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  • 09-Nov-09 13:29 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    EPA Launches iWARM 
    iWARM estimates the energy benefits of recycling rather than landfilling 
     
    iWARM is a tool designed to calculate the energy saved by recycling small quantities of common household products, rather than landfilling them.  iWARM uses the same energy factors as the long standing, larger level WARM Model to provide the relative energy savings from recycling rather than landfilling.  The energy savings are translated into the equivalent amount of electricity, estimating how long that amount of electricity will operate a variety of household appliances. 
     
    Sample calculations include: recycling one aluminum beverage can rather than landfilling it saves enough energy to operate a 60W incandescent lightbulb for 4.3 hours, or to operate the equivalent compact fluorescent bulb for 20 hours.
  • 09-Nov-09 13:29 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    NC Recycling Business Assistance Center will host a series of free construction and demolition waste recycling webinars this fall and winter. Each session runs from 2:00 - 3:30 EST.  

    Attendance is limited.  Click here to register. 
     

    Growing the C&D Recycling Infrastructure - November 19, 2009  Public/private partnerships,  Targeted grant funding,  Cutting to the chase - operational case studies (cost/benefit)
     
    The Role of C&D Recycling in the New "Green Economy" - December 17, 2009  The Role of Material Recovery in the LEED Rating System,  Recycling Jobs are Green Jobs,  End Markets/Products from Materials in the C&D Waste Stream
  • 09-Nov-09 13:27 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    The SC Recycling Specialty Plate is now available for order.  The cost is $54 which covers the registration fee of $24.00 and tag fee of $30.00.  The anticipated production date for the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle plate is January 2010 and the public will able to place orders from DMV's website at that time.   If you are interested in pre-ordering the plate, contact Chantal Fryer at SC Dept of Commerce at 803-737-0477.
  • 09-Nov-09 13:26 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    The Southeast Recycling Development Council (SERDC) held its 2009 Recycling Workshop entitled Green Prosperity: Recycling and a Sustainable Southeast on November 3-4, 2009, at the Doubletree in Lexington, Kentucky. The workshop brought recycling businesses, manufacturers, non-profit organizations and local, state and federal government representatives together to help promote, strengthen and drive the recovery of materials to support the recycling industry in the Southeast (SE). The event provided participants with the following sessions and information:
    • information on SERDC and the mapping study of reyccling markets in the SE
    • electronics recycling
    • ways to improve recycling collection in local governments
    • update on recycling markets and trends
      recycling's role as a reducer in carbon and greenhouse gas emission
    • an update by EPA Region IV
    • advances in plastics recycling and
    • Toyota North America's general manager and chief environmental officer,  Kevin Butt, gave the keynote presentation.  

    The markets roundtable discussion provided participants with information on market trends for electronics recycling, plastics, steel, glass and paper recycling. The markets roundtable included representatives from the Steel Recycling Institute, Glass Packaging Institute, Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR), SP Recycling representing paper and Synergy Recycling (electronics). The event drew approximately 100 participants, well over the 80 attendees originally anticipated attending.  
     
    Further activities of the Green Prosperity: Recycling and a Sustainable Southeast workshop included a SERDC annual membership meeting, a formative meeting of the KRIG - Kentucky Recycling Interest Group, a tour of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Materials Recovery Facility, and networking opportunities for participants who attended from all across the southeast. Eleven states represented were AL, MO, SC, GA, VA, MS, WV, PA, KY as well as Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  Recycling businesses benefited from interactions with local government representatives as potential sources of supply for recycled content materials were identified and discussed as possible business opportunities.  Local governments found new potential vendors as well as explored common issues and concerns in the management of recycling programs.  
     
    As part of its support structure to state recycling organizations across the southeast, SERDC participated in discussions with KRIG representatives and the Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center to provide information regarding SERDC resources. In the future, the groups will explore how SERDC and the KRIG can potentially form a synergetic partnership in support of recycling in Kentucky and create opportunities for additional recovery of materials. 
     
    SERDC's sponsors for the two day workshop and its current members are a large part of the event's success.  SERDC appreciates support from both public and private sector partners. Many participants discussed the robust program, opportunities for networking and access to expert resources as beneficial aspects to attending and reasons why they will continue to support SERDC's work and events in the future.
  • 30-Jun-09 13:23 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    NC DPPEA announces the release of a new Website devoted to the upcoming material disposal bans.  Disposal bans on plastic bottles, oil filters, and wooden pallets become effective October 1, 2009.  
     
  • 30-Jun-09 13:22 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    The Energy, Climate Change, and Economic Security Act of 2008 (House Bill 7135) signed into law by Governor Crist created Section 403.7032, Florida Statutes. This establishes a new statewide recycling goal of 75% to be achieved by the year 2020. Also, the statute directs DEP to develop a program designed to achieve this goal and submit it to the Legislature for approval by January 1, 2010.  Meeting information, public forums, and specific details can be found at Florida's DEP.
  • 30-Jun-09 13:21 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    Mississippi and Tennessee will partner for a two day mini conference on August 12 & 13, 2009 at the Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, MS.  Limited scholarships are available.  The compressed format will feature vendors, a reception, technical tours, networking,and comprehensive sessions.  

    For more information or to register, visit theconference information page.
  • 18-Jun-09 19:43 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)

    Georgia Recycling Coalition (GRC) spearheaded a “Recycling Expansion Day” event on June 3, 2009 to deploy recycling bins, posters, and instructional fliers into the Georgia State Capitol and Capitol Hill state buildings; Coca-Cola interns from across the country worked with the Georgia Building Authority (GBA) and Georgia General Assembly staff to place the bins and distribute posters/fliers to office staff. This effort expanded the recovery capability in the government buildings from paper only to aluminum, plastic and glass bottles and cans, and was an enhancement of GBA efforts with respect to energy and water conservation measures toward greening our state Capitol.

     

    This effort was arranged as one of the initial events of the new statewide recycling marketing campaign that launched officially on June 1. After completing their mission at the Capitol, the Coke interns walked to Centennial Olympic Park to promote the new state campaign during an evening concert in the park. To see the new campaign, check out www.yougottabekidding.org.  

  • 28-May-09 15:13 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    Atlanta-based Coca-Cola recently announced the development of "The 'PlantBottle."  The "PlantBottle" is currently made through an process that turns sugar cane and molasses, a by-product of sugar production, into a key component for PET plastic. 

    The company claims that manufacturing the new plastic bottle is more environmentally efficient.  A life-cycle analysis conducted by Imperial College London indicates the "PlantBottle™" with 30 percent plant-base material reduces carbon emissions by up to 25 percent, compared with petroleum-based PET.

    Coca-Cola announced that, unlike other plant-based plastics, this bottle can be processed through existing manufacturing and recycling facilities without contaminating traditional PET. 

    Coca-Cola North America will pilot the "PlantBottle™" with Dasani and sparkling brands in select markets later this year and with vitaminwater in 2010.   The bottles will be identified through on-package messages and in-store point of sale displays. 

    "The 'PlantBottle™' represents the next step in evolving our system toward the bottle of the future," said Scott Vitters, Director of Sustainable Packaging of The Coca-Cola Company.  "This innovation is a real win because it moves us closer to our vision of zero waste with a material that lessens our carbon footprint and is also recyclable."
  • 28-May-09 15:12 | Keefe Harrison (administrator)
    Aluminum company Novelis Inc. announced that it recycled an estimated 39 billion aluminum beverage cans in the past year, a new company record.

    By recycling the used containers back into aluminum sheet for new cans, the company estimates it saved approximately 73 million MBTUs of energy and avoiding the production of nearly 5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs).

    "The environmental benefit of aluminum recycling is enormous," said Nick Madden, vice president of global procurement and metal management for Novelis. "Not only does it reduce the need for the mining of natural resources, but it eliminates large amounts of emissions generated through primary production. The GHGs avoided through our can recycling program over the past year is the equivalent of taking more than 900,000 gasoline-powered automobiles off the road for 12 months."
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