From Waste To Resource

What can I recycle? is a question that’s often asked.  Amazingly, more things are recyclable than we realize.
As we all know, by recycling, we reduce the amount that ends up in landfills, thus reducing green house gases. With landfills known to produce millions of tons of carbon dioxide and methane (the two prominent green house [...]

Posted on Wednesday, 20th May 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: aluminum containers, Appliances, Asphalt, batteries, biomass fuel, brass, carbon dioxide and methane, Cardboard, compost, construction and demolition debris, copper, curbside recycling, demolition, demolition debris, glass containers, grass clippings, green house gases, milk jugs, oil, plastic bottles, playground, pop cans, recycling bins, telephone books, tin, tree limbs, truck tires, Wood, yard debris
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Reducing energy consumption not only helps to save the environment, but can also save individuals money.
How to reduce our energy consumption is partly common sense, but is also being smart about our purchases.
Using some of the following ideas will not only help to reduce our energy consumption, but may put more money in our pocket.
1) [...]

Posted on Wednesday, 15th April 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: air filters, air leaks, ceiling fans, christmas holiday, compact florescent light bulbs, crawl space, dirty filters, efficiency, energy star appliances, florescent light bulbs, heat vents, holiday lights, home improvement stores, insulation, led lights, natural heat, programmable thermostat, reducing energy consumption, small appliances, smart strips, styrofoam, vent plugs
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According to Wikipedia, a carbon footprint is
“the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product”.
Ironically, carbon footprints are often the result of how much time we spend in our car. Hence, making our miles count and practicing efficiency is a great way to [...]

Posted on Monday, 16th March 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: car carriers, carbon footprint, carpool, driving habits, efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, miles per gallon, public transportation, seniors, simple ways to save money, tire gauge, tire stores, traffic jam, wikipedia
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Companies who are involved in wood recycling, cleaning up old mill sites or log yard debris, often encounter the problem of how to separate rock and dirt from wood products. Although numerous size trommels, rock screens and/or heavy equipment can be used to complete this process, the cost often begins to outweigh the benefits.
That’s [...]

Posted on Tuesday, 10th March 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: bark products, classifier, compost, conveyor belt, diesel, dirt, electric, float tank, heavy equipment, hopper