By Brent Bell, Vice President of Recycling Operations for Waste Management http://mediaroom.wm.com/tag/recycling101 For all the years I’ve worked in the recycling business for Waste Management, I can tell you that the global challenges our industry is facing these days are without precedent. Simply put, many of the items we all want to recycle are getting […]
Plastic bags, cords, food on no-no list By Emily Walkenhorst Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advertisements, a website and — if a person does wrong — a reminder note of what can and cannot be recycled are coming soon to most Pulaski County recyclers. The Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District in Pulaski County is launching a recycling […]
By Erick Roston From Bloomberg Businessweek Keep your plastics. Photographer: Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images Recycling, we hardly recognize you. Nearly a half-century after the first Earth Day, big companies are now among the biggest boosters of recycling in hopes of pleasing socially responsible investors and planet-conscious consumers. At the same time, a decision by […]