Some of the electronics that were on the cutting edge a decade ago are nearly obsolete now. (Here’s looking at you, iPod Touch.) Electronics of all kinds have limited lifespans. When you’re done with them, you could turn a storage room into an electronics graveyard – but why do that when you have electronics recycling...Continue Reading

Recycling is both socially and fiscally responsible, as you surely know. Adding less waste to our landfills and using less of our limited natural resources – what’s not to like? Just about everyone at your workplace likely agrees. But if yours is like most companies, your current recycling processes probably leave a lot of room...Continue Reading

Your intentions may be good, but your recycling practices may not be – and it’s time to change that. The term “wish-cycling” was coined to describe the phenomenon of people recycling things that they think or hope can be recycled. The pizza box made of cardboard (covered in grease), the plastic peanut butter jar (still...Continue Reading

So you’re starting a renovation or demolition project. You (or the crew you hire) are going to be generating a huge amount of waste, and even a dozen waste bins will get filled up quickly. Having a roll-off container parked outside is the best, most efficient way to collect it all. Before finalizing arrangements for...Continue Reading

Big Business and Food Waste Earlier this year, the Center for Biological Diversity analyzed the food waste practices of 10 major grocery store chains. The report’s authors gave each store a letter grade based on its accountability, prevention and recovery/recycling efforts around food waste. Only one chain, Walmart, was awarded a B. The other nine...Continue Reading

Have you visited a preschool classroom lately? They’re filled with little scientists running experiments. Give a preschooler a few magnets and he’ll probably try to stick them to wooden blocks, books, stuffed animals or his own body – with no luck, of course. It doesn’t take long for kids to figure out that magnets only...Continue Reading

The closing of a glass manufacturing plant in Milford probably didn’t much interest the average Massachusetts consumer, but that closure marked the end of an era – and exemplified the way the glass recycling market has changed. Ardagh, which manufactured glass bottles, closed its plant in March. It was the major customer of the Strategic...Continue Reading

Most people have heard the news of China’s 2018 National Sword policy, and how this is negatively impacting recycling markets throughout the world. You may not be aware of how and why this is impacting single stream recycling programs, not only for companies but also for nationwide U.S. municipal programs. Single stream recycling began as...Continue Reading

April 22nd is Earth Day and the focus this year is “End Plastic Pollution.” You can follow the conversation with the hashtags: #EarthDay2018 and #EndPlasticPollution. How much plastic is in our oceans? For a number of years we have been reading articles about the “garbage patch,” a vast area located in the Pacific Ocean with a high concentration...Continue Reading

Ask the average American to define metal and you might hear the words “steel,” “magnetic” and “strong.” But unless you’re talking to someone who works in the recycling or manufacturing industry, you probably won’t hear the words “ferrous” or “non-ferrous.” That’s because many people don’t realize that all metals fall into one of these two...Continue Reading