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16 Billion Beverage Containers Recycled in Calif. Last Year

Christina Caldwell, May 16th, 2012

California might be the most populous state in the country at nearly 38 million people, but it's high recycling rates are still staggering. According to CalRecycle’s Biannual Report of Beverage Container Sales, Returns, Redemption, and Recycling Rates, released last week, Californians recycled over 16 billion beverage containers in 2011. The recycling rate stayed basically flat from the year before, ... read more

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Green Consumers Expect Social Media Transparency, Accessibility

Jennifer Berry, April 18th, 2012

Do you keep up with sustainability via your Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, or Pinterest feeds (or any social network, for that matter)? At the Fortune: Brainstorm Green conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif., executives from top companies touting sustainable efforts acknowledged the importance of social media in engaging green consumers. "We’re using social, financial and educational currency to ... read more

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San Fran’s New Mobile Beer Canning Service

Alexis Petru, December 5th, 2011

A new San Francisco business wants to bring craft beers to a wider audience, while reducing the beverage’s environmental impacts. The Can Van is a mobile canning service for small Bay Area breweries, bringing canning equipment directly to the brewers themselves to save them time and money. Many small breweries distribute their craft beers in glass bottles or kegs – ... read more

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Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Highest in a Decade

Mary Mazzoni, September 1st, 2011

If you’re one of the many Americans who tossed your beverage cans into the recycling bin last year, give yourself a pat on the back. You helped save millions of barrels of oil. The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans has reached its highest level in more than a decade, with 58.1 percent of all cans recycled in 2010, according ... read more

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VIDEO: The Solar-Powered Recycling Robot

Alexis Petru, June 22nd, 2011

Meet Dr. R.E. Cycler – a solar-powered robot that crushes aluminum beverage cans to prep them for recycling. The robot, whose full name is Dr. Robotic Environmentalist Cycler, is the latest creation of Florida Robotics, a company that makes entertainment and promotional robots to sell in the U.S. and 30 other countries. To see the Dr. R.E. Cycler in action, people ... read more

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Pepsi to Install ‘Dream Machines’ in D.C. Area

Alison Neumer Lara, March 2nd, 2011

It's about to get a little easier to recycle in downtown Washington D.C. PepsiCo will roll out more than 300 bottle and can recycling bins in partnership with the public works department and DowntownDC Business Improvement District, a Washington urban development group. Officials hope the new cans will divert 1 million pounds of recyclables annually from downtown waste, with the goal of reaching ... read more

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Video: Tour of a Recycling Center That You Actually Want to See

Jennifer Berry, March 1st, 2011

Single-stream recycling may not seem like a big deal. But, as the amount of waste we create continues to rise, making recycling easier for the average citizen is a must. The new Arizona Community Ecocenter Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Surprise, Ariz. is giving the Phoenix metropolitan area a new way to make the most of its waste. According to Waste ... read more

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Sneak Peek: Green at the Phoenix Open

Jennifer Berry, January 13th, 2011

"The Greatest Show on Grass" is about to get more green than ever before. Earth911 had the opportunity to preview some of the sustainable initiatives that will take place at the upcoming Waste Management Phoenix Open at the Official Phoenix Open Media Day this week. With almost a half-million visitors expected to arrive at the TPC Scottsdale, the Phoenix Open ... read more

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Banned Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Now Used For Ethanol

Megan Dobransky, January 11th, 2011

Sparks. Tilt. Joose. Four Loko. Liquid Charge. Torque. These drinks may sound fun, but they’ve all been discontinued. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called the caffeine added to these alcoholic beverages an “unsafe food additive” and issued letters of warning to four manufacturers in November. In response, manufacturers pulled their beverages from shelves to reformulate them ... read more

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Best College Football Recyclers Announced

Megan Dobransky, December 7th, 2010

On Sunday, the BCS announced the lineup for this year’s college football bowl games. These are significant games that can draw a combined attendance of almost 2 million people – people that enjoy beverages in plastic cups, food on paper plates and merchandise in plastic bags throughout a game. That can add up to a lot of trash, much of ... read more

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