NCC hopes canal green bins help recycling goal
EMC Nepean Barrhaven
The NCC has launched another environmental initiative this year with the hope of encouraging people to recycle organics on the canal and help reduce the trash going to the landfill. During Winterlude weekends, a Green Squad of volunteers were set to be ...

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Lawmaker proposes 'Schengen area for waste', recycling
EurActiv
"That's why I will be proposing a sort of 'Schengen Area for waste' to make it much easier to get your old lightbulbs to one or two places in Europe and to recycle everything that is in these lightbulbs." Gerbrandy's draft resolution on the European ...

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GHHS recycling program off to successful start
ThisWeekNews
By Alan Froman After little more than a month, a new recycling effort at Grandview Heights High School has collected more than 400 pounds of recyclable refuse from students and teachers. The program was initiated by the school's environmental club, ...

Mandatory Recycling Coming To Easton
WBOC TV 16
By Steven Fisher - email EASTON, Md. - Mandatory recycling is on its way to Easton. Town council made it official this week when they voted to adopt a citywide recycling program. Some people in town say it's about time Easton got with the program.

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Pratt Recycle Center helps keep household hazardous waste out of the Pratt ...
Pratt Tribune
By Gale Rose Recycling household hazardous waste at the Pratt Recycle Center keeps dangerous polluting material out of the Pratt County Landfill. It requires special handling before it is moved from Pratt to disposal sites. It takes several months to ...

European Group Releases Glass Recycling Report
Recycling Today
The Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+) has released a report for the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) that looks at strategies for increasing the collection of glass in Europe.
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Recycle eyeglasses, Lions Club urges
The Daily Jeffersonian
The Cambridge Lions Club is preparing for its annual music and comedy show. The show is one of the club's main fund raising events. The net income is used to help those in the local community who need assistance in paying for eye care and eyeglasses.

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Liberty's a recycling champion
KC Community News
According to Mid-America Regional Council, the Kansas City metropolitan area now keeps about 25 percent of materials that could be recycled out of the waste stream. MARC hopes that by 2013, that percentage could be increased to 40 percent.
CURBSIDE RECYCLINGHattiesburg American

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R15m recycle plant shuts down
Independent Online
By Colleen Dardagan A Durban recycling company is claiming damages, alleging that the city's waste collection unit reneged on supply agreements, causing a R15-million recycling plant at Mariannhill's landfill site to shut down.

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Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover
The Seattle Times
Some green-thinking locals and others want New Orleans to recycle the tons of plastic necklaces that go flying during parades. But skeptics say it will never happen By Richard Fausset GM ANDREWS / AP A reveler with the Order of Incas tosses trinkets to ...
Environment: Recycling Mardi Gras BeadsThe Daily Activist
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