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Volunteer Effort Clears Debris and Creates River Walk

Lori Brown, June 3rd, 2009

After 21 years of community volunteer work to clean up the local polluted river, the citizens of Great Barrington, Mass. can officially declare their hard work a success as their Housatonic River Walk has been named a National Recreation Trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior. As were many industrial towns, Great Barrington was built with its back to ... read more

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Tagged basics, composting, ideas, noteworthy, waterquality

Published in Construction


N.C. Law to Ban Plastic Bottles from Landfills

Trey Granger, June 3rd, 2009

Under a new law that takes effect Oct. 1, North Carolina will be banning all rigid plastic containers from landfills. This includes any bottles with a neck smaller than the container itself. The legislation was created back in 2005, and will focus largely on the recovery of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This plastic, commonly identified by the number "1" inside a ... read more

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Tagged aluminumcan, basics, ideas, noteworthy, number1plasticPETE, number2plasticHDPE, number3plastic, number4plasticLDPE, number5plasticPolypropylene, number6plasticpolystyrene, number7plastic, oilfilters, whitegoods

Published in Plastic


Car Companies Increase Recycling Initiatives

Trey Granger, June 3rd, 2009

Both Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. have announced plans to improve recovery and recycling rates of their end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) in addition to increased use of recycled material in cars. For Nissan, the company has released 2008 recycling figures on ELVs that show it recovered and recycled 76.7 percent of auto material in Japan. This is more than ... read more

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Tagged autobodies, basics, carbatteries, ideas, noteworthy, windows

Published in Automotive


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