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HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection is advising consumers and businesses of new rules for recycling electronic devices that will take effect on Jan. 24, 2013. Enacted in 2010, the Pennsylvania Covered Device Recycling Act requires that consumers not dispose of covered devices, such as computers, laptops, monitors and televisions, with their trash. This means that trash haulers will no longer be able to take covered...
Visit Recycle-Bowl.org to Register Your School Today! STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Keep America Beautiful, the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, is again teaming up with Nestle Waters North America to announce the launch of the second annual Recycle-Bowl youth recycling competition. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110816/DC53265LOGO) In its inaugural year, more than 1,200 elementary, middle- and...
- Waste Management Awards 10 Think Green® Grants to KAB Affiliates for Innovative Projects and Programs - STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) announced today that Waste Management (NYSE: WM) has awarded $10,000 individual grants to 10 KAB affiliates. The Waste Management Think Green® Grants are awarded to encourage community sustainability through local environmental efforts. The merit-based Waste...
CHICAGO, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Recycled Paper Greetings puts a fresh spin on the classic card as the sponsor of Lollapalooza's Rock & Recycle program this year at Grant Park in Chicago, August 3-5. Rock & Recycle encourages festival-goers to collect recyclables throughout the park in exchange for prizes and swag. The four Rock & Recycle centers will be located throughout the Lollapalooza grounds and will be open all three days of the festival. The creative...
ERCC's new Collection Site Best Practices document serves as a guidance document for collection sites accepting used electronics. ERCC is encouraging state electronics recycling programs to incorporate the document into their programs and also plans to develop a program where all collectors will voluntarily demonstrate adherence to the guidelines. Parkersburg, WV (PRWEB) July 18, 2012 This week, the Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse (ERCC) has announced the publication...
RACINE, Wis., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With a 12-decade track record of results, SC Johnson understands that success comes from a continuous cycle of learning and action. That's why today SC Johnson is thrilled to announce two efforts focused on closing the persistent gap between families' environmental aspirations and their everyday choices: The SC Johnson Sustainable Behavior Change Program is a groundbreaking research project studying how to inspire behavior change around...
HILLIARD, Ohio, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- e-Cycle, a leading mobile buyback and recycling company, is calling on businesses to use e-Stewards-certified companies for their e-cycling efforts to help prevent situations similar to the one that occurred this week in New Delhi, India, where 17 young children were found to be working in an allegedly hazardous and unsafe facility. In addition, e-Cycle is making a donation to Cry - Child Rights and You on behalf of the rescued...
CHICAGO, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) today announced that St. Cornelius School in Chicago, Ill., is the official grand prize winner of this year's Dream Machine Recycle Rally "Dream Green School Makeover" contest and will be awarded $50,000 to help fund green improvements at the school. St. Cornelius School recycled more than 885,000 beverage containers - an average of approximately 5,270 containers per student - during the 2011/2012 contest school year. To...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- YouChange Holdings Corp ("youchange(TM)") (OTCBB:YCNG), a leading Community for electronics collection, e-waste tracking, and re-Commerce, today announced the winners of its Earth Day Collection Challenge. The contest, which was open to 30 schools in the Phoenix metro area, was run using the youchange proprietary system which helps schools raise finds through the collection of unwanted electronic devices. Schools compete...
ARMONK, N.Y. and SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today a collaboration with Recology, San Francisco's resource recovery company, to continue reducing landfill disposal by further improving recycling programs designed to help the city achieve zero waste by 2020. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
