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By Justin Tseng Because of how different the materials being handled were, these original MRFs were not considered solid waste facilities, and were instead deemed “clean MRFs.” In some areas, however, it became necessary to recover recyclables from a mixed wastestream, creating the need for “dirty MRFs.” As recycling emerged as a more prominent goal in legislation and culture, the demand and importance of MRFs grew. Over time, MRFs have taken on additional roles besides the processing of recyclables, in...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Materials, MRF-TS, Recycling
Written by Sara Bixby Iowa is about as far from both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans as you can get, not only in terms of geography but also frequently in our approach to things. One of my teen-age nieces, who also lives in Iowa, grumbled recently that her doctor’s office played “soothing ocean wave noises” in the background during a check-up. “I’m from Iowa,” she said. “I don’t understand how ocean waves are calming. I’m not used to them, so they make me anxious and not calmed. Crickets and combin...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Operations, Recycling
Written by Marc J. Rogoff, Greg McCarron, and Bruce Clark While organic materials (foodwaste and yardwaste) represent roughly about a quarter of the typical municipal solid wastestream, many of these materials have, up until recently, been disposed in landfills and waste-to-energy facilities. In recent years, many solid waste agencies and waste generators have looked to these organics as a feedstock for biogas-generating facilities or composting plants. Governmental regulations and technologies for...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Diversion, Recycling, Wastes
Written by Carol Brzozowski When it comes to increased market development for recycled materials, those who coordinate municipal recycling efforts would like to see more information sharing, a greater demand for recycled products on the back end, and more collaboration between the product packaging industry and recyclers. Ultimately, what each municipality decides to recycle depends on the marketability of that material as a recycled product. In Milwaukee, WI, recyclables are collected by the munic...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Recycling, Technology, Wastes
Written by Amber Reed When a massive windstorm struck Bountiful, UT, the magnitude of the greenwaste to deal with was overwhelming. Teaming up with a local tree service and woodwaste processing company, Bob’s Tree Service Inc., the City of Bountiful Landfill quickly developed a plan to clear out and process the excessive amounts of waste, relying on both organizations’ recycling operations to speed the cleanup efforts. The Storm Hits In the early morning hours of Thursday, December 1, 2011, residen...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Environment, Outreach, Recycling
Written by Jeremy O’Brien SWANA staff and member volunteers are busy planning the 2013 Road To Zero Waste Conference and the 17th Annual Landfill Symposium, which will be held simultaneously in Atlanta, Georgia, during the week of February 25, 2013. The theme of SWANA’s 17th annual Landfill Symposium is “Maximizing Waste Reduction, Recycling and Recovery Activities at Landfills.” One objective of the symposium is to present strategies that are being used at Subtitle D landfills to divert organic wa...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Recycling, SWANA
Written by Carol Brzozowski About one-third of municipal solid waste in the United States is organic, including foodwaste, yardwaste, and woodwaste. Some 65% of yardwaste and 2.5% of foodwaste in the US is now being diverted from disposal. According to the USEPA, converting waste into valuable raw materials through recycling creates jobs, builds more competitive manufacturing industries, and adds significantly to the US economy. “Organics processing is crucially important to our environment and ef...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Materials, Recycling, Wastes
Today we are announcing a formal, major step toward the consolidation of the National Recycling Coalition, Inc. and Recycling Organizations of North America, Inc. (RONA). The result of this consolidation would be a new organization called the NorthAmerican Recycling Coalition (NRC) that will bring the best of both groups into one cohesive unit. We see this historic action providing the framework for accelerating the advancement of recycling and sustainable materials management solutions throughout the C...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Recycling
By Namju Cho and Tiffany Jonick In 2009, S. Groner Associates partnered with the Zero Waste Communities of San Bernardino County program and the City of San Bernardino, a suburb about 60 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles, on a social marketing campaign to reduce contamination in the residential sector. The pilot campaign lasted six months including a pre- and post-waste assessment as well as several mailers. The pilot project resulted in a 25-percentage-point increase in recycling and...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Outreach, Recycling
By Jeremy K O'Brien, Victoria O. Johnson
One of the most popular recycling services offered by local governments in North America is the weekly curbside collection of recyclables from residents. In 2007, more than 8,600 curbside recyclables collection programs were reported in the United States (Franklin Associates. Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2007 Facts and Figures . http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/msw99.htm ). Because of the current recession, recycling program managers are under increased pressure to reduce recycling...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Environment, Recycling, SWANA
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