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Mandatory Recycling
Mandatory Recycling: - Programs which by law require consumers to separate trash so that some or all recyclable materials are recovered for recycling rather than going to landfills. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Mandatory Recycling:: |
San Francisco Chronicle,Get ready, because Mayor Gavin Newsom's administration is cooking up mandatory recycling and composting law that includes those fines - though on Friday,
SF Mayor goes medieval on trash - Recycle or face $1000 fine - 04 Aug 2008
TG DailyNewsom will formally present his mandatory recycling and composting law to the city’s Board of Supervisors next month. The law requires garbage collectors
City makes recycling mandatory - Jul 31, 2008
Deseret News,Holbrook had proposed a mandatory recycling program with Waste Management during the May 27 council meeting, but her motion died for lack of a second.
Curbside recycling just got easier - Jul 30, 2008
Westford Eagle,Mandatory recycling assures we get recyclables out of the trash and therefore out of the incinerator in North Andover where the town pays an additional fee
SF mayor proposes fines for unsorted trash - Aug 1, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,The plan to require proper sorting of refuse would be the nation's first mandatory recycling and composting law. It would direct garbage collectors to
Important Question - Aug 1, 2008
Tampa Tribune,Some people in and out of county government have suggested switching to some form of mandatory recycling would allow the county to delay expanding the plant
Brent Prepares to Launch Mandatory Recycling Scheme - Jul 27, 2008
Recycle,Those against recycling in Brent should beware. After the London borough council finalises plans to make recycling compulsory, residents could face up to a
County commissioners don't like mandatory business recycling plan - Jul 25, 2008
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com,By Kurt Eckert Washington County Commissioners bristled Tuesday at the prospect of Metro implementing mandatory recycling for businesses in unincorporated
Bountiful: recycling mandatory - Jul 24, 2008
Davis County Clipper,In a vote that took some council members by surprise, Tuesday night, the council opted for mandatory recycling, 3-2. The earliest City Manager Tom Hardy
Trash a bottle, face a fine - Jul 31, 2008
Examiner.com...“We believe mandatory recycling can get us to the next level,� spokesman Joe Arellano said. The 75 percent target is not expected to be reached by 2010 if
Recycling mandate pondered - Jul 23, 2008
Brattleboro Reformer,By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN, Reformer Staff WESTMINSTER -- The Selectboard plans to look into passing a mandatory recycling regulation as a way to increase the
Give me Liberty or give me Compost! - Aug 1, 2008
SF Weekly Blogs,By Benjamin Wachs America’s least thought-provoking Mayor announced a plan today calling for mandatory recycling and composting, requiring garbage
City council approves bag fee, foam ban - Jul 29, 2008
Seattle Times,..."Same as when we moved to mandatory recycling." The city plans to give at least one free, reusable bag to each household, and the council directed Seattle
Recycling rates to be hiked on air conditioners and others+ - Jul 8, 2008
TMCnet...(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, July 9_(Kyodo) _ A government council unveiled a plan Wednesday to raise mandatory recycling
Milford mulls recycle changes - Jul 31, 2008
Cabinet.com,A town ordinance calls for mandatory recycling, but that’s not easily enforced — for obvious reasons — and now residents only recycle about 26 percent of
Milford's Hometown News Source - Jul 30, 2008
The Milford Observer,By Nancy Bean Foster Despite the town’s mandatory recycling policy, less than 30 percent of residents’ recyclables are escaping the garbage heap,
Recycle fluorescent bulbs: Libs - Jul 13, 2008
Adelaide Independent Weekly,The South Australian opposition has called for mandatory recycling of low-energy fluorescent lightbulbs to prevent them ending up in landfill.
City considers slimming to single waste collection contract - Jul 13, 2008
Stow Sentry,City Council is considering consolidating waste collection services to a single carrier for all residents, including mandatory recycling in the process.
Paper or Plastic? - Aug 2, 2008
Sound Politics,Same as when we moved to mandatory recycling." Well, not quite Tim. Separating my refuse into two containers rather than one hardly compares to having to
Town officials are on a 'treasure' hunt - Jul 24, 2008
Nashua Telegraph,A town ordinance calls for mandatory recycling, but that's not easily enforced, and residents currently recycle only about 26 percent of the 3000 tons of
Thumbs Up for PAYT Program - Jul 23, 2008
Duxbury Clipper,One of the ironic drawbacks to mandatory recycling working so well is that people produce less trash. Since each trash bag costs money, it doesn’t make
Town and Country gets recycling bins - Jul 8, 2008
Collinsville Herald,...to address growing interest in recycling services within the city, particularly after St. Louis County implemented a mandatory recycling program.
