State considers 10-cent deposits on recyclable beverage containers
Januray 9th, 20134 - Minn - A proposed 10-cent fee for bottles, cans and other beverage containers would boost Minnesota’s recycling volume by some 1.9 billion containers per year but could also saddle consumers or beverage firms with $29 million in new costs as beverage prices rise. Read More
Recycling Report Card
December 11th, 2013 - CA - There's nothing new about reusing and recycling. Archeological digs (see here and here) reveal evidence of people recycling stuff as far back as 400 BC; some scientific evidence suggests recycling goes back to the Neanderthals and possibly beyond. Read More
Wasting Away
Novemebr 26th, 2013 - There’s a place not too far from here – and not too far from where you are reading this right now, either – where all the stuff we don’t want ends up. Read More
Beverage container recycling struggles to gain ground
November 7th, 2013 - A new study on beverage container recycling in the U.S. indicates sales of beverage containers continued to ascend between 2000 and 2010, but recycling rates barely budged during the decade. Read More
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