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Republic Services opens Texas landfill expected to last 100 years

Now that the old landfill has reached capacity, Republic Services is building a new landfill expected to last a centenary.

May 23, 2013 / Waste & Recycling News

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University students find way to cut down plastic decomp time

Dive summary: A group of students from Brigham Young University in Utah is working on patenting a process which cuts down the decomposition time for plastics down to three years. The students came up with PlasTek, a chemical solvent that can be sprayed onto trash as it goes into ...

May 24, 2013 / Plastics News

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Axion Wins Resource Revolution Award

Axion Polymers has received recognition in the Technology Trailblazer Materials Recovery category in the Resource Revolution Awards 2013 for the company's work in recycling materials from end-of-life vehicles for re-use in new and closed-loop applications such as automotive components. The compa...

May 23, 2013 / Recycling Today

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Veolia Signs Deal with Essex County Council

The Essex County (United Kingdom) Council (ECC) has awarded Veolia Environmental Services plc an eight-year, integrated waste management contract that will result in Veolia becoming the sole supplier managing the county's RCHW network. Starting November 2013, Veolia will manage 21 recycling cent...

May 23, 2013 / Recycling Today

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SITA UK Picks Eriez for UK Plant

The magnetic separation system company Eriez Magnetics has installed a magnetic separation system for the removal of nonferrous materials at SITA UK's new wood recycling plants in Preston, Ashington and Perth. SITA UK says it is the only major recycling and resource management company to offer a...

May 23, 2013 / Recycling Today

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More emphasis needed on recycling and reuse of Li-ion batteries

The discovery of potential environmental and human health effects from disposal of millions of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries each year has led scientists to recommend stronger government policies to encourage recovery, recycling and reuse of lithium-ion battery materials.

May 22, 2013 / Science Daily

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New York landfill expands gas-to-energy project

Waste Management and Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority add another engine to facility.

May 22, 2013 / Waste & Recycling News

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Oklahoma landfills brace for tornado debris

Area haulers are waiting for the go-ahead to start cleaning up shattered Oklahoma neighborhoods.

May 22, 2013 / Journal Record

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Carpet Recycling UK wins resource award

Carpet Recycling UK's significant achievements in finding new uses for waste carpet and exceeding targets have won the company the Landfill Diversion Strategy category of the Resource Revolution Awards 2013. Diversion of carpet waste from landfill increased to 21.4 per cent in 2012 - a rise of 3...

May 21, 2013 / Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine

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WasteExpo 2013: Day One in New Orleans

Standing room only The organics track at WasteExpo began with a packed crowd. Marketing compost Kathy Kellogg Johnson of Kellogg Garden Products talks to her audien...

May 21, 2013 / Waste 360

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