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Benefits of Glass Recycling: Why Recycle Glass?

Benefits of Glass Recycling: Why Recycle Glass?

Article Source: About News Glass recycling is both simple and beneficial. Let’s start with the benefits of glass recycling   Glass Recycling is Good for the Environment A glass bottle that is sent to a landfill can take up to a million years to break down. By contrast, it takes as little as 30 days […]

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Benefits of Recycling Metal

Benefits of Recycling Metal

Article Source: Livestrong Contributing Author: Joshua Duvauchelle Benefits of Recycling Metal You and other consumers and corporations manufacture, use and discard millions of tons of metal every year, which goes into everything from small beverage cans to giant vehicles. Approximately 150 million tons of scrap metal was recycled in 2008, according to the Institute of Scrap […]

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Why the World’s Biggest Companies are Investing in Recycling

Why the World’s Biggest Companies are Investing in Recycling

Article Source:GreenBiz: Contributing Author: Joel Makower Interest in recycling is looping back around. That’s evident from the launch of the Closed Loop Fund, a budding $100 million effort by a group of large companies to invest in recycling infrastructure and, in the process, put more recycled materials into manufacturing supply chains. Along the way, it aims […]

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SWIX & FL DEP Hosting Recycling Workshop for Businesses in Orlando, Florida

SWIX & FL DEP Hosting Recycling Workshop for Businesses in Orlando, Florida

Business Recycling Workshop in Orlando, Florida April 23 | 9:00 AM to 3:45 PM | 411 Mercy Drive in Orlando, FL [Second Harvest Food Bank Meeting Facility] The Southern Waste Information eXchange (SWIX), is pleased to announce an upcoming one-day recycling workshop for business owners. SWIX has assembled several industry experts to present at the […]

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MEDICINE COLLECTION EVENT TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF UNUSED MEDIACTIONS

MEDICINE COLLECTION EVENT TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF UNUSED MEDIACTIONS

Operation Medicine Cabinet: Medical Collection Event Offers Leon County Residents an Opportunity to Safely Dispose of Unused and Expired Prescriptions or Medications On Saturday, April 4th, the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX), in partnership with several community leaders, will hold a collection event for unwanted or unneeded medications (both over the counter and prescription). This […]

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RECYCLING WORKSHOP OFFERED FOR FLORIDA BUSINESSES

RECYCLING WORKSHOP OFFERED FOR FLORIDA BUSINESSES

Learn from the experts about starting, improving or financing business recycling (Orlando, Florida) On Thursday, April 23rd, the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX), in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Publix, Harvest Power, Rooms to Go, Kessler Consulting, Inc., Florida First Capital Finance Corporation and Recycle Florida Today, Inc., will hold […]

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Interesting Facts About Recycling & Why You Should Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

Interesting Facts About Recycling & Why You Should Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

Interested in playing a role in saving the planet? Check out the facts on recycling below.   How does recycling work? There are three parts to the recycling process: collection, manufacturing and buying. These three components are so important that they are represented by the three “chasing arrows” of the recycling logo. Collection – Don’t […]

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Food Waste Reduction Alliance webinar hosted by EPA

Food Waste Reduction Alliance webinar hosted by EPA

Food Waste Reduction Alliance, a Unique Industry Collaboration Sustainable Materials Magement (SMM) Web Academy Webinar Series: January 15, 2015, 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EST) Webinar Registration (click here) Details: The issue of food “waste” is a hot topic among sustainability professionals, government agencies, media and the general public. Stresses on food production systems due to multiple […]

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Plastics Recycling for Global Environmental Stewardship

Plastics Recycling for Global Environmental Stewardship

Plastics Recycling Did you know that every ton of plastic bottles recycled saves about 3.8 barrels of oil? The plastics industry realized more than 20 years ago that recycling plastics was an eco-friendly endeavor. Back in 1988 plastic manufacturers asked SPI (The Plastics Industry Trade Association) to create the resin numbering system to help improve the […]

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Plastic Recycling: End of the road for landfill and incinerated plastics?

Plastic Recycling: End of the road for landfill and incinerated plastics?

The large-scale incineration or dumping of plastic films in landfills could soon be a thing of the past as new technologies seek to convert plastics into fuels and other useful products. Economic factors and fundamental difficulties with handling and sorting at recycling facilities has resulted in plastic film recycling still being in the early stages […]

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