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 Waste Age Green

In this February 15, 2012 issue

Your monthly snapshot of the waste industry's environmental efforts.

A Recipe for Diversion
How Green Was My Tally
Profiles in Garbage: Food Waste
Circular File: Legislative Lethargy
For the Love of Lightweighting
Super Bowl Recycling Totals 282,000 Pounds
Major Companies Form Sustainability Council
Hertz Launches New Sustainability Plan, Building on Recycling Achievements
Super Bowl Week Features Composting Project at Hotel (with video)
Kraft Foods Reports Zero Waste at 12 North America Facilities
Advance Auto, Valvoline Team Up on Oil Recycling
Hershey Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill at 3 Plants
Southwest Making its Plane Interiors More Sustainable
E-Waste Ottoman
Green Cheeseheads (with video)
The Opposite of Single-Stream Recycling
CrapBot
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Featured Stories

A Recipe for Diversion

Keys to successful implementation of municipal food waste collection.

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How Green Was My Tally

Corporate sustainability reports are changing the way companies look at waste, while also helping to define those companies to outside observers.

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Profiles in Garbage: Food Waste

Curbside composting programs are making inroads, but remain rare nationwide.

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Commentary

Circular File: Legislative Lethargy

Assessing the year that was in waste and recycling legislation.

Read more Circular File columns from Chaz Miller, state programs director for the Environmental Industry Associations.

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For the Love of Lightweighting

Sometimes we forget that recycling isn't the only way to shrink the waste stream.

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In the News

Super Bowl Recycling Totals 282,000 Pounds

Recycling collected at the Super Bowl totaled 282,000 pounds, or 141 tons, according to the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee.

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Major Companies Form Sustainability Council

Ten of the United States' largest corporations have formed an organization focusing on innovation as a means to improve sustainability.

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Hertz Launches New Sustainability Plan, Building on Recycling Achievements

Hertz Corp. has launched a new corporate sustainability strategy that highlights resource management and builds on its recycling and waste reduction accomplishments.

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Super Bowl Week Features Composting Project at Hotel (with video)

Super Bowl week is the backdrop for a pilot composting project by the JW Marriott hotel.

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Kraft Foods Reports Zero Waste at 12 North America Facilities

Kraft Foods Inc. said 12 facilities in North America now send zero waste to landfills, as well as 24 plants in Europe.

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Advance Auto, Valvoline Team Up on Oil Recycling

Advance Auto Parts and Valvoline are partnering to promote used oil recycling.

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Hershey Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill at 3 Plants

The Hershey Co. said three of its manufacturing facilities have achieved zero waste-to-landfill status.

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Southwest Making its Plane Interiors More Sustainable

Southwest Airlines is retrofitting its airplane fleet to include a variety of sustainable products.

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Lighter Side of Green

E-Waste Ottoman

If you happen to be facing the dual dilemmas of, "How do I recycle my electronic waste," and "I sure could use more seating around here," have we got an answer for you!

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Green Cheeseheads (with video)

The Green Bay Packers team up with Waste Management to recycle the scoreboard at Lambeau Field.

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The Opposite of Single-Stream Recycling

The next time you get huffy about having to keep a certain item out of your recycling bin, spare a thought for the residents of Kamikatsu, Japan.

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