Latest Glass recycling News
What-Goes-Where Tool for Residents Now Available to Waste Management Agencies
Toronto, Canada – Waste Nothing’s what-goes-where tool for residents is now being made available to local governments and other waste management agencies. By making information about proper disposal widely and easily accessible, agencies can improve customer service while better serving the environment. Waste management agencies maintain excellent resources on the correct procedures for trash, recyclables, electronic and household hazardous wa... [more]
World first for full scale autoclaving with wet AD (1/2)
A sustainable waste treatment facility near Plymouth in Devon is set to become the first in the world to apply full scale autoclave processing to wet advanced anaerobic digestion (AD). Handling up to 75,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial/industrial waste per year, state-of-the-art technology will make the AD process up to four times faster than conventional systems. Biogas production rates will also be significantly enhanced, enabling the fac... [more]
World first for full scale autoclaving with wet AD (2/2)
Unlocking potential The Lee Moor facility will be made up of two autoclave plants, screening and separation equipment, anaerobic digestion plant with associated buffer and digestate storage tanks, dewatering plant and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The two autoclaves will operate in parallel, each treating mixed municipal wastes in ten tonne batches at temperatures of approximately 160oC for 45 minutes at a pressure of seven bar. ... [more]
New partnership between Budget Pack and CCR UK to provide unrivalled compliance management and ‘next generation’ take-back solutions across the UK
Reverse Logistics Group, the parent company of CCR Logistics Systems AG and its UK subsidiary, CCR UK Ltd, and Budget Pack have agreed a working partnership which acknowledges their shared commitment to providing a forward-thinking compliance scheme solution and ‘return-to-value’ waste management approach for companies and organisations of all sizes across the UK. Under the new partnership agreement, Budget Pack will take on the compliance sc... [more]
SWR is appointed by the Langham, London to manage waste
SWR is now managing the entire waste contract for The Langham, London, a renowned 5* luxury hotel in London. SWR specialises in the hotel and catering sector and has been appointed to manage all of the hotel’s waste. Under the new waste contract SWR intends to raise recycling levels from the current rate of 35 percent to an impressive 75 percent over the first year of the contract and in the process realise significant reductions of The Langham... [more]
Other Glass recycling news and reviews
Anchorage Edges Closer to Glass Recycling Solution
Compared to just a few years ago it's easier recycle in Anchorage. Since 2008, curbside recycling of paper, cardboard and plastics has spread throughout the municipality. And there are drop-off locations for other things from construction materials to electronics. But there's one thing that people can't recycle that they used to be able to: glass. KSKA's Daysha Eaton looks into what's holding up ...
Trucking company ready to accept glass for recycling
HUNTINGTON -- The Cabell County Solid Waste Authority will explore the feasibility of a pilot program for glass recycling with a local trucking company.
Recycling glass and metals
We've taken truck loads of your documents, even your electronics today. Totaling more than 55,000 pounds of paper and more than 35,000 pounds of electronics. But what do you do with your glass bottles and aluminum cans?
Minneapolis Glass Repair and Replacement Company Celebrates Earth Day with a New State-of-the-art Glass Recycling ...
Minneapolis Glass Repair and Replacement Company Celebrates Earth Day with a New State-of-the-art Glass Recycling Program Rapid glass, an Auto Glass Repair and Home Window Glass Replacement company, has established a cost effective “Green” alternative to waste disposal using pulverized glass recycling [...] recently they could only recycle a small fraction of the glass leaving the rest to be ...
Artist Finds Niche Business In Glass Recycling
A fledgling business in Sandpoint, Idaho is giving locals a place to finally take their glass bottles –- besides the landfill, that is. North Idaho is one of the few corners of the Northwest that doesn’t have glass recycling. The business is barely up and running, and already has more glass bottles than it can handle.
Gallatin County's only glass recycling event of the year attracts hundreds
The third annual 'Get off your Glass' event, the only glass recycling event in Gallatin County all year was held at the Fairgrounds Saturday.
Recycling and Composting Drive Success of Diversion and Recovery Goals at 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open
TEMPE, Ariz., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Management officially announced today the final diversion and recovery percentages as part of the Zero Waste Challenge from this year's Waste Management ...
Changes to recycling and glass collections
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City Adds New Glass Recycling Bins
Wichita Falls officials say they added the bins as part of the city's ongoing effort to improve recycling efforts.
Wichita Falls Adds Glass Recycling Bins
In an effort to continue promoting and improving recycling efforts in Wichita Falls, the City's Sanitation Division has placed Blue Glass Recycling Bins at all Wichita Falls Fire Stations to go along with the White Paper Recycling Bins.
