Posts Tagged ‘ Recycling ’

Food Composting Coming To Salem-Keizer

April 27, 2010
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No more leftovers in the trash. This summer, people in Salem will have the chance to put their food waste in composting bins and have it hauled away like the rest of the garbage. The city council approved the plan last night. It could reduce the city’s waste stream up to 20%. To be determined – how much more this will cost. But the program will be voluntary. Keizer is considering a similar service.

From the Salem Statesman Journal: Council to allow new food waste recycling service

A New Twist On Recycling Plastics, Get Oil From Them

April 20, 2009
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Really interesting story in the Statesman Journal this morning.  It’s about a company, Agri-Plas, that has found a way to get oil from recycled plastic.  The paper says Agri-Plas can get about a gallon of oil from 9 pounds of plastic.  The company thinks it can produce about 70 barrels a day.  It’s already sold about 20,000 gallons to a Tacoma refinery.  Some of the best plastics for oil are considered “lower grade” and more likely to end up in landfills.