Where does all of the paper go? Recycle it Please -- Interesting Video

Where does all of the paper go when we are finished with it?

Where do your recyclables end up?

http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/where-do-your-recyclables-end-up-you-might-be-surprised/article_6631f06c-355d-11e5-aba9-636d4f8d2fe3.htmlhtml

Interesting article.

Food Composting Programs -- Good Ideas to Get One Started

Courtesy of Global Green. Ideas on how to start a food composting program. Let's keep this stuff out of landfills.

Where Does That Plastic Bottle Go?

Plastic recycling works great -- cash redemption is a great incentive to make sure that all of the plastic gets to its final destination -- not the ocean

Build your own container home

Recycle shipping containers into the home of your dreams -- be the first one on your block

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What are your thoughts on Styrofoam? Check out this video.

Is styrofoam recyclable? Are they less energy intensive to produce and recycle than paper? Let me know what your thoughts are on this. Has anyone completed an energy balance on this process?

Toss it Baby

Tire Shredder In Action

A Peek Into Massachusetts Recycling Advice -- Melrose

http://m.melrose.wickedlocal.com/article/20150721/NEWS/150729942

Bioethanol From Waste Gases

http://www.environmentalleader.com/2015/07/15/arcelormittal-lanzatech-to-turn-waste-gases-to-low-carbon-fuel/

Read about this technology that Steel leader is exploring.

Recycle Bins as WiFi Hotspot? Tell me more!

http://www.6sqft.com/nycs-bigbelly-trash-and-recycling-bins-double-as-wi-fi-hotspots/

Great way to build out a wifi network and recapture valuable reusable resources.

Get your microplastic primer here!!

http://www.ethical.org.au/3.4.2/get-informed/issues/microplastics/

Exfoliants -- they work so well -- are yours laced with microplastics that unfortunate sea life will eventually ingest?

Do you need to scrub skin with polyethylene to get it clean? I want to know your stance on this.

1. Too small to matter

2. Too small, too many, must matter

3. Gimme more face cream!!!

Food Waste -- Don't just throw it out -- EHP Article

Interesting information in this article -- food waste to biogas.

Please sign up for email alerts -- you will be glad that you did -- relevant articles from the best minds on the web.

http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/123-a180/

Biodegradable Silicon Chips

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150630121206.htmhtm

Interesting possibilities.

EPA MSW Report

http://www.epa.gov/solidwaste/nonhaz/municipal/msw99.htmhtm

How do you compare? Good source for data and MSW generation in the US.

Long Island company boosts PET recycling output

http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20150708/NEWS/150709929/long-island-company-boosts-pet-recycling-output

Another Recycling Warehouse Fire!!

http://m.wcvb.com/news/crews-battling-4alarm-brockton-fire/34114958

Unfortunately, another one.

Using recycled frack water for food crop irrigation?

Check out @RecycleSphere's Tweet:

https://twitter.com/RecycleSphere/status/619809998558875648?s=09

What are your thoughts?

E-waste: What we throw away doesn't go away

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150708100610.htm

How do you manage your e-waste?

Crews Battle Fire at WA Recycling Plant

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Crews-battle-3-alarm-fire-at-Kent-recycling-plant-312630141.html?mobile=y

Something to ponder this morning

Check out @RecycleSphere's Tweet:https://twitter.com/RecycleSphere/status/619078928129392640?s=09


Example --- without rare earth metals, you wouldn't have iPhone. Could you live without rare earth metals?

California levels new charges in recycling fraud crackdown

http://news.yahoo.com/california-levels-charges-recycling-fraud-crackdown-001541516.html

Posted without comment.

Well, maybe a little bit of comment. Where there is money to be made, there will be fraud, unfortunately.

Recycling Industry Created Its Own Mess

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-07-07/recycling-industry-created-its-own-mess

What do you think about this?

Is recycling to blame?

Let me know.

Producing biodegradable plastic just got cheaper, greener -- ScienceDaily

Producing biodegradable plastic just got cheaper, greener -- ScienceDaily