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E-Waste “Recycling” in the News

One place you don’t want your used electronics to wind up is in the media.  We get asked all the time why we charge money to recycle computers and monitors and TVs, cell phones, Blackberries and other...

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FIBER MARKETS AT OR NEAR ALL TIME HIGHS

July fiber markets in New England and across most of the country are at five year highs.  Mixed Paper is at an all-time record; baled Mixed Paper in truckload volumes is at $110-$120 per ton!  Another...

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We Have Met The Enemy, and It Is Us

I cut school in 8th grade to go to Earth Day.  I asked the School Authorities if I could be excused to go to Earth Day, but they said No.  So I cut school and went.  It was the first time I ever cut...

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E-Waste, E-Wast…

If you really recycle responsibly, it costs money. LCDs contain mercury; CRTs contain lead; rechargeable batteries contain heavy metals. You have to take used electronics apart carefully and under...

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What have we done to this beautiful country of ours?

I had a meeting this afternoon in a place called Ashburn Virginia.  Of course you have never heard of Ashburn, Virginia, because Ashburn, Virginia doesn’t exist.  It is not a town, it is not a...

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Mom vs Mother Nature

There’s a problem trying to be an environmentalist. The problem is Mom. I try pretty hard to be pretty good dealing with the environment. I only heat two rooms in my house and I keep them at 50 most of...

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A Waste & Recycling Guy, Walking in the Woods in January

  I was walking recently through some of my favorite woods, in the New Jersey Pines along the Mullica River.  I was on an old sand road, which by the tire tracks sees maybe a couple dozen cars a year....

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David Koch and Me, Hanging Out

David Koch is in the news again.  If you do not know about David Koch, you should look him up.  David Koch is very rich, very powerful, and does not like solar energy.  Nor do his friends.  They hate...

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