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Green jobs lost as recyclers close
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 1 hour ago
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Recycling centers across California are closing, and scores of at-risk youths are being tossed from "green" jobs onto unemployment rolls in the wake of Sacramento's raid on bottle deposit funds. California's recycling treasury, filled by consumers' nickel...
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, green jobs, Californians Against Waste, Adrian White, Sacramento, Recyclable materials, Tomra, Design for X, Recycling, Maintenance, Waste management
Eureka adopts stance of sustainability
Fresno :: CA :: USA | about 1 hour ago
Credibility It entails making producers assume responsibility -- financial and physical -- for the proper management throughout the life span of their products, the release states. ”When producers are accountable for ensuring their products are re-used or recycled...
Tags: California Product Stewardship Council, producer responsibly, Eureka, Fresno, Recyclable materials, Sustainable design, ECycle, Stewardship, Recycling, Sustainability, Product stewardship, Waste management
Harford pulls plan to buy Prologis Park for incinerator access
Edgewood :: MD :: USA | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Facing opposition from Edgewood residents, Harford County Executive David R. Craig has pulled the bill to have the county purchase Prologis Park, a 113-acre lot in Edgewood. Craig made the announcement hours before a County Council meeting Monday at which...
Tags: Edgewood, David R. Craig, Environment, Incineration, Electronic waste, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Incinerators, Harford County Maryland, Chemical engineering, Thermal treatment, Waste management
Boy Scout plans local electronic recycling event for Eagle project
Frederick :: MD :: USA | about 4 hours ago
Credibility But he never used to think about what happened to these items after their useful life is over. He became more interested when his Boy Scout troop leader suggested he consider electronics recycling for his Eagle Scout project...Simons decided to work with...
Tags: electronics recycling, Frederick, Electronic waste, Recycling, Recyclable materials, Compost, Organic gardening, Drywall, ECycle, Simons, Technology Internet, Passive fire protection, Eagle Scout, Waste management, Recycling industry
Deluge dumps 1.1 million gallons of sewage into river
Columbus :: GA :: USA | about 6 hours ago
Credibility More than 4 inches of rainfall overwhelmed four other 8-10-inch sewer lines at Cherokee Avenue and Poplar Street in the Weracoba Creek area, East Lindsay at Flint Drive, Austell Drive near Lindsay Creek and the Rocky Creek Lift Station off Second Avenue,...
Tags: Jim Patterson, sewer line, Columbus Water Works, Chattahoochee RiverWalk, million gallons, Columbus, Environment, Sewage, Sewerage, Anaerobic digestion, Water pollution, Waste management
Philadelphia shows it pays to recycle
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 12 hours ago
Credibility Philadelphia residents are learning that it pays to recycle. The City of Brotherly Love launched what officials said on Thursday was America's largest program to give residents a financial incentive to recycle paper, plastic, glass and aluminum. Residents...
Tags: Philadelphians, North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Recyclable materials, Recycling in the United States, Design for X, Landfill, Recycling, Maintenance, Waste management
Group sues San Carlos, Millbrae and sanitary district for spilling sewage into San Francisco Bay
Menlo Park :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility San Francisco Baykeeper contends the sewage discharges from San Carlos, Millbrae and the West Bay Sanitary District contain toxic chemicals, bacteria and viruses, "posing a serious risk to fisheries, wildlife habitat and human health." The group says...
Tags: San Francisco Baykeeper, Millbrae, San Carlos, works director, Ron Popp, public works, Vivian Housen, Menlo Park, Environment, Sewage collection and disposal, Millbrae California, Environmental engineering, Sewerage, Waterkeeper Alliance, Water pollution, Waste management
Delaware City yard-waste site to close temporarily
New Castle :: DE :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility One of three state yard-waste disposal sites in New Castle County will close for maintenance next week. The mid-county site at the southwest corner of U.S...Pike Creek, on Polly Drummond Hill Road, a half mile north of Kirkwood Highway; open daily. ...
Tags: New Castle, Environment, Delaware Route 2, Landfill, Waste management
E-waste taken in Newbury Park
Thousand Oaks :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Residents can drop off computers, monitors, TVs, laptops, cellphones, printers and other electronic items for recycling at no charge. For more information, call (805) 499-0050 or visit www .pcrecycle.us.
Tags: Thousand Oaks, Environment, ECycle, Electronic waste, Hampton Inn, Hospitality Recreation, Walgreens, Technology Internet, Recycling, Waste management, Newbury Park, Recyclable materials, Thousand Oaks California, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Recycling industry
Give your outdoor garden pots a seasonal makeover
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Nothing detracts from a garden more than empty pots, or worse yet, pots filled with dead plants left over from summer displays. Spruce them up by potting them with a combination of colorful evergreen shrubs, perennials and flowering annuals. The key to...
Tags: Seattle, Environment, Organic gardening, Soil, Compost, Hospitality Recreation, Permaculture, Composting, Mulch, Waste management
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