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Source: EPA Instead of printing hard copies of your documents, save them to your hard drive or email them to yourself to save paper. Make your printer environmentally friendly. Change your printer settings to make double-sided pages. Use small point fonts when possible and use the “fast draft” setting when possible to save ink. Pay your bills […]
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Source: Florida DEP Construction and demolition (C&D) debris recycling became a matter of controversy in the 2000 legislative session. House Bill 2163 (Appendix A, a web link) would have created a new class of materials called “recoverable construction and demolition materials” (RCDM), which would have been exempt from local government solid waste franchises. The bill […]
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Source: Florida DEP Key Objectives of MRF Design MRFs must be designed to produce clean, consistent, marketable products from heterogeneous materials that contain some level of contamination. Designing, constructing and equipping a new MRF, or redesigning an existing facility, requires an efficient integration of automated technologies and manual labor. When designing a MRF, the following […]
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Source: nerc.org How to initiate these programs in your school: Find a dedicated and motivated individual to initiate school recycling, with additional support people (“Recycling Team”) for sustaining and expanding the program. Before targeting materials for diversion, evaluate the schools waste stream, existing waste reduction efforts, and the resources available, including staff and local recycling […]
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Source: Florida DEP Another program closely tied in with the State’s waste reduction and recycling efforts is called the Florida Pollution Prevention (P2) Program. Pollution prevention is a process improvement that eliminates, conserves or reuses materials which are the source of pollution. It achieves positive financial, environmental and worker health results. Pollution prevention increases efficiency […]
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Source: Florida DEP Waste Reduction is an integral part of Florida’s municipal solid waste (MSW) management system. Waste reduction in Florida is measured by assessing the amount of waste that is not being combusted in one of the State’s waste-to-energy facilities or buried in one of its landfills. The most recognizable form of waste […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Business advantages of recycling your waste Source: nibusinessinfo.co.uk Your business can gain a number of benefits from recovering and recycling waste. However, remember that waste activities such as recycling and recovery use energy so your priority should be to reduce waste in the first place. Save and make money Your business can save money by using […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Waste Reduction Education for Businesses Source: RW Beck The advantages of waste reduction are numerous. Waste reduction impacts the economic health of all types of businesses, from corner stores to international corporations. For industrial entities (e.g., those manufacturing goods), there is a built- in economic incentive to minimize waste, as inputs are generally purchased, and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Source: Recycle Across America Recycling Facts Currently less than 35% of households and less than 10% of businesses in the U.S. recycle. (EPA 2011) Those levels have barely improved in 15 years despite billions of dollars spent on competitions, symposiums, awareness campaigns and sorting technologies. The experience at the bin needs to be improved for […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →General Office Recycling Source: Waste Management Even with emails and instant messaging, most business offices still use a lot of paper. The good news is that practically any product or package made of paper can be recycled, and so can metal and plastic beverage containers. Best of all, with single-stream recycling, you can toss everything […]
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