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Composting Rise in Vermont After Food Scrap Ban
2021-07-16 13:55:00| Waste Age
Since 2012, Vermont's Universal Recycling Law (Act 148) has been updated three times: in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The measure has caused a statewide composting spike after banning food scraps from landfills. Disposal of food waste in landfills was
Co-op to scrap plastic 'bags for life'
2021-04-30 11:51:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The supermarket follows Morrisons in announcing it will ditch reusable plastic shopping bags.
March 2021 Fires Up: A Conversation with the New Face of Scrap Metal, Brett Dr. Hustle Ekart
2021-04-06 08:00:00| Waste Age
January, February, and March are in the rear-view mirror and although the first two months of the year were par for the course, in March we incurred 31 reported fire incidents, the second highest March for fire incidents since 2016. Of the 69 r
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Would you scrap your car for public transport credits?
2021-03-12 23:28:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A scheme in the Midlands is encouraging people to scrap their cars to get public transport credits.
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Li-ion Battery Fires Unfairly Cost Waste, Recycling and Scrap Operators Over $1.2 Billion Annually
2021-02-03 07:00:00| Waste Age
When I started consolidating the reported waste and recycling facility fires in 2016, I was realistic that the first few years would drive the baseline data defining the scope of the problem, providing us with a basic understanding of the consequence
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