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Recycling startup Ridwell makes household recycling easier

Recycling startup Ridwell makes household recycling easier

The Seattle startup Ridwell is building a business around collecting all the old batteries, clamshell containers and lightbulbs that most recycling programs leave behind.
Fields of waste: Artificial turf, touted as recycling fix for millions of scrap tires, becomes mounting disposal mess
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Fields of waste: Artificial turf, touted as recycling fix for millions of scrap tires, becomes mounting disposal mess

With hundreds of fields reaching end of life each year, the artificial turf industry is under pressure to find a sustainable solution.
San Francisco’s quest to make landfills obsolete
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San Francisco’s quest to make landfills obsolete

‘Zero Waste’ might be the impossible dream, but San Francisco isn’t giving up.
Recycling is in crisis. Could these innovations be the answer?
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Recycling is in crisis. Could these innovations be the answer?

Now that China is turning away the world’s recyclable waste, Australia wants to ban export of the materials and increase domestic processing. Here are some techniques being pursued.
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