The Maryland Recycling Network (MRN) represents individuals and organizations from every facet of recycling who join together to promote the 3 "R's" of recycling - sustainable reduction, reuse and recycling of materials otherwise destined for disposal.
Area News
100% participate in Baltimore school district´s recycling
New county-backed recycling program already has competition
MD Department of the Environment Pulls Down Bronze for Procurement in State Electronics Challenge
Boonsboro passes curbside recycling
Grants encourage recycling of thermoformed PET
County explores ways to get businesses to recycle
It’s better than thousands of years in a landfill
Panel: Carroll may need to include multiple methods of disposing of solid waste in future
Another city enacts forced recycling measure
Washington County to help promote private curbside-recycling program
Will Howard's food scrap program draw partners to the table or go down the drain?
After two years, Baltimore County's single-stream recycling program collecting momentum
Neighbors complain about scavenging recyclables
Annapolis restaurant eliminates garbage
MD BIZ: Firm to build garbage-to-fuel plant in Iowa, Virginia
Delay sought for trash-burning power plant in Fairfield
New Hagerstown solid-waste program expands service at lower cost
Used oil recycling plant planned for Baltimore, Md.
Hagerstown City Council to consider various trash, recycling options
National News
Californians recycled 82% of beverage containers in 2011
Study: Single-stream is more wasteful, expensive
RecycleMania Announces 2012 Champions
NCSU Research Explains How Vermicompost-Amended Soils Ward Off Crop Pests
Who Knew? Upcycling the Dog Poo
Thefts from recycling bins to be fined
WRN announces Green City Awards finalists
Naked Groceries: Startup Creates Zero-Waste Store
CarbonLITE announces opening of world's largest bottle-to-bottle plastic recycling plant
San Mateo, Calif, composts more, landfills less
Trash, Recycling and the Heartbreaking Lessons of YouTube Ethnography
County to consider nixing recycling drop-off bins
Coca-Cola to expand recycling grants program
Survey: 70% in EU support plastic bag bans
Tearing Apart the Package Myth
USDA Announces Support for a New Advanced Biofuel Production Facility
TerraCycle tries to ‘revolutionize’ disposable diapers
Petition drive fails; Seattle plastic bag ban moves forward
National "Hard to Recycle" Recycle By Mail Program Launches!
Midlands councils unite to recycle road sweepings
Carbon dioxide super-scrubber? Potential good news in global warming fight.
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