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Recycling of plastic film still growing: report
2014-04-08 21:42:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Recycling of post-consumer film packaging hit 1.02 billion pounds in 2012 an increase of 56 per cent since 2005, but just 1 per cent since 2011, according to new figures from the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC).
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10 Things You Need to Know For the Waste & Recycling Industry Today (April 8, 2014)
2014-04-08 17:58:00| Waste Age
Author Adam Minter explains why Starbucks is having trouble meeting its self-imposed goal of recycling its cups. Pacific BioDiesel is shutting down Americas first biodiesel planan 18-year old facility in Hawaii. A new paper delves into the benefits of anaerobic digestion and what must be done for it to succeed in the United States. Wisconsin passes legislation to expand drug collection efforts. Boulder Colo., considers a sustainability tax. These are all among todays 10 things you need to know from around the waste and recycling industry. Content Classification: Curated read more
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April 3, 2014 - New Firm Buys Midland Recycling in Nebraska
2014-04-07 22:39:00| Waste Age
Midland Recycling and its Lincoln, Neb., facility has been sold to a newly formed company. read more
10 Things You Need to Know For the Waste & Recycling Industry Today (April 7, 2014)
2014-04-07 17:31:00| Waste Age
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. agreed to the largest ever payout, $5.15 billion, to fund the clean up of hazardous waste at sites throughout the nation. A program in Elmhurst, Calif., will convert food waste to energy. Plans for a waste transfer station in Georgia get scrapped. A Zero Waste community is being planned in Minnesota. These are all among todays 10 things you need to know from around the waste and recycling industry. Content Classification: Curated read more
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US Ecology to Buy Waste, Recycling Firm EQ for $465 Million
2014-04-07 17:14:00| Waste Age
US Ecology Inc. has agreed to acquire EQ The Environmental Quality Company in a hazardous and non-hazardous waste and recycling deal valued at $465 million. read more
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