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- Barney bag’ trash savings pegged at $1M (2/18/14)
The city’s “Barney bag” trash program turned 5 years old this month. And according to WasteZero — the company that coordinates and tracks Gloucester’s trash bag pickup and recycling programs — the savings are more than just environmental
- Refurbished transit bus saves thousands of dollars for Maine (1/19/14)
Maine Military Authority’s renovation of the 2006 transit coach bus cost just $100,000 while a new, 32-foot bus would have been $260,000
- That’s Not Trash, It’s Compostable Food Waste (12/10/13)
Blue Earth Compost Launches Home Pickup Service For Food Scraps, To Recycle Into Garden Compost
- RIRRC collecting left over cooking oil waste / Poll (11/26/13)
JOHNSTON, R.I. - - With Thanksgiving just around the corner, and many Rhode Islanders planning to deep fry turkeys this holiday, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation is encouraging residents to drop off any leftover cooking oil waste - whether it's corn, vegetable or olive oil - so it can be converted into alternative fuel.
- Half the trash (12/14/13)
Worcester - No one likes to think about trash. Residents leave their yellow bags and recyclable items by the curb, and let sanitation workers take it from there.
- Task force backs pay-per-bag shopping plan (1/28/14)
PORTLAND — In what may be a case of history repeating itself, a City Council task force on Monday narrowly recommended a proposed fee that many city merchants would charge customers to pack goods in disposable bags.
- North Anson’s Carrabec students pledge to reduce waste from plastic bottles, help environment (1/18/14)
Students at Carrabec High School in North Anson took a pledge to stop buying plastic water bottles and reduce waste at their school.
- CT’s second food recycling power plant to open (12/3/13)
Connecticut's second food waste recycling power plant will open in Bridgeport, thanks to a deal announced with the city Tuesday
- Vermont moves toward statewide food recycling (11/18/13)
MONTPELIER — More Vermont trash haulers are collecting food scraps from restaurants, colleges and hospitals to be composted — some are even offering collection sites for residents to d#196666ump their banana peels and coffee grounds — as the state moves toward its ambitious statewide recycling goal.
- Wheels for Warmth raises a record $35,000 (11/9/13)
MONTPELIER — Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott says this year’s Wheels for Warmth program has raised a record $35,000 for emergency fuel assistance programs