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Posted by admin on October 23, 2021
On Saturday, October 23th, the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX), in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), Costco, Mothers for Mother Earth, Inc., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s Institute of Public Health, Florida State University’s Institute of Science […]
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Posted by admin on October 27, 2019
On Saturday, October 26th, the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX), in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Walmart, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s (FAMU) Institute of Public Health, Florida State University’s (FSU) Center for Biomedical & Toxicological Research, iHeartMedia (WTNT 94.9, WFLA […]
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Posted by admin on April 28, 2019
On Saturday, April 27th, the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX), in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Costco, FAMU’s Institute of Public Health, FSU’s Center for Biomedical & Toxicological Research (CBTR), iHeartMedia (WTNT 94.9, WFLA 100.7) and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, […]
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Posted by admin on March 20, 2016
Speaker Steve Russell Strategic Materials, Inc. Speaker Bio: Steve Russell is the Director of Inbound Supply Quality for Strategic Materials, Inc., a national glass recycler and processor. Currently based in St. Louis, Missouri, he regularly visits MRFs and SMI plants focusing on glass clean-up methods at the MRFs and the inbound inspection processes at the […]
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Posted by admin on October 30, 2015
Source: Florida DEP What are Organic Materials? A very simple definition of organic is: pertaining to the vegetable or animal world. In nature, natural processes break down these materials into humus. These same processes are used to produce compost. As the conditions needed are optimized, the more quickly this product can be made. The regulations […]
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Posted by admin on September 18, 2015
BENEFITS OF BUSINESS RECYCLING Source: James City County Recycling is economically advantageous & environmentally sound. Recycling can save you money! By recycling, a business can downsize the contents of its dumpster and get a recycling bin. Together, this may be less than the cost of renting a large dumpster. One local business reduced their […]
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Posted by admin on September 11, 2015
How to Start a Business Recycling Program Source: Small Business Trends One of the easiest and cheapest ways to be an eco-friendlier business is often overlooked: Recycling. Chances are your business sends more items to the landfill than it has to. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, about 75% of solid waste thrown away is […]
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Posted by admin on July 30, 2015
Article Source: General Kinematics What exactly is being thrown away? What is being recycled? Skyrocketing, recycling in the U.S. has increased continually over the last 30 years. The rate of recycling—which, in 1980 sat at less than 10 percent of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated—now includes more than 34 percent of total MSW. Adopting […]
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Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
FLORIDA BUSINESS RECYCLING WORKSHOP Presented by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection in cooperation with Southern Waste Information eXchange TOPIC: Business Recycling Panel – Presentations and Discussion SPEAKERS: Kim Brunson, Publix _______ NEED ASSISTANCE WITH BUSINESS RECYCLING? OUR OFFICE SERVES TO CONNECT MATERIALS PRODUCERS AND USERS CONTACT 800-441-7949 _______ Businesses Recycling Workshop Video Series Recycling […]
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Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
FLORIDA BUSINESS RECYCLING WORKSHOP Presented by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection in cooperation with Southern Waste Information eXchange TOPIC: Business Recycling Panel – Presentations and Discussion PT 2 SPEAKERS: Kelly Saikkonen, Harvest Power _______ NEED ASSISTANCE WITH BUSINESS RECYCLING? OUR OFFICE SERVES TO CONNECT MATERIALS PRODUCERS AND USERS CONTACT 800-441-7949 _______ Businesses Recycling […]
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