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Keep America Beautiful Helps Decrease the Main Recycling Barrier: Convenience STAMFORD, Conn., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Colleges, K-12 schools, nonprofits and local governments will advance their recycling efforts this summer thanks to a significant grant made possible by The Coca-Cola Foundation. The winning communities, schools, universities and organizations will receive between 5,000 and 5,200 recycling bins. Over 70 percent of the bins are designed...
Fourth grade teacher from Yucaipa Christian School earns $5,000 prize as a reward for classroom sustainability efforts Erie, Pa. (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 FundingFactory, the nation’s largest fundraising by recycling program for schools and nonprofits, together with Scholastic, announce Susan Jones of Yucaipa Christian School in Yucaipa, Calif., is the winner of the “Go Green” Sweepstakes. More than 1,400 educators throughout the country entered for a chance to win the $5,000 prize by...
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today released the following statement regarding the New York City Department of Sanitation announcement of an expanded plastics recycling initiative: "The American Chemistry Council commends the new plastics recycling initiative announced today in New York City, which reflects a growing trend of cities and communities across the country expanding the collection of these types of containers....
MINNEAPOLIS, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCI) today announced that it will report first quarter financial results for the period ended March 30, 2013, after the market closes on May 6, 2013. The Company will hold a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, to discuss its first quarter financial results. To participate in the conference call, please dial the following number ten minutes prior to...
NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Every spring, more and more people start home improvement projects. Good news for the Earth: This spring, many of those people will be building with recycled building materials. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130424/CG00917) In a recent poll by Hometalk.com, 91% of respondents said that they had either used recycled building materials this year, or were planning to. You can see the growth in use of recycled building...
DETROIT, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- There are average, everyday employers. Then there are companies that go the extra mile for their workers: Pizza day. Generous Christmas bonuses. A paid day off each year on your birthday. It's those special touches that make a company a "Best Place to Work." Waste & Recycling News is eager to discover what companies are doing right by the workers and deserve the title of "Best Places To Work" in the waste, recycling and environmental...
New U.S. Postal Service video shows customers how to 'get green' while going green Click here to view the video. WASHINGTON , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To support this year's Earth Day theme of e-waste recycling, the U.S. Postal Service recently released a consumer video that demonstrates how easy it is to recycle cell phones, MP3 players and tablets through the MaxBack buyback program. The video walks viewers through the simple steps of searching online to find...
Event at The Home Depot Center in Carson will run from 11am to 4pm LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate Earth Week, E-Waste Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: EWSI) (the "Company"), an electronic waste management and reverse logistics company, is holding a Free Electronics Recycling event on April 27, 2013 from 11am to 4pm at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The event is part of The Home Depot Center's and LA Galaxy's Earth Week activities...
NYC's Film Biz Recycling celebrates five years with recognition of green media innovation and action in filmmaking NEW YORK, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday May 11(th), New York's Film Biz Recycling (FBR) and 200 guests will recognize winners of the First Annual Golden Dumpster Awards, being held @ 8:00 p.m. at Windfall, located at 23 West 39(th) Street in Manhattan. The event is free for members of the film industry, media, and press event, but RSVPs (at the...
First Inaugural Cadet Contest Collects 24,310 Cans COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Air Force Academy Cadet Squadron 09 won the inaugural Great American Can Roundup (GACR) contest by recycling a total of 4,166 beverage cans. Sponsored by the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), the GACR creates awareness of the environmental benefits of recycling cans. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130422/NY99045LOGO ) A representative from Ball...
Latest Recycling Reference Libraries
The incandescent light bulb provides a source of electric light through incandescence. The bulb works by passing current through a filament which heats to a temperature that produces light. The glass bulb that contains the filament prevents oxidation of the hot filament. The bulbs are also called electric lamps. Incandescent bulbs come in a various sizes and voltages. They can range from 1.5 volts to 300, require no external regulating equipment and have low manufacturing costs. They work...
Graphite (named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789, from the Greek γÏαφειν: "to draw/write", for its use in pencils) is one of the allotropes of carbon. Unlike diamond, graphite is a conductor, and can be used, for instance, as the material in the electrodes of an electrical arc lamp. Occurrence Associated minerals include: quartz, calcite, micas, iron meteorites and tourmalines. Notable occurrences include New York and Texas in the USA, Russia, Mexico, Greenland,...
