Materials recovery from waste cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
Materials recovery from waste cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE CITES RECYCLING RECORDS: FOUR MILLION TONS, 81,000 JOBS
Pennsylvania’s recycling industry – which includes 141 manufacturers of recycled products – has created a $23.4 billion industry that employs more than 81,000 people, announced Governor Edward Rendell last month. The state’s recycling programs topped four million tons, based on reports filed by counties. “We have demonstrated that we can …
Mais »BIOMASS ENERGY RESOURCES INVENTORIED FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON
Up to 40 percent of Eastern Washington’s residential energy could be provided by converting municipal and agricultural wastes into methane, according to a study sponsored by the Washington Department of Ecology and the Inland Northwest Technology Education Center (INTEC). The study was conducted by Shulin Chen, professor of biological systems …
Mais »PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USES COMPOST FOR TREES
For the past 30 years, TreePeople – a nonprofit environmental organization – has inspired people to improve their Los Angeles region through the care and planting of nearly two million trees. One current program, Generation Earth – contracted by the Los Angeles County Public Works Department – works with students …
Mais »WINE GRAPE GROWERS USE CLEAN WASTE PRACTICES TO REDUCE RUNOFF AND EROSION
The Central Coast Vineyard Team (CCVT) based in Templeton, California is in its second year of a Clean Water Project that has had a “huge success” with nine participating growers. In the first year, 100 acres were designated to demonstrate Best Management Practices to reduce soil erosion and water runoff, …
Mais »CITY RECYCLING CENTER INCLUDES CENTER FOR HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIALS
As described in a feature article in Public Works (January, 2004), the Boulder Recycling Center, completed in 2001, is owned by the City and operated by Eco-Cycle, a nonprofit launched in 1976, now with a staff of 55. Recently, Eco-Cycle added the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (ChaRM) which …
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