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As a follow-up to one of our most-commented-on stories ever, about standardizing labels for recycling bins, the non-profit initiative, Recycle Across America (RAA), has posted a video on YouTube illustrating the issues that haulers face that standardized labels could help alleviate.

Proctor & Gamble's Future Friendly, an initiative that seeks to encourage households to save energy, has partnered with Recyclebank to reward people for taking small steps to increase recycling.

As part of its goal to collect one ton of used electronics during the month of April, online retailer Newegg is offering consumers a gift certificate for their unwanted gadgets.

Garnier, a brand owned by cosmetics giant L'Oreal, has partnered with TerraCycle to collect its waste packaging for recycling.

A Japanese company has found a new use for plastic bottle caps: Use them to create micro gardens.

Liberty Iron & Metal Holdings, LLC; Scholz A.G.; Southwest Metal Industries, LLC and We Buy Scrap, LLC have consolidated their Phoenix, Arizona-based operations in a new company, Liberty Southwest Holdings, LLC.

Finnish company ZenRobotics has developed a robot capable of separating recyclables from waste streams, reports Forbes.

The fifth annual Publix Georgia Marathon in Atlanta saw the amount of material diverted from landfills increase to 78.5 percent, up from last year's 52 percent.

Recycling programs in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan will receive CA$1.25 million from the provincial government until a Multi-Materials Recycling Program can be developed.

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