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Waste Management
Solar Waste Recycling: Can the Industry Stay Green?
This story was written by Erica Gies with editing by by the SF Public Press and community-supported funding provided by Spot.us. Clean-tech firms seek to reuse a variety of rare, potentially toxic materials. New businesses emerge as manufacturers prepare for modules’ end of life. In recent years the electronics industry has gained notoriety for creating [...]
San Francisco Composting Law Spawns Startup… in New Hampshire
But what do they call it when a policy adopted in one major city then spurs the creation of a business and a market solution to an environmental problem in a city 3,000 miles away? I’m not sure there’s a name for that yet, but it’s exactly what happened in the case of New Hampshire entrepreneur Rian Bedard.
Chicago Cubs Win with New Recycling Program at Wrigley Field
In my first visit to Chicago’s Wrigley Field a few years back I was struck by both the friendliness of the Cubs fans and the enthusiasm with which they drank beer — although the two might be one in the same. Now, instead of all those plastic cups ending up in the landfill, a good [...]
Iowa Plant Now Making Ethanol from Old Cardboard Boxes
International Paper, one of the largest paper companies in the world is partnering with Maryland-based Fiberight to take that 50,000 tons of residual fiber waste each year and turn it into fuel-grade ethanol.
Turning Waste Into Windfall
Shawn Saylor of Hillcrest Saylor Farm in Rockwood, Pennsylvania has saved $200,000 by taking what most Dairy Farmers regard as waste and turning it into energy. With the use of a Methane Digester, Saylor takes his dairy cows manure, cultivates it and harvests the methane. The methane is then used to power a generator that [...]
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