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Competing to recycle

BOSTON—In 10 weeks of work, college students among 76 New England schools competing in a nation-wide recycling competition recovered 9.27 million pounds of recyclables and organics. The five winning New England colleges and universities were:

• United States Coast Guard Academy – New London, Conn.
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering – Needham, Mass.
• Harvard University – Cambridge, Mass.
• Westfield State College – Westfield, Mass.
• Middlebury College – Middlebury, Vermont

For more information, see www.epa.gov

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Paper recycling hits high

NEW YORK—The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has announced that a record-high 63.4% of the paper consumed in the United States was recovered for recycling in 2009.

This figure exceeds the industry’s 60% recovery goal three years ahead of schedule. To balance growing global demand for recovered fiber and decreased paper consumption, increasing recovery nationwide remains a priority.

For more information, see www.paperrecycles.org

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Canada mandates battery recycler

VICTORIA, Canada—The British Columbia Ministry of the Environment has selected Call2Recycle® as the first government-mandated consumer battery collection and recycling program in North America. Call2Recycle was chosen based on its very successful battery collection program that has been operational in British Columbia, as well as across Canada, since 1997.

For more information, see www.call2recycle.org

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Recycler award given

SANTA FE, N.M.—The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) honored Shaw Industries as CARE Recycler of the Year.

Shaw was recognized for its continued investment in both people and processes designed to increase the diversion of post-consumer carpet from landfills. As a cornerstone of their reclamation efforts, Shaw's Evergreen Nylon Recycling program converts Nylon 6 fiber from post-consumer carpet back into the raw material to make new carpet fiber. As the leader in carpet recycling by volume, Shaw currently recycles enough nylon fiber to wrap the earth more than 2,000 times each year.

For more information, see www.shawgreenedge.com

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PepsiCo commits to recycling

PURCHASE, N.Y.—PepsiCo has announced its intent to promote higher rates of beverage container recycling in the United States.

Specifically PepsiCo said it intends to create partnerships that promote the increase of U.S. beverage container recycling rates to 50% by 2018. The commitment was developed in cooperation with Boston-based Walden Asset Management, a leader in socially responsible investment, and San Francisco-based As You Sow, a foundation that promotes corporate social responsibility through shareholder engagement. 

For more information, see www.pepsico.com

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