A Review Of Today’s Popular Recycling Programs

As more and more people worry about the state of the planet, many are now actively advocating about the need to conserve, and wisely use our precious natural resource. Recycling is one of the most popular conservation programs today. It involves the reprocessing of old and used materials into new or reusable products. A lot of materials can be recycled.

Popular Recycling Programs

Apart from metal, glass, plastic, aluminum, textiles, paper and electronics, organic wastes can also be composted and made into fertilizer. Rubber tires can now also be shredded and turned into insulation, erosion barriers and other unique products. Here’s a review of the popular and widely-accepted recycling programs of today.

New Trash and Recycling Programs (video)

Information video produced by our public access television coordinator, Derek Jarvis, featuring our Waste Management Coordinator, Michael Pattavina. From Town of West Springfield, MA


In the US and elsewhere around the world, recycling and waste-recovery programs take different forms. The United States recycles as much as thirty percent of its solid waste; European countries like Sweden, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands however have recycling rates of as high as 60 percent. Here’s a look at the most popular recycling programs today.

Drop-Off Centers For Recyclables

A drop-off center refers to a central location that’s established to accept different types of recyclable materials. Even if a town or city has special curbside pick-up points, consumers may wish to transport their used materials here, especially if they have hazardous or toxic materials at home, and don’t know how to safely store these.

North Collier Recycling Drop-off Center (video)

In a continuous effort to save valuable landfill airspace, the Solid Waste Management Department strives to find new and innovative ways to divert recyclable materials from the landfill and preserve our natural resources. The new North Collier Recycling Drop-off Center will provide increased recycling services for communities in the north county area by providing a convenient collection center for recyclable materials and household hazardous waste. It is estimated that the North Collier Recycling Drop-off Center will safely collect and divert over 600 tons per year of residential recyclable and household hazardous materials for processing.

New Jersry Refrigerator/Freezer Recycling Program (video)

from NJ Clean Energy Program

Curbside Pick-Up Points

In a curbside recyclable pick-up program, specially-fitted trucks with separate containers roam the streets just like garbage trucks. Garbage-disposal crews then sort the materials that are thrown into the truck. However, some towns and cities require their residents to first sort the recyclables themselves, to make it easier for garbage crews to handle the recyclables.

Curbside Pickup and Front Load Bins | Airdrie Waste Management Inc. (video)

Airdrie Waste Management Inc. has 3 yard and 6 yard front-load garbage bins perfect for various household and business waste needs. This video will give you a quick overview of our products and our company. http://www.airdriewaste.com

Refund or Deposit Programs

This program is popular in the US, especially for buyers of canned or bottled beverages. The beverage bottles or cans have a deposit added to the purchase price. Consumers may return the empty can or bottle to a collection facility, and redeem the deposit, which usually goes from one to five cents.

Texas Bottle Bill - The Problem of Plastics (video)

The mission of the Texas Bottle Bill is to establish a deposit/refund program to decrease the volume of aluminum, glass and plastic beverage containers in our lakes and waterways, roadways and public lands. The deposit/refund system will combine financial incentives and convenient redemption centers

Buy-Back Centers

Recycling offers a wide array of economic and environmental benefits. Recycling can help save millions of dollars from city or municipal budgets, because there’s less demand for landfills or new garbage collection trucks. Recycling can also generate as much income per ton as a landfill, and also generates six times as many jobs. A wide array of used consumer items are also collected and converted back into raw material, and are remade into new items or products.

This generates considerable savings for both manufacturers and consumers, and significantly reduces the volume of trash disposed in landfills.

Buyback center (video)

---

Thank you for stopping by and taking your time to read my post "A Review Of Today’s Popular Recycling Programs" Below I have my most recently published post and related article. Feel free to comment or share, being new at this I need feedback so that I can do better.
Thanks again and y'all come back now.

Keep Smiling
reuben

My Recently Published Post

Easy-To-Follow Home Recycling Tips
Wind and Solar Power
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
The Basics Of Plastic Recycling
Facts on Solar Power

Related articles

• WSAZ INVESTIGATES: St. Albans Recycling (wsaz.com)
• City may require garbage haulers to include recycling option (journalstar.com)
• St. Pete agrees to explore curbside recycling (TBO.com)
• Power to Save: Knoebels Recycling (wnep.com)
• Cedar Rapids Asking Apartment Dwellers to 'Recycle More' (kcrg.com)
• Critical Considerations Can Mean Success or Failure for an EPR Program (environmentalleader.com)
• From Guest Blogger Angie Mansfield: Time for a Recycling Program in the Neighborhood? (2greenenergy.com)
• Powering the future: The benefits of battery recycling (cbsnews.com)
• Where do your recyclables (really) go? (greenreview.blogspot.com)
• How A Used Bottle Becomes A New Bottle (uniquedaily.com)

Photo credit: Arenamontanus / Foter / CC BY