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San Francisco Claims US Record On Waste Diversion
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August 27, 2010 - CBS 5
| | Mayor Gavin Newsom is claiming the city has set national records in keeping waste from being sent to a landfill. The mayor said on Friday that San Francisco hit what's called a landfill diversion rate of 77 percent for 2008, the last year records were available. Officials say it was the highest such rate for a city in the nation.
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Wine Bottle Recycling Catches on in Napa
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August 27, 2010 - NBC Bay Area
| | There may be an encounter with a familiar-looking wine bottle in your future. Wine bottle recycling is the next big thing, according to Wine Bottle Renew CEO and founder Bruce Stephens. His company collects used wine bottles, sanitizes them and sends them right back to the bottler for re-use.
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Is Chicago Throwing Away $1 Million on Recycling Carts?
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July 9, 2010 - Chicago Sun-Times
| | Thousands of blue recycling carts -- with a pricetag of nearly $1 million -- are stashed away in a Far South Side warehouse because City Hall bought them to make the citywide switch to curbside recycling, but ran out of money one-third of the way through. The Daley administration acknowledged having a stockpile of "roughly 22,000 carts" at a cost of $45-per-container.
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Oregon Paint Recycling Program a National First
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July 1, 2010 - Bloomberg
| | Oregon's first-in-the-nation environmental plan for recycling paint goes into effect on Thursday, and consumers will see the price of paint increase with it. The paint "take back" program was passed by the Legislature in 2009 after similar measures failed in Vermont and Connecticut.
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Recyclable Plastic Boat Sets Sail
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March 26, 2010 - EcoGeek
| | A boat aptly called the Plastiki, made out of 12,500 recyclable plastic bottles filled with carbon dioxide, has set sail for a great voyage through the Pacific. While it seems like an extreme stunt, the journey has more of a purpose than just seeing if a plastic boat can make the trip. By now, many of us have heard about the giant collection of floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The large aquatic dump is located in the North Pacific Gyre, one of the five major vortices of currents in the world's oceans. It is twice the size of Texas and contains billions of tiny pieces of plastic.
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Over 600 College Campuses Compete to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
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February 7, 2010 - PR-USA.net
| | RecycleMania springs back into action as college campuses compete to see who can reduce, reuse and recycle the most on-campus waste. For a 10-week period, beginning in mid-January and running parallel to the college basketball season, colleges and universities take part in an exciting competition that increases recycling participation by students and staff, and raises awareness about the significance of waste reduction programs on campuses.
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Rewards for Saving Energy, Recycling? Enjoy Cupcakes, eBay Discounts
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February 3, 2010 - USA TODAY
| | Paying people to save the earth? This concept is gaining ground as more businesses, utilities and government agencies offer cash and other incentives -- like cupcakes and massages -- to encourage conservation. One company, RecycleBank, announced Wednesday that its recycling points can now be used for eBay purchases. Another, Earth Aid, is offering an array of prizes that include cocktail-mixing classes and for super-duper savers in Philadelphia, a weekend bed-and-breakfast package at the Four Seasons Hotel.
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City of Atlanta Launches Pilot Incentive Based Recycling Program
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October 30, 2009 - Reuters
| | The City of Atlanta announced that a select group of Atlanta residents will soon be rewarded for their curbside recycling efforts. In an effort to encourage proper recycling habits, boost recycling participation, reduce the amount of recyclables being sent to area landfills and save taxpayer money, City officials introduced the pilot rewards program as an opportune way to move towards a greener, cleaner Atlanta.
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