Recycling of Waste Materials

Recycling Recyclers of Program That Failed

Three recycling centers for the city’s Blue Bag recycling program have been turned over to some who used to profit from the program, which is now defunct.March 5, 2010

Leaving the Trash Behind

Of 7.5 million pounds of trash that air travelers generate daily, 75 percent is recyclable, but only 20 percent reaches a recycling center.February 23, 2010

At Shared Offices, How Green Is My Work Space

The green movement has taken hold in work spaces, whether with compost sorting in the office or as clusters of small environmental ventures.February 15, 2010

Surf’s Up, Waste’s Down

A start-up company makes surfboard cores that are 60 percent to 65 percent recycled waste, reducing the production of a toxic material.November 19, 2009

• A Green Wave

Plastic Roads Offer Greener Way to Travel in India

For two of India’s biggest problems, battered roads and overflowing landfills, Ahmed Khan has a single solution: streets made with recycled plastic.November 14, 2009

Chandeliers, Blazing With Recyclables

Lucy Slivinski, a sculptor in Chicago, makes lighting fixtures out of salvaged metal scraps.November 12, 2009

Fresh Idea From Recycle Bin

A SoHo clothing store aims to create a space using materials that were almost entirely rooted in New York City’s waste stream.November 5, 2009

5¢ Deposits Set For Bottled Water

Advocates say the new deposits will encourage recycling and provide as much as $115 million to New York State.October 25, 2009

Nickel Deposits to Be Collected on Bottled Water in New York

All containers of water under a gallon will have a 5-cent refundable deposit, as beer and soda containers have had for years.October 24, 2009

Mayor’s Environmental Record: Grand Plans and Small Steps Forward

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has brought attention to environmental concerns, but the biggest pieces of his agenda have either failed to win approval or are still awaiting action.October 23, 2009

Getting the Guests to Sort

Although recycling programs can cut trash-removal bills by half, only about 40 percent of hotels have such a program.October 6, 2009

When Your Dorm Goes Green and Local

Students at Warren Wilson College are taking higher education back to nature.September 27, 2009

• The Renewable Dorm

Old Sofas Borrow a New Idea From Cars

After the success of this summer’s cash-for-clunkers program, retailers and manufacturers are introducing trade-in programs for everything from outdated entertainment centers to used mattresses.September 24, 2009

Following Trash and Recyclables on Their Journey

A project that tracks garbage through the waste disposal system over the next three months will help give people a concrete sense of their impact on the environment.September 17, 2009

One Man’s Trash ...

To Dan Phillips, who constructs low-income housing in a town in East Texas, almost anything discarded and durable is potential building material.September 3, 2009

• The Recycled Houses

A Scrap of Decency

How to help the world’s recyclers survive the fall in the price of trash.August 5, 2009

Can Aluminum Bottles Replace Throwaway Plastic?

Steve Wasik, the chief executive of the Swiss manufacturer SIGG, is driving the sale of reuseable water bottles by promoting them as an eco-chic accessory.July 25, 2009

In Public Housing, Talking Up the Recycling Bin

In the General Grant Houses in Manhattan, two women are spreading the word about recycling, door by door.July 4, 2009

• SCIENCE; Paper, Plastic and Persistence

Stash the Plastic, Compost Disposables

Ecoware disposable cutlery made of birchwood is compostable and economical.July 2, 2009

A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics

There is now somewhere to take some of the 99.1 million television sets that sit unused in closets and basements.June 30, 2009