Governor Lingle Vetoes 41 Bills - Jul 8, 2008
Hawaii Reporter,SB2843 SD2 HD3 CD1 Vetoed: July 8, 2008 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING Establishes a State-run, mandatory recycling program for manufacturers of
Don't recycle bad ideas - Jul 14, 2008
Regina Leader-Post,A public desire for subsidized, mandatory recycling has already emerged. Eighty-five per cent of respondents to a recent survey said they would support a
Being Green – A Waste of Human Energy - Jul 11, 2008
Canada Free Press,Mandatory recycling programs aren’t good for posterity. They offer mainly short-term benefits to a few groups-politicians, public relations consultants,
Plastic Industry Strikes Back - Jul 7, 2008
E/The Environmental Magazine,New York City and the state of California have recently approved mandatory recycling areas in each grocery or drug store, and Christman says with a little
GreenWaste Recovery set to replace PASCO Sam - Jul 29, 2008
Palo Alto Online,..."zero-waste" programs, including food-waste collection from businesses, increased use of construction materials and, eventually, mandatory recycling.
Council eyes shift from tags to bags - Jul 17, 2008
Gloucester Daily Times,The proposed change involves replacing the current $2 sticker with $2 bags in the city's rigorous but barely enforced mandatory recycling pay-as-you-throw
Cutting emissions could cost PA $1.3 million - Jul 22, 2008
Palo Alto Online,Some of the measures studied have already won the council's support, including mandatory recycling and green-building policies.
8000-mile Longest Walk II reaches destination in DC - Jul 15, 2008
San Francisco Bay View,While recycling remains an option for most Americans, a few cities, such as Pittsburgh, San Diego and Seattle, have mandatory recycling programs.
GBB: Trash moratorium will not be delayed - Jul 8, 2008
Pacific News Center GBB says the mandatory recycling will eventually be enforced to residents who rely on the Department of Public Works trash collection.
Bakersfield grand jury recommends mandatory curbside recycling - Nov 21, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Bakersfield is the largest city in California without mandatory recycling for every house. Earlier this month, the city council voted against applying for a
Letter: Mandatory recycling - Nov 22, 2007
Thunder Bay's Source,From the view of a citizen of Thunder Bay who is concerned about our fragile planet, 2007 has been an exciting year.
Jury favors mandatory recycling - Nov 20, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),The City Council considered but rejected a move toward mandatory recycling Nov. 7. The jury's committee investigated the issue in late October, according to
National poll shows over half Americans support mandatory ... - Nov 16, 2007
MoreThanWaste,Of those Americans who believe recycling at home can reduce global warming, 80 percent are said to support mandatory recycling.
More Than Half of Americans Support Mandatory Recycling to Help ... - Nov 14, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Of those Americans who believe recycling at home can reduce global warming, 80 percent would support mandatory recycling. “Younger people are more likely
Mandatory Recycling - Nov 14, 2007
KUSI,Lena Lewis was live at the landfill with details on a new mandatory recycling program, which will start next year and be in full effect by 2010.
What I Picked Up About Trash in Taipei - Dec 1, 2007
Washington Post,Understanding the mandatory recycling system was more troublesome. In Taiwan, recycling trucks tag along behind trash collectors, but they accept only
No Mandatory Recycling Program For Bakersfield - Nov 8, 2007
TurnTo23.com,The City Council voted 5-0 on a proposal Wednesday, deciding not to apply for a grant that would kick-start a mandatory recycling program.
Bakersfield takes another step closer to mandatory recycling - Nov 7, 2007
EyeOutForYou.com,The Bakersfield City Council will consider a resolution to approve and move forward on the city's application for a $1.5 million dollar recycling grant from
Recycling program squashed - Nov 7, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),..."I'm not saying we shouldn't go to mandatory recycling, but I don't think now is the time," said Councilman Harold Hanson. Councilwoman Sue Benham and
City leadership stuck on the trash heap - Nov 20, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),What really gets the most bang for taxpayers' bucks, Skumatz said, is a "pay as you throw" system in conjunction with mandatory recycling.
Bonita may see new recycling standards - Nov 7, 2007
Naples Daily News,By Elizabeth Wright Mandatory recycling measures go into effect next year in the unincorporated areas of Lee County. While those don't affect the city,
They're the city's watchdogs - Dec 2, 2007
Salisbury Daily Times,He also regularly advocates for the city to switch to mandatory recycling. "I say come up there and join me and tell the council what you think," he said.
