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Beyond the Bin - April 2016

 

This month CJ May who was the recycling coordinator at Yale for 20 years, shares his Top Tips for recycling organics at special events.

Also learn 5 easy steps to doing your own waste audit. And don't forget to download our new How-To guide for waste audit success. 
Operation Organics!

Managing organics recycling at special events is challenging. You might want to just hit the snooze button that day and stay in bed. Here's some lessons learned from the days I didn't hit the snooze button.
Waste audit
How to complete a waste audit in 5 easy steps.

Learn the key steps for waste audit success so you can discover how your current program is performing, and identify areas for improvement.
TTC
TTC transports up to 70% of waste from landfill.

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) takes their impact on the environment seriously. Discover how their locations across the GTA did their part and became "No Waste Offices".

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FREE How-To Guide for Waste Audit Success

With clearly defined steps, downloadable templates and top tips gleaned from over 200 waste audits, this guide is a must-read before you plan your next waste audit.

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Recycled News!
How Colorado is turning food waste into electricity.

Americans throw away about a third of their available food. A new facility known as the Heartland Biogas Project is taking wasted food from Colorado's most populous areas and turning it into electricity. 

Whole Foods is launching a budget store that will aim to be sustainable and zero waste.

In May, Whole Foods will launch the chain's first budget grocery in the hipster enclave of Silver Lake in Los Angeles. When it does, it will not only be cheap, but green.


10 Weird Things You Can Actually Compost.

Composting is a magic process where kitchen waste transforms into rich, black soil. Even those of you without one of these magical boxes in the backyard probably know that you can compost fruit and veggie peels, coffee grounds and paper towel - but how about hair? Or balloons?

California bill seeks to change labeling rules to tackle food waste.

Food waste has become a major issue in the past year, as awareness of the adverse environmental and social impacts of throwing so much food away just because it was aesthetically unpleasing has become more widely known.
Recycling grant of the month.
California - the Beverage Container Recycling Grant provides funding for recycling containers.


For more information on recycling grants available in your region visit our website.
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