’t wrap items in plastic—use paper/cardboard, glass jars, foil, oilcloth or parchment.

05Jun

“Wind Power Is Renewable, Turbines Aren’t: Recycling Technology That Gets Too Old”

@WSUPullman‘s Karl Englund and @GFSRecycles have developed a wind turbine blade recycling process to be employed in a plant opening in 2020.

05Jun

Brohn Tech’s new mobile Styrofoam recycler compacts polystyrene—reducing its volume by 90%—and transforming it into a marketable plastic.

05Jun

A record 68.1 percent of the paper consumed in the United States in 2018 was recovered for recycling, according to @ForestandPaper.

04Jun

Wind turbines and PV panels are often not recycled because the labor/energy required to do so is more expensive than buying raw materials.

04Jun

@kroger and @Walgreens are partnering with @TerraCycle for the launch of its “circular shopping” e-commerce platform, @LoopStore_US.

04Jun

Moral persuasion, deposit schemes, or free-market mechanisms—which method is best to incentivize people to recycle?

03Jun

Recycling batteries is key among @UMSEAS‘s 10 “green principles” developed to ensure EVs’ environmental impact is minimized going forward.

03Jun

@RECYPartnership says investments of $1 billion in U.S. paper recyclers have been announced in 2019 as mills expand to process cheap scrap.

03Jun

@RecycleAcrossAm backs Interior-Environment funding bill report’s advice to @EPA to boost recycling programs via standard recycling labels.