14Jan

“What You Can Do to Stem the Rising Cost of Recycling”

Sorting the materials that go into your curbside bins to prevent against contamination is key to keeping municipal recycling costs down.

11Jan

“New Life for Wind Turbines with Innovation and the Circular Economy”

Wind turbine blades can weigh 20+ tons. Wind farms with 100 turbines—300 blades—can thus have 6,000 tons of recyclable blade material alone.

11Jan

Galveston-area restaurants have recycled 850 tons of oyster shells over the past decade to help rebuild reefs lost during Hurricane Ike.

11Jan

Paper and cardboard are easily segregated, simplifying collection and sorting, and helping make them the most recycled packaging materials.

10Jan

Because of the surge in PV installations at the end of 1990s, a big increase in end-of-life solar panels is expected to emerge around 2025.

10Jan

BASF will commercialize the first products created under its ChemCycling program, which recycles waste such as mixed and uncleaned plastics.

10Jan

Denver has joined Washington, D.C., Louisville, and Chattanooga in a Food Packaging Institute program allowing paper beverage cup recycling.

09Jan

EDF Renewables has recycled the turbines and foundations of a 14.5-MW wind farm, crushing the latter for backfill and use on nearby roads.

09Jan

A German chemical company has developed an additive to turn scrap tires into a form of asphalt that extends road service life.

09Jan

A recent review of packaging life-cycle studies suggests those with high recycled content may not correlate with lower environmental impact.