City looks ahead at recycling - Nov 8, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),BY JAMES GELUSO, Californian staff writer The Bakersfield City Council may have dumped mandatory recycling for now, but efforts to keep garbage out of
RI to start voluntary recycling program - Nov 29, 2007
Quad-Cities Online,Midland-Davis is also providing curbside pickup for a new mandatory recycling program in Moline next year. Last month, Rock Island mailed 14800 cards about
County Beefing Up Enforcement of Recycling Rules - Nov 29, 2007
Larchmont Gazette,...by Judy Silberstein (November 29, 2007) Westchester County is beefing up enforcement of its mandatory recycling law to increase rates of recycling,
Westchester County takes tough line on recycling (28/11/2007) - Nov 28, 2007
MoreThanWaste,The County is to step up enforcement of its mandatory recycling law requiring all municipalities to separate the waste generated within their communities.
Mahomet Going Green? - Nov 29, 2007
WCIA-3 News,The city my hire a fifth hauler that recycles or pass an ordinance to make recycling for mandatory recycling. The village board meets again in December to
A deposit law that could work - Nov 29, 2007
NorthJersey.com,Mandatory recycling has been in effect in New Jersey for decades but is not working. As many as 70 percent of bottles and cans end up in our burgeoning
New recycling committee to meet - Nov 27, 2007
Hampton Union,Selectmen created the committee last month to look at ways to cut the town's trash budget, including the possibility of implementing mandatory recycling.
Sellersburg approves five-year recycling plan - Nov 13, 2007
New Albany Tribune,Further, Moore said that while there are people who are vocally against the mandatory recycling program, most are in favor of it. “I think if you’re really
Businesses tagged for violating recycling rules - Nov 14, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerNevertheless, the businesses that have been tagged say it's tough to comply with the mandatory recycling rule, because the makeup of the trash in a garbage
Bonita hires lobbyist to be voice in Tallahassee - Nov 7, 2007
Naples Daily News,Mandatory recycling measures go into effect next year in the unincorporated areas of Lee County. While those don’t affect the city, the fact that the county
City Tims set recycling standard; Owen Sound group of stores ... - Nov 24, 2007
Owen Sound Sun Times,It means the Owen Sound Tim Hortons locations now meet requirements of the mandatory recycling bylaw which took effect in the city almost two years ago,
Tighter recycling rules for businesses around the corner - Nov 19, 2007
Naples Daily News,Mandatory recycling rules start applying to businesses, construction sites, apartments and condominiums throughout unincorporated areas of the county in
Recycling favored over incinerator - Nov 15, 2007
Examiner.comCarroll residents recycle the third-least among counties in Maryland, and to push them to do more, Horosko advised phasing in mandatory recycling or a
Bar owners, town work to comply with recycling rule - Nov 15, 2007
Lumina News,A mandatory recycling law does create an additional cost, but it helps keep your environment much cleaner and creates a new industry.�
Trash-to-energy incinerator backed despite panel concerns - Nov 21, 2007
Examiner.comHis department, however, did not oppose the environmental panel’s other recommendations, including exploring mandatory recycling and a pay-as-you-throw
Incinerator plan garners support - Nov 19, 2007
Carroll County Times (subscription),Evans said he is hesitant to support mandatory recycling in the county, which the Carroll County Environmental Advisory Council supported in its
Ahead of the Curve - Nov 11, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,The Atlanta City Council voted last week to create a 16-member task force to put together a mandatory recycling program for businesses.
America Recycles... on Nov. 15 - Nov 8, 2007
Boone Mountain Times,1, businesses with a license to sell alcohol must have mandatory recycling programs in place or they could lose their licenses to sell alcoholic beverages.
Australia stuck in e-waste dark ages - Nov 4, 2007
ARNnet,..."Piecemeal take-back events are no disguise for back-room lobbying by industry to stop mandatory recycling," she said. In Victoria, HP and Sustainability
Atlanta may require businesses to recycle - Nov 3, 2007
Washington Business Journal,5 by the Atlanta City Council would create a 16-member task force that would spend nine months studying a mandatory recycling program for businesses
Silicon Valley News Notes - Nov 28, 2007
Silicon Valley's Metro,If the issue is that there are too many plastic bottles piling up in the landfills, then the city should create a mandatory recycling policy,
Waste Options: Landfill operation on shaky ground - Nov 4, 2007
Nantucket Island Inquirer,Hall said Waste Options is recommending either the enforcement of mandatory recycling of construction and demolition waste, or shipping it off Nantucket.
Hampton Around the Town - Nov 13, 2007
Hampton Union,Selectmen created the committee to look at ways to cut the town's trash budget including the possibility of implementing mandatory recycling in town.
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