Sentences with phrase «stream recycling»

Most plastic food and beverage containers can be recycled in a «bottles and cans» mix or single stream recycling mix, while many others need more specialized systems to be properly recycled.

We've also recently implemented a single - stream recycling system, which is helping us reduce our overall waste.

Single stream recycling is targeted for 2020, but organic compost is contaminated with plastic bags and must be separated.

Macalester Waste collection currently utilizes a single stream recycling program.

Steiner conceded that it was «probably fair» to say Waste Management created some of its own problems by leading the single - stream recycling trend.

In 2001 major recyclers embrace single stream recycling which dramatically increases the recycling rate of various recyclable materials

Ulster town officials are discussing how they would handle the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency's proposed departure from accepting single - stream recycling from municipalities, with a handful of different options on the table.

The town switched to single - stream recycling for its residents two years ago, a move that allows users to bring all their recyclables to the town's transfer station in a single container.

On top of that, single stream recycling requires investment in technology to sort the loads efficiently,» she says.

For example, all the plastic waste is still sorted and separated by hand, in comparison to the (pretty slick) system of automatic air and water jets now in place in many stateside single - stream recycling centers.

Many paper, plastic, metal and glass recyclables are collected and the company supports a single stream recycling system that allows all types of recyclables to be deposited in one single container.

By 2015, 57 % of American households could recycle cartons, either through single stream recycling or grouped with plastics, metals, and glass.

With single - stream recycling, customers simply chuck all of their recyclables into one bin, as opposed to sorting the glass, paper, and metal separately.

The recycling system's quality problem is often linked to single - stream recycling — a sorting method that Waste Management pioneered in 2001.

Minneapolis - based recycling non-profit Eureka Recycling issued a blistering note criticizing Waste Management for trying to «play victim to single stream recycling» after spearheading the method's adoption.

Single - stream recycling is a system in which all recyclables, including newspaper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, junk mail, etc., are placed in a single bin or cart for recycling.

We have completely eliminated the use of Styrofoam club - wide and are utilizing a single - stream recycling system,» Meirav notes.

In addition, «We are proud of the many initiatives, such as single stream recycling, energy conservation and high - efficiency lighting that have allowed us to reduce our carbon footprint and feel good about our corporate responsibility,» Robert adds.

In 2009, we announced that this initiative doubled the tons of recycled waste and led to the implementation of a citywide, single - stream recycling program.

Initiating a winery - wide single - stream recycling program, and installing a plastic bailer resulting in a 62 % reduction of the winery's solid waste going to landfills in the first year.

Single - stream recycling may be convenient, but it has a few pitfalls.

According to Town Supervisor James Quigley III, the town moves around 200 tons of single - stream recycling a year to the UCRRA at a cost of $ 20 per ton.

Warren said one item city residents asked for and will receive is single stream recycling.

The coffee composting program coincides with the university's «One Stop Drop» push for single - stream recycling and has made a difference in waste diversion and landfilling costs, Mladenov said.

Ultimately, through single - stream recycling we see a higher recycling rate, thus reducing the overall amount of waste heading to landfills.

Single - stream recycling, for example (video link), simplifies the process by allowing for all recyclable materials to be placed in one bin.

In addition to single - stream recycling, TerraCycle provides recycling options for a unique variety of other traditionally non-recyclable waste streams.

In Boston, 20 tons of plastic bags are thrown into the city's single - stream recycling each month, O'Malley said, causing workers to spend hours each day removing bags from the equipment.