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Here's How to Price Scrap Metal

Learn about the steps necessary to price scrap metal properly, including tips on identification and market resources.

What Not to Use Your Dumpster For

While dumpsters can be used for multiple waste and recycling projects, whether big or small, there are certain things for which a dumpster cannot be used. Most of the things for which dumpsters cannot be used pertain to any sort of toxic or hazardous waste. The types of waste listed below cannot be put into dumpsters as waste. There are alternate ways to dispose of those types of wasteWhat Cannot Go Into a Roll-Off DumpsterElectronicsThis includes mainly all televisions, radios,…

Recycling Center offers many recycling services

With all the articles in the newspaper and online about the uncertainty of the Recycling Center operation I have listed the services we offer to the

Digging Into The World Of Sand

Each year, we use nearly 50 billion tons of sand and gravel worldwide. Is that sustainable?

How to Sort Scrap Metal

Selling scrap metal can be a great way to supplement your income, or you can do it full time. Before you can sell your scrap metal to a scrap yard, you need to separate the different metals in your scrap. A scrap magnet will help you...

How Is Scrap Metal Consumed?

Scrap metal can serve a variety of purposes for both public and private sectors. Reusing this versatile material is a great way to do your part for the environment while helping someone else get new use out of an old material. Keep reading to learn more about how scrap metal is used and how it …

What happens after the bin? A look at recycling behind the scenes

The Waste Management team demystifies the recycling process at the Cascade Recycling Center.

Life recycle: How e-waste recycling gives your gadgets a fresh start

A growing number of states are requiring proper disposal of electronics. Here’s what you need to know about the e-waste recycling process.

Common Mistakes People Make When Recycling

Together, we can change the world and our habits, and make recycling a natural and necessary part of our lives.

Environmental Logistics: Turning Waste into Something Valuable

Many of the phones, computers, and toner cartridges used every day, once they are no longer needed find their way into landfills, but what most people don’t realize is that some of these products once thrown out can be classified as hazardous ...

New Report Highlights Europe's Recycling Growth

The recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.

American Recycling: Time to Revalue and Recoup

Recycled Paper Sends the Right Message

Do our bit to go green and use recycled paper is one step we can take. Find out why it's important in our informative article.

How H+M Is Trying To Balance Fast Fashion With Revolutionary Recycling

The company’s giant recycling facility in Germany receives hundreds of tons of old clothes a day. Can it find a way to turn those old clothes into new garments and make its business model sustainable?

No, not all plastic is recyclable

Whether or not plastic can be recycled depends on the shape and type of plastic - and where you live.

A fluid-magnetic solution for sorting plastic waste

With the ever-increasing worldwide mass production of plastic, the inefficiency of current plastic recycling strategies has raised several environmental, societal, and economic concerns. Magnetic density separation (MDS) is an efficient state-of-the-art recycling technique that uses magnetized fluids to separate different types of plastic particles. Researcher Sina Tajfirooz has developed and validated a model to predict the collective motion of particles in MDS systems. Simulation results shed…