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Many communities recycle glass, aluminum and paper … maybe even some plastics.

What about old appliances ?  In addition to containing easy to recycle metals some appliance also contain harmful refrigerants.  9 million (+ / –) refrigerators are thrown out each year in the U.S. and most are shredded to reclaim the metal … the foam and other materials go to a landfill and may release GHG to the atmosphere.

ecoATM wants to make electronics recycling easy and convenient.

ecoATM created a self serve Kiosk that takes your used electronics and gives you cash or store credit.

The kiosk “ … patented, advanced machine vision, electronic diagnostics, and artificial intelligence to evaluate and buy-back used electronics directly from consumers for cash or store credit. …”

ecoATM wants to make electronics recycling easy and convenient.

ecoATM created a self serve Kiosk that takes your used electronics and gives you cash or store credit.

The kiosk “ … patented, advanced machine vision, electronic diagnostics, and artificial intelligence to evaluate and buy-back used electronics directly from consumers for cash or store credit. …”

Charleston County, South Carolina deploys RFID pilot to increase the participation in its program with the ease of single stream recycling.  …

…   “With a solid waste diversion goal of 40 percent, Charleston County is addressing improvements in all facets of its recycling program, including residential single stream recycling, where the RFID solution has proven invaluable in its ability to precisely identify recycling participation and increase collection operations productivity.”   …

Ever wonder what to do with corks after you finish that bottle of wine?  How about recycling them ?  Whole Foods and Cork ReHarvest has partnered to set up recycling boxes at Whole Foods MArkets.

 I saw these multi-stream recycling stations all over the Philadelphia International Airport. 

 In one easy to use spot you can recycle glass, cans and plastic (most commonly recycled materials).  Very handy with nice appeal to help folks recycle while not at home or the office.  If you make it easy folks will recycle.

Oil soaked booms from BP’s Gulf oil spill are being recycled into Chevrolet’s electric vehicle polymer-based components for the Volt.  …

…   “The parts, which deflect air around the vehicle’s radiator, are comprised of 25 percent boom material and 25 percent recycled tires from GM’s Milford Proving Ground vehicle test facility.

No landfill necessary for electronic waste stream.  Recycle tech parts into artscapes.  Italy’s Franco Recchia creates cool designs.  …

Via Boing Boing: Tech Cities.

PepsiCo and Waste Management are trying to increase the rate of plastic bottle recycling from the current 34 % to " 50 % by the year 2018.

A key tool may be the Dream Machine … which has " … a personal reward system that allows consumers to collect and redeem points for each bottle or can they recycle in the kiosk."

We all know to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle "—  Want to learn more about recycling?  Are you doing all your can?  Do you have questions … ?

" … here to help answer your questions and help make recycling easier, more fun, and even profitable. … simply give you practical information so that you can do your part."