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The State of Illinois is set to change cell phone recycling and electronics waste disposal practices within the state as part of the implementation of a recycling law that took effect in 2008.

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American carmaker General Motors Corporation has shown that recycling can be an excellent profit source for any manufacturing business. (Photo: The Motor Report)
We seem to be hearing a lot about General Motors these days. A few months ago, we wrote about their zero waste initiative and just last month, we reported that GM was also [...]

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Collins hybrid electric Type A school bus. Collins Bus Corporation is one of the finalist’s in the Waste and Recycling News’ Green Corporate Citizen Award. (Photo: autoblog).
Waste and Recycling News announced the winners of it’s Green Corporate Citizen Award during the Corporate Recycling & Waste Conference that it hosts in cooperation with Republic Services.

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‘Alien’ sculpture made from recycled automobile parts by Thai artist Krittayakorn Chaijit.
We’re featuring again today a list by EcoFriend, sort of a sequel to the last EcoFriend list on Fantastic Computer Upcycling Art. This time, it’s a list of beautiful art pieces made entirely of metal recycled from junk automobile or motorbike parts.

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The “Spaceship Sirius” by Alex Andromeda made from recycled computer parts. Photo: Alex Andromeda.
We are in an age when electronic technology is developing at a blinding speed. Planned obsolescence seems to be the norm — every few months a newer, sleeker, and faster electronic device gets invented and foisted on consumers through expensive marketing gimmickry [...]

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Car manufacturers seem to be doing a lot for the environment lately. Not only is there a race to build the most fuel efficient EVs and hybrids out there, car makers also appear to be streamlining their operations to produce the least amount of waste possible.

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The Steering Committee of the 11th International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC 2012) is now seeking papers to be presented at its upcoming conference, Jan. 18-20, 2012, in Salzburg, Austria.

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PepsiCo Beverages Canada yesterday announced the introduction of its 7UP EcoGreen bottle which the company says is the first beverage bottle in Canada and North America made from 100 percent recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic.

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When people this side of the Atlantic think about the British, some things instantly come to mind — the Windsors, Big Ben, the Union Jack, the Parliament, and until recently, the ubiquitous bright red-colored telephone booths that dot cities and villages in the U.K.

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A U.N. report released early this month suggested that manufacturing of advanced technology vehicles like hybrids and full electric vehicles (EVs) might slow down at some point in the future because of the low global rate of metal recycling.

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