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Keep America Beautiful & Earth911 Join Forces

Earth911, November 20th, 2008

STAMFORD, Conn.—Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the nation’s largest community improvement and environmental stewardship organization, announced a strategic partnership with Earth911.com to share resources, editorial content and local recycling information with consumers nationwide. Through this partnership, Keep America Beautiful will provide access to the extensive Earth911.com national database of local recycling options through its website, provide educational content on Earth911.com and ... read more

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Yellow Pages’ Data Show Recycling Trends

Ashley Schiller, November 20th, 2008

Metal continues to be one of the country's most recycled materials, according to Yellow Pages, whose data shows that 21 percent of total calls are from users looking for a place to drop off their aluminum. Consumers have also shown an increased interest in recycling bulky items.  Auto parts, computers, VCRs, and refrigerators account for 20 percent of Yellow Pages' ... read more

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Aluminum’s New Recycling Mission

Jennifer Berry, November 20th, 2008

The Aluminum Association recently announced an effort to increase aluminum recycling industry-wide by almost 20 percent. The association hopes to hit a 75 percent recycling rate by 2015; today, the current recycling rate is approximately 54 percent. Although aluminum cans are the most highly recycled beverage containers in the country, the Aluminum Association estimates that over 50 billion cans are trashed ... read more

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