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CONTENTS: APRIL 2008

Applying best practices
A collaborative approach to identifying and applying best practices to curbside recycling programs highlights the barriers and opportunities to improving recycling systems.
by Geoff Love and Phil Jensen

The tide is turning
Big businesses are setting a precedent, showing that going green can put an organization in the black.  Can pay as you throw be the vessel that takes municipal governments to the land of milk and money?.
by Kristen Brown

A new age for material recovery facilities
With curbside recycling becoming an integral part of most solid waste systems, MRFs have been forced to become increasingly sophisticated, with quality control and sort systems able to adapt to market demands..
by Eileen Brettler Berenyi, Ph.D.

Going beyond 50 percent
State mandates, aggressive waste diversion goals and a desire to experiment with less conventional recycling programs has put one community on the road to zero waste..
by Robert Gedert

TALKING POINTS:  COMMERCIAL RECYCLING
Left out in the cold
Working with commercial cleaning contractors has developed the Partnership 2 Recycle Program into a viable commercial recycling program.
by Matthew Todd

ONGOING COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

News Front

• News & Views - Major League Baseball launches "Team Greening Program"
• Composting update - Metro Vancouvers gets two new facilities
• State & Province Watch - States crack down on copper thieves
• Programs in Action - Residents decide the future of curbside recycling
• Electronics Recycling Update - U.S.P.S. offers free mail back of consumer electronics
• Former Times - Multi-family recyclign programs spread like wildfire

Inside Look

• Market Update - Non-ferrous market turns volatile
• Equipment & Products - What's new and what's coming down the line
• Recycling in Cyberspace - Going YouTubing
• Events - What's happening in the industry
• Recycling's Vital Signs - The statistical pulse of the recycling

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