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The city of Chicago in Illinois is set to release a request for proposal (RPS) that will address the improvement of the city's solid waste and recycling management. The city is hoping for a new material recovery facility management contract and a single-stream collection program. Details about the RFP and requirements for possible bidders are discussed.

There is a Pennsylvania Dutch saying, 'The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get. That is especially true when it comes to removing debris after a disaster. Everyone is in [...]

Americans consume a great deal of soda, juice and bottled water, and in the hot, sticky Southeastern United States soft drinks are especially in demand. But even the thirsty residents [...]

Faced with weak state leadership, no solid waste utility and a strong local interest in recycling, the city of Fort Collins, Colo., decided on a one-two punch: providing automatic recycling [...]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is expanding its partnership with elementary schools to recycle plastic shopping bags. The mega-retailer will offer its Kids Recycling Challenge program in 12 states - Arizona, Arkansas, [...]

Metropolitan Milwaukee is becoming the third section of the country to launch a magazine recycling program that brings together stakeholders all along the paper fiber's life cycle. The Recycling Magazines [...]

By Tara Deering Werlor Waste Control Inc. finds success with colored mulch and on-site grinding in Ohio Residents weren't ready for recycling the first time Werlor Waste Control Inc. introduced [...]

Some folks enjoying too much of their favorite beverages at North Carolina State University football games this year just might upchuck, but everyone attending the Wolfpack games is being asked [...]

The Japan Foodservice Association has set up a demonstration food recycling system in Miyagi Prefecture. Under the system, food scraps will ship from major chains' local restaurants to a processing [...]

Columbus, Ohio - Thirteen million people walk through the terminal building at the Port Columbus International Airport each year, so there are 13 million potential chances to keep trash out [...]

Milliken Carpet has developed the Earth Square' renewal process to give businesses and organizations that are renovating an alternative to disposing old carpet in landfills. The program departs from traditional […]

IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN From the Super Bowl to concerts to monster-truck rallies, members of the Florida Chapter's Tampa Bay Group are at every event at Raymond James [...]

The O'Malley administration showed chutzpah by taking on the forces of political correctness and announcing a halt to the city's curbside 'blue bag' recycling program. We have nothing against recycling. [...]

Hennepin County officials are going dumpster diving today at Old Chicago in Uptown, Minneapolis. They will be looking for clues about how the pizza joint can reduce the amount of [...]

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has launched a new Web site, www.recycle oil.org, that will make it easier for millions of do-it-yourself motor oil changers to find convenient locations to [...]

Care of fleet equipment crucial to solid-waste/recycling operations Whether engaged in collecting residential trash or recyclable items curbside, or in hauling containers of solid waste or bulk recyclables, cartage fleets [...]

In recognition of America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, numerous area organizations are joining hundreds of other recyclers across the country by exhibiting waste-reduction techniques and showing companies how to [...]

The city of Cudahy in Wisconsin implemented a recycling program in 1995 to comply with the mandatory curbside recycling law passed by the Wisconsin legislature. The program provides mandated recycling services to commercial and industrial customers through the city's public works department. This approach enables the city's small business firms to comply with the new recycling law and allows the public work department to generate revenues from the recyclables collection to compensate from the loss of trash collection revenues., When Wisconsin implemented its mandatory curbside recycling law in 1995, the city of Cudahy faced a very politically sensitive decision on whether recyclable materials collection would be provided to commercial [...]

IN 1992 AMERICANS SPENT $110.1 BILLION ON PRODUCTS that were perceived to be eco-safe; gross sales for 1993 are expected to hit $121.5 billion. These figures are no surprise given […]

For more than seven years, Garbage Reincarnation Inc., Santa Rosa, Calif., has held the contract to operate the recycling services at the Sonoma County Landfill and Healdsburg Transfer Station. In [...]

Duplicators looking to participate in the DCC format will need to purchase a pilot line--essentially a start-to-finish duplication line--from Philips, developer of the format. Delivery of the first pilot lines [...]

We are 2 1/2 million people living on an urbanized island surrounded by water--and we now dispose of 10,000 tons of garbage on this ecologically fragile island every day. That's [...]

Environmental alert to laser printer users: The EPA tells us that half of this country's 5500 operating landfills will be full by 1995. Discarded laser printer toner cartridges contribute in […]

Toxic team takes on hazardous duty Recyclers stake out new market for treating waste Mitchell Energy & Development had a problem it couldn't just bury quietly. Cleaning up a Galveston [...]

Environmental stewardship has become a phrase in the beverage marketplace that has found itself at the top of the 'to do' list. And who better to speak to sustainable practices [...]