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The 3 Reasons Why Adding A Story To Recycling Bins Increases Program Participation & Lowers Contamination Rates
— A good book is a portal to other worlds by the story it tells. George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones led millions into the land of Westoros the characters and plot twists made it one of HBO’s most successful series. A good bin has an equally good story to tell and that story is even better because it’s true. Help your bin, and your recycling effort, by enchanting it with the gift to tell its story.Read More
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6 Tips for Businesses to Comply With New York City’s NEW Recycling Mandates
— New recycling rules for businesses come into effect August 1st in NYC. The intent is to divert a significant amount of waste that is normally sent to landfills into recycling plants instead. CleanRiver shares 6 top tips to help businesses comply with the new mandates.Read More
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How Recycling Impacts Your Bottom Line.
— We’ve all seen social media posts where disgruntled consumers in various venues have taken pictures of recycling bins that look to be separating waste and recycling. However when the savvy consumer has opened the recycling bin they’ve discovered that trash and recycling are all going into one container inside. The impact of misleading your consumers whether intentionally or not can be catastrophic to your bottom line.Read More
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The Invisible War of Bottle Bill Legislation
— States which do not have deposits on cans and bottles only see a recycling/recovery rate for these items in the 30% range. For states with a deposit on cans and bottles there is a recovery rate in the 60Read More
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Sustainability Manager’s Recycling Program Checklist
— Being tasked with implementing a facility-wide recycling program can be overwhelming for a Sustainability Manager. Here’s a quick checklist to help you nail it!Read More
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Get Big Returns with a Tiny Bin
— The CleanRiver Mini Bin is a highly effective and cost efficient way to save money by communicating the importance of recycling throughout your organization.Read More
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10 Tips to Maximize Your Recycling Container Investment
— The top 10 things that you can do to make sure your recycling program is effective.Read More
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Achieving ROI with Your Recycling Program.
— Cost avoidance combined with revenue generation The biggest barrier for implementing an effective recycling program is often the capital investment required. Because recycling programs are often thought of as a “nice to do” rather than a financial investment, they are…Read More
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Divert More Waste from Landfill with the CleanRiver 3C Process.
— CleanRiver created the 3C process to empower organizations to increase the amount of waste they divert from landfill. It’s a set of best practices that enable you to implement a truly effective recycling program that goes way beyond the bin.…Read More
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Make Money From Your Recycling Program
— Your recycling program can be a valuable income generator which improves your bottom line or frees up funding for other sustainability initiatives. Here’s the top 3 ways to generate revenue from your recycling program: 1. Paper and cardboard are worth…Read More
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Organics Collection – How Saving the Planet Can Save You Money
— Organics collection is coming on strong in many parts of the US and Canada – and with good reason. Compostable materials make up a large percentage of waste in landfill and decompose to produce methane gas, a leading contributor to…Read More
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Save Money with a Centralized Recycling Program
— Many organizations such as Harley Davidson, Brewer Science and Wilfrid Laurier University, have implemented centralized recycling and waste programs. Claire Bennett, Sustainability Manager at Wilfrid Laurier University says “The program has been instrumental in our overall waste management program at…Read More
