Because it works so well, aluminum recycling continues to expand. But this expansion could run into problems unless measures are put in place to reduce impurities that can build up as aluminum is recycled over and over again
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Waste Management ‘Zero Waste Challenge’ Goals Met
Waste Management today announced that it has met its Zero Waste Challenge goals by diverting more than 90 percent and recovering more than 70 percent of the materials used at the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open
SAP: Measure, Analyze, Decide
“When we look at how the world’s changing, we believe that how business was done in the past is not going to work going forward. You’re starting to see board rooms and investors asking questions that they weren’t asking a few years ago.”
US Manufacturing Reshoring, Investing but Still Faces Challenges
22% of companies have or are the process of reshoring back to North America, a 3% uptick, 33% of manufacturers researching reshoring, an increase of 7%, There are several factors that are contributing to moving sourcing from a low-cost country, such as China.
Panasonic: The New Energy Company
Three Trends: More solar, Smarter homes and Cleaner Manufacturing. Panasonic sees the future in energy.
Recycle Water from Car Wash: Portable for Dealers & Fleets
Hydro Engineering Inc. Hydropad wash rack and recycling system approved by Suffock county in New York.
Hydro Engineering’s breakthrough green technologies are changing the way that auto dealers, construction companies and government entities wash their vehicles and equipment. The Hydropad portable wash pad is perfect for customers who are looking to comply with [...]
$4.8 million: Market traction for recyclers in Latin America
A unique collaboration funds program to bring recyclers in Latin America into the mainstream.
In Latin America, what are known as “informal collectors” are responsible for recovering up to 90 percent of recycled consumer products. An estimated four million people make their living this way. However, the benefits they receive represent only a very small percentage [...]
Disaster trailers: modular and healthy
Industry Innovations Ecoplex™ and Smart-e™ Unveiled Today
The Ecoplex™ is the first mass produced modular trailer for use in natural disasters (and many other applications) that does not contain cancer causing toxins and is 100% recyclable. It is a fresh solution to the “toxic boxes” that have been used to shelter people in natural disasters [...]
New York to become 23rd state to pass e-waste legislation
June 7,2010– Like the program recently enacted in South Carolina and many other states, New York will adopt an extended producer responsibility-based take-back program for used consumer electronics. Under the legislation, which E-Scrap News said “looks to be one of the strictest of the 23 e-scrap take-back programs established nationwide,” OEMs will be expected to [...]
Europe running out of plastic bottles for recycling
Maybe not permanently, but the European Plastic Recyclers Association (EuPR) recently said that the “PET bottles supply for European recycling is too tight” and that “this situation is getting critical for some recycling operations as their input material is getting scarce.”
The shortage of PET plastics is being caused by numerous factors, including exchange rates, a [...]
