container recycling News
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New York collects $120M in unclaimed bottle deposits
October 31st marks the one-year anniversary of the expansion of New York’s beverage container deposit law, known as the “Bottle Bill,” to include bottled water. While it is too early to measure the full benefits of the new law, state and national recycling advocates are hailing the first year as a success. “Consumers have adjusted easily to the expanded bottle bill and ...
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Hawaii recycles record 72% of beverage containers
Hawaii has announced the results of its beverage container recycling efforts for the fiscal year 2008, and the state increased recycling by four percent to reach 72 percent recovery, an all-time high. The state says this means more than 680 million containers were recycled from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. State law requires that if more than 70 percent of containers are recycled there would ...
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Container Recycling Institute (CRI) will be hosting a Webinar that features two NRC Board Members
The Container Recycling Institute (CRI) will be hosting a webinar entitled the “Definition of Recycling” on July 27, 2016. This webinar will feature two NRC Board Members, Fran MacPoland and Stephen Bantillo as panelists for the discussion. The presentation panelists will delve into the definition of recycling. Learn more about the webinar and register ...
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Czechs Promote “No-Brainer” on VAT Reduction
EuRIC supports a Czech proposal to reduce VAT on goods containing recycled materials One of the long-standing arguments that recyclers have discussed is the question about how governments could help with recycling. Tyre and Rubber Recycling has often questioned the lack of a “Greenhouse Environment” for recycled goods. As we know, whilst recycling materials is good for the ...
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Compaction of Waste in Waste and Recycling Containers
The quality committee of GGAWB e.V. has agreed on the following regulation: Plastic and metal mobile 2-wheeled and 4-wheeled waste and recycling containers: capacity up to 1700 liters, are developed, manufactured and certified in accordance with the European Standard EN 840 and the RAL Quality Guideline RAL-GZ 951/1 and RAL-GZ 951/2, respectively. The demands made on a container defined in these ...
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Handicapped accessible Waste and Recycling Container 1100
The set of issues concerning the usability of sliding domed lid containers according to EN 840 was particularly focused on in discussions with representatives of handicapped associations. Access for persons in wheelchairs is not easy, e.g. to manage the sliding domed lid of the waste and recycling container 1100. These containers could be placed in such a way as to resolve this situation, e.g. ...
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PET Container Recycling Rate up to 29% for 2010
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), and the PET Resin Association (PETRA) announced today the release of the “2010 Report on Post Consumer PET Container Recycling Activity” and a 2010 Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) container recycling rate of 29%. This is the seventh ...
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The Urgent Need to Fix California`s "Bottle Bill"
August 28th, 2018 – Recycling rates are falling in California. For the first time in a decade, the percentage of beverage containers being recycled has dropped below 80 percent. The decline means that about 1.7 million containers that five years ago were being recycled are today being buried in landfills or, worse, tossed aside as litter. Part of the problem is that California’s ...
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PET Container Recycling Rate Holds Steady at Just over 29% for 2011
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the “2011 Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity.” The report cites a 2011 U.S. recycling rate of 29.3% for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic containers. The total volume of postconsumer PET bottles collected ...
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Europe now recycles two-thirds of its steel packaging, says APEAL
Over 2.5 million tonnes of food/drinks cans and other steel containers were recycled in Europe during 2006. This equates to a recycling rate of 66% - an increase of five percentage points compared to 2005, according to latest figures from the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL). The statistics show that top performers were Belgium and Germany on 93% and 89% of steel ...
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Flammability of Mobile Waste and Recycling Containers
As a result of many inquiries sent to the GGAWB concerning the flammability of plastic waste and recycling containers, the GGAWB has commissioned the Institut of the Fire Department Saxony-Anhalt to carry out a comprehensive expertise. The important questions to be reviewed are: Under what conditions does a plastic waste and recycling container burn? What kinds of pollutants are emitted into ...
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Quality assessment and testing requirements USD
The new RAL-GZ 951/3 for underground and semi-underground collection systems and depot containers for waste and recyclables with top lifting and bottom emptying (USD) has just passed the RAL approval procedure. Quality labels will shortly be available for order. Further information to ...
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Recycling park in Seixal gently recycles high-pollutant refrigerating devices
Higher EU WEEE targets since 2019: Exemplary rates of electrical and electronic waste recycling in Portugal As waste electrical and electronic equipment contains recyclable, valuable metals on the one hand and pollutants on the other, all WEEE treatment plants must comply with the standards EN50625-2-3 and CCL/TS 50625 of the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) ...
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Compact Fluorescent Disposal Simplified
CFLs have gained momentum with the latest green push and Wal-Mart's commitment to sell 100 million over the next year. Despite high front-end costs, compact fluorescents use 50-80% less energy and last up to 10 times longer than traditional incandescents. Additionally, CFLs reduce air and water pollution, give off high-quality light and can be used nearly everywhere. Despite the obvious ...
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Environmental Products Corporation and Tomra Systems ASA Settle Antitrust Complaint Filed in November 2010
Environmental Products Corporation (Envipco), a subsidiary of Envipco Holding N.V., a publicly listed company on the Brussels Euronext Exchange (Symbol: ENV), Tomra Systems ASA, a publicly listed company on the Oslo Stock Exchange (Symbol: TOM) and Tomra of North America, Inc. (Tomra) have agreed to settle their antitrust lawsuit that was filed in November 2010 in federal court in Connecticut. ...
By ENVIPCO
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WRAP funds development of electrical goods containing recycled WEEE
Plans to sell electrical goods containing recycled waste electrical and electronic equipment on the high street for the first time are underway thanks to a Waste & Resources Action Programme funded project. WRAP are piloting the initiative, which will produce a hi-fi, television stand and high quality audiovisuals where the external casing and internal plastic components will be made up of ...
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Mondi profit loss indicates bow out from UK market
International paper and packaging manufacturer and supplier, Mondi Group has reported it expects a full year loss after its operating profits for 2009 fell by more than 20% compared to the year before. The company is due to publish end of year results on 23 February in the wake of multiple UK plant closures. Mondi’s Holcombe brown paper plant, which was based in Bury and produced 105,000 tonnes ...
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Rio rancho receives $286,000 for green infrastructure
The City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico is constructing a new well water infrastructure, including two surge tanks, duplex model air compressors and controls that will alleviate problems with pipe failures due to surges from the existing equipment. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $286,000 for the work. EPA encourages citizens to take action to protect the nation’s ...
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Envipco Announces Launch of Revolutionary RVM Bulk Feed Technology
Envipco Holding N.V. (EHNV), a public listed company on the NYSE Euronext Brussels (Symbol: ENVI) and a leading provider of recycling systems and solutions to the beverage and retail industries, announces the launch of Envipco Quantum, the world's first truly bulk feed Reverse Vending Machine (RVM). For many years, RVM suppliers have always been challenged, "Why do I have to put my containers in ...
By ENVIPCO
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Report says PET recycling rate increased 28% in 2009
The recycling rate of polyethylene terephthalate increased 28% in 2009 making it the six consecutive year of gains in the United States´ recycling rate. And the 2009 rate increase occurred despite a 4% decrease in the total PET bottles and jars available for recycling, by weight, according to the "2009 Report on Post Consumer PET Container Recycling Activity" -- a collaborative effort of ...
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