Recycling

Recycling is the process of turning used materials into new products to prevent waste and reduce pollution and consumption of natural resources. The articles in this section look at recycling efforts and programs by different companies. They also discuss the uses for recycled materials.

EL Pro Shaw Improves Water Use, Carpet Recycling

Shaw Improves Water Use, Carpet RecyclingShaw Industries Group lowered both its water intensity and post-industrial waste intensity last year, while greenhouse gas intensity held steady, according to the carpet ...

September 16, 2011

DEFRA Scraps ‘Sell-By’ Dates To Cut Food Waste

DEFRA Scraps ‘Sell-By’ Dates To Cut Food WasteU.K. agency DEFRA has released updated guidance to help ensure the right date marks are used on food labels, to make it easier for ...

September 15, 2011

Grocery Bag Giant Settles on Recycling Claims

Grocery Bag Giant Settles on Recycling ClaimsThe ChicoBag Company, a reusable bag firm, has announced that the lawsuit filed against it by Hilex Poly Company LLC, Superbag Operating Ltd. and Advance Polybag ...

September 14, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Double Counting Biofuels, Regulatory Timeout, Stricter Offshore Standards

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Double Counting Biofuels, Regulatory Timeout, Stricter Offshore StandardsThe Obama administration has told a federal court that it has no objection to reopening lawsuits brought by both industry and environmental groups challenging national ...

September 14, 2011

Most Soft Drink Makers Lack Recycling Goals

Most Soft Drink Makers Lack Recycling GoalsOnly three out of eight major soft drink companies have recycling goals, according to a study by Green Research. PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, ...

September 13, 2011

EL Pro Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum Luxury

Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum LuxuryThe European Union on Monday added a new exemption for lead to the RoHS directive on toxic substances in electronic goods, ENDS Europe reported.  ...

September 13, 2011

Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant Opens

Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant OpensGoogle has invested in a pilot project by Duke University and Duke Energy that converts waste from a pig farm into usable energy. The system, on ...

September 12, 2011

Cup Recycling Takes Stage at Starbucks’ 2011 Cup Summit

Cup Recycling Takes Stage at Starbucks’ 2011 Cup Summit Video from Starbucks' 2011 Cup Summit in Boston. The ...

September 12, 2011

Unilever UK Achieves Zero Landfill Status

Unilever UK Achieves Zero Landfill StatusConsumer products brand Unilever has become a "zero to landfill" manufacturer in its U.K. operations, the company has announced. The company now recycles 97 percent of its ...

September 9, 2011

Patagonia to Help Customers Reuse Clothing, in an Ebay ‘First’

Patagonia to Help Customers Reuse Clothing, in an Ebay ‘First’Patagonia is encouraging consumers to buy and sell its clothing through a new storefront on Ebay, paired with a customer pledge system. The outdoor apparel ...

September 8, 2011

City Makes Recycling Compulsory for Businesses

City Makes Recycling Compulsory for BusinessesThe city of Minneapolis has introduced mandatory recycling for all businesses, workplaces and houses of worship, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The rule, which came into ...

September 6, 2011

EL Pro Allstate Cuts Internal Paper Use 41% in Two Years

Allstate Cuts Internal Paper Use 41% in Two YearsAllstate has cut its paper consumption dramatically and has continued cutting its carbon emissions, but saw its energy use increase slightly last year, according ...

September 6, 2011

Uniqlo Launches Clothing Recycling Drive

Uniqlo Launches Clothing Recycling DriveJapanese clothing store Uniqlo has begun rolling out its All-Product Recycling Initiative at its stores in the U.S., U.K. and France. Uniqlo began a fleece-only recycling program ...

September 2, 2011

Virgin Media Discusses Closed Loop Internal Paper Program

Virgin Media Discusses Closed Loop Internal Paper Program Virgin Media Discusses its closed loop system for internal paper - meaning that it uses same paper over and over again.

August 31, 2011

R&D Briefing: GE, New Energy Technologies and Aquatech

R&D Briefing: GE, New Energy Technologies and AquatechGE has launched its 1-megawatt Waukesha APG1000 gas engine (pictured), which can utilize a broader variety of biogases, including those from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agricultural ...

August 25, 2011

Media Paper Use to Slump; Degradable Packaging to Take Off

Media Paper Use to Slump; Degradable Packaging to Take OffBy 2015 paper use in North American magazines, newspapers and books is expected to fall between 12 and 20 percent from 2010 levels, ...

August 24, 2011

Embattled Coke Bottle Recycling Plant Reopens

Embattled Coke Bottle Recycling Plant ReopensThe troubled Coca-Cola joint-venture recycling plant in Spartanburg, S.C., is set to reopen today after being shuttered by the company in March. But Coke is considering selling ...

August 22, 2011

Urban Mining: The New Frontier

Urban Mining: The New FrontierIn six short years, I’ve watched as the products coming into our electronics recycling business have grown to include not just computers ...

August 22, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Renewable Auctions, Oil Sands Protests, Canada Coal Rules

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Renewable Auctions, Oil Sands Protests, Canada Coal RulesThe California Public Utilities Commission has given unanimous approval to the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM), a program under which developers will bid ...

August 22, 2011

Recycling Surveys Fail Manufacturers, Earth911 Says

Recycling Surveys Fail Manufacturers, Earth911 SaysTraditional surveys of recycling methods and rates around the U.S. tend to give a distorted picture to manufacturers looking to promote the recyclability ...

August 19, 2011