Tag: recycling
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County now recycling pizza boxes
Big news for pizza lovers (and everyone else too): Burlington County is now collecting pizza boxes as part of its curbside recycling program. The Burlington County Commissioners announced the new recycling initiative, saying it would benefit both the environment and taxpayers. It’s a big change that reflects new best practices among paper mills and cardboard…
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County holding free shredding events this fall
Burlington County residents will have more opportunities to safely dispose of unwanted confidential documents and plastic film materials this year during the county’s upcoming fall shredding events. The events will be held at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 19. Residents can…
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‘Cost of getting rid of things’ continues to go up
Princeton Council approves ‘significant’ rate increase for shared services recycling contract It’s going to cost more to recycle bottles, cans and paper, under a multi-year shared services agreement between the Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA) and the Municipality of Princeton. The annual fee will increase between 7.5% and 8% over the term of the five-year…
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‘You are stuck’
New recycling agreement increases curbside pickup cost 7.5% over five-year period The Pennington Council “reluctantly” approved a shared service agreement with Mercer County that increases service fees year to year for curbside pickup of recycling. The agreement with Mercer County Improvement Authority, which was approved at a meeting on July 10, begins in 2024 and is…
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‘No bones about it’
Pennington officials recommend recycling shared services agreement with county despite increases Pennington faces increases for curbside pickup of recycling material with a proposed new shared services agreement with the Mercer County Improvement Authority. If approved by the Pennington Council, the new five-year agreement would start in January 2024 and conclude Dec. 31, 2028. For 2024,…
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Solutions: The Culmination of a Technology Breakthrough
By Huck Fairman A prior Solutions’ column reported on the progress that a new local company – formed by researchers at Princeton University, Princeton NuEnergy, and partnering with a Chinese institution and other contributors – had recently made in the recycling of lithium from existing batteries. With the demand for lithium skyrocketing, largely due to…
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Burlington County offers Christmas ‘Treecycle’ to start an ‘environmentally friendly’ new year
Ornaments and decorations are getting packed away, but some families wonder what to do with their Christmas tree now that the holidays are over. The Burlington County Commissioners are encouraging residents to bring their live Christmas trees to the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex at 22000 Burlington-Columbus Road in Florence to be chipped and composted,…
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Burlington County encourages school and community groups to participate in recycling challenge
Burlington County is partnering with the Trex Company to make it easier for local schools and community groups to recycle plastic film products. Schools and community groups collecting plastic bags and film as part of Trex Plastic Film Recycling Challenge can now use Burlington County’s Robert C. Shinn Jr. Recycling Center in Westampton as a…
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SOLUTIONS: Breakthrough in direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries
By Huck Fairman Princeton NuEnergy (PNE,) a US-based, innovative clean-tech start-up, founded out of Princeton University in 2019 and launched into commercial production in 2022, is quickly revolutionizing the critical materials supply chain with its patented direct recycling technology for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) used in most electric vehicles. Using a novel plasma-assisted process, PNE successfully reclaims high-value…