Recycling Education (Cont’d from Page 7)
the biggest hurdle to actually having consumers add recy- cling to their daily habits.According to our survey, almost 1 in 5 report they don’t recycle because they simply do not know what products can be recycled (18 percent) or their local recycling guidelines (18 percent).” Other highlights for the survey include: • Nearly 4 in 5 (78 percent) of Americans who don’t al- ways recycle confess they feel guilty about it. • While many Americans recognize the more common products that can be recycled, like plastic beverage bottles (81 percent), cardboard shipping boxes (78 percent) and glass bottles (75 percent), far fewer are aware that they can recycle milk cartons (64 percent), and only about 1 in 4 know that aerosol cans can be recycled (23 percent). • Nearly all (98 percent) parents plan on having their child learn about recycling. • According to nearly half of consumers, paper is the eas- iest to recycle (47 percent) compared to plastic (34 per- cent), metal (11 percent) or glass (9 percent). EPA Awards More Than $469,000 In SMM Funding The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an- nounced $469,924 in funding for three Sustainable Mate- rials Management (SMM) projects in the Kansas City area. These projects include: Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has been selected for $95,000 in funding to conduct a feasibility study for an organic material compost- ing facility, including a site evaluation, feedstock and pro- cessing technologies evaluation, concept design, and finan- cial evaluation. Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) has been selected for $174,924 in funding for a project to address food waste reduction in the nine-county Kansas City region through a Regional Food Waste Reduction Action Plan, food system mapping, and an educational campaign. Pollution Prevention Kansas State University Pollution Prevention Institute (PPI) has been selected for $200,000 in funding for a proj- ect in Johnson County, Kansas, that will work with industry and community partners to provide on-site technical assis- tance, identifying and documenting opportunities for food and solid-waste (packaging) source reduction, diversion and recycling. According to the EPA, SMM is a systemic approach to us- ing materials more productively and finding new opportu- nities to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, and reduce costs over a product’s life cycle. EPA said its SMM program supports efforts to help build community health by reducing the use, release and expo- sure to toxic chemicals; using life-cycle approaches to re- duce the health and environmental impacts of materials use; and employing upstream solutions that reduce the need for and cost of environmental cleanup and pollution management.
Buyer’s Guide
RECYCLING SYSTEMS
HARRIS 315 W. 12th Ave. • Cordele, GA 31015 (229) 273-2500 Website: www.harrisequip.com E-mail: info@harrisequip SIERRA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY 1620 E Brundage Ln • Bakersfield CA 93307 (800) 343-8503
Website: www.sierraintl.com E-mail: info@sierraintl.com
SHERBROOKE O.E.M. LTD. 3425 Boulevard Industrial • Sherbrooke, QC J1L 2WI
(819) 563-7374 • Fax: (819) 563-7556 Website: www.sherbrooke-oem.com E-mail: mtremblay@sherbrooke-oem.com
SHREDDERS
ALLEGHENY SHREDDERS Old William Penn Hwy East • Delmont, PA 15626 (800) 245-2497 • Fax: (724) 468-5919 Website: www.alleghenyshredders.com E-mail: solutions@alleghenyshredders.com VAN DYK RECYCLING SOLUTIONS 78 Halloween Blvd. • Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 967-1100 • Fax: (203) 967-1199 Website: www.vdrs.com Email: info@vdrs.com
SORTING SYSTEMS
HUSTLER CONVEYOR CO. 4101 Crusher Dr. • O’Fallon, MO 63368 (636) 441-8600 • Fax: (636) 441-8611 Website: www.hustler-conveyor.com E-mail: info@hustler-conveyor.com VAN DYK RECYCLING SOLUTIONS 78 Halloween Blvd. • Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 967-1100 • Fax: (203) 967-1199 Website: www.vdrs.com Email: info@vdrs.com
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