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More Than $1 Million in Grants Awarded to Strengthen Ohio's Scrap Tire Recycling Efforts
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April 21, 2006 - Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
| | Columbus, OH --- Almost $1.5 million in grants were awarded to businesses, schools and communities across the state. The organizations receiving grants have proposed converting manufacturing operations to accept scrap tire material, expand tire processing, use scrap tire material in civil engineering projects or develop recycling related technology for scrap tire material.
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Sprint Nextel Supports Earth Day with Reminder to Recycle Wireless Phones
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April 20, 2006 - Business Wire
| | Overland Park, Kan. -- Sprint Nextel encourages the recycling of end-of-life cellular phones. Phones, batteries, and accessories can be dropped off at most Sprint and Nextel retain stores or mailed in by printing a pre-paid postage label. For phones that can be refurbished, the proceeds are contributed to K-12 education programs.
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Recycle Your PC for Charity
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April 11, 2006 - PC Magazine
| | Buyers Consultation Service (BCS) now offers a program in which offices, retail stores, and other groups can be given collection boxes for cell phones, PDAs, and used inkjet cartridges. Once the box is full, BCS pays for it to be mailed back to their facility so the items can be recycled. The proceeds then go to Recycle for Breast Cancer, United Cerebral Palsy, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In the month of April, computer monitors and CPUs can also be recycled for free.
| | | By Bary Alyssa Johnson © 1996-2006 Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc.
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Immortal Styrofoam Meets Its Enemy
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March 7, 2006 - LiveScience.com
| | Researchers at the University College Dublin found that by melting Styrofoam and converting it into styrene oil, soil bacteria called Pseudomonas putida could convert it into a biodegradable plastic called PHA(polyhydroxyalkanoates). PHA can be used in various plastic products and degrades much sooner than Styrofoam.
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San Francisco To Test Turning Dog Waste Into Power
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February 23, 2006 - Planet Ark
| | San Francisco -- One of the most environmentally conscience cities in the U.S. is now targeting another problem: dog feces. The city's garbage company, Norcal Waste Systems Inc, is starting a pilot program aimed at reducing waste in landfills while generating energy.
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CU-Boulder Begins Cell Phone Recycling Through Environmental Center
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February 20, 2006 - University of Colorado at Boulder
| | In partnership with The Wireless Alliance, kiosks will be placed around campus to collect cellular phones that would otherwise be thrown away. The money raised from the recycling effort will benefit student activities.
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Timberland Using New Environmentally-Friendly Packaging
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January 26, 2006 - The New York Times Company
| | Stratham, N.H -- The boxes the Timberland Co. uses for it's footwear will be environmentally-friendly starting this summer. The boxes contain 100 percent recycled post-consumer waste fiber, use fewer chemicals, provide environmental information, and can be used to mail donations to other charities.
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New Law Forces Manufacturers To Pick Up Recycling Costs
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January 18, 2006 - The New York Times Company
| | Portland, Maine --- A new state law now requires manufacturers of televisions and computer monitors to pay for their products to be recycled when Maine residents discard them.
| | | By John Harkavy © 2006 The Associated Press Limited © 2006 The New York Times Company
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Best Buy Debuts Mail-In Cell Phone Recycling Program
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January 12, 2006 - Forbes.com
| | Best Buy Co., Inc. -- A new program enables customers to recycle their old cell phones. After purchasing phones or related items in Best Buy stores, customers will be given pre-paid postage envelopes to mail their old phones to be recycled. Then for each phone returned, $1 will be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Best Buy stores already collect and recycle ink jet cartridges and rechargeable batteries.
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Norway Gets Soft Drinks Eco-Tax
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January 2, 2006 - BBC
| | Taxes have now been added to milk and juice cartons in Norway to encourage recycling. It is part of an ambitious plan to recycle 75% of all products by 2010.
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Recycling In Pennsylvania Tops 4.8 Million Tons, Saving Materials Valued At $113 Million
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December 28, 2005 - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
| | Harrisburg -- In 2004, recycling in Pennsylvania not only benefited the environment, but it is also provided an economic benefit through collecting raw materials, avoiding disposal costs, and saving energy.
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HP boosts recycling rate by 17% in 2005, advances on recycling goal of 1 billion pounds
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November 21, 2005 - HP Development Company, L.P.
| | Palo Alto, Calif. -- The Hewlett-Packard Development Company recycled approximately 140 million pounds of material last year. In 2005, HP sponsored free recycling events in a few U.S. cities.
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Staples Makes it Easy to Recycle and Save with New Ink and Toner Cartridge Offer
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September 19, 2005 - Business Wire
| | Framingham, MA -- Customers can bring in used ink and toner cartridges to any Staples retail store to receive a $3 coupon per cartridge to be used on any Staples purchase.
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Recycling Around The World
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June 25, 2005 - BBC
| | Comparison of waste management in a number of European countries.
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Apple Announces Free iPod Recycling Program at US Retail Stores
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June 3, 2005 - Apple Computer, Inc.
| | Customers can now drop-off iPod players at any Apple retail store to be recycled for free. Customers also will receive a 50px discount on the purchase of a new iPod that same day.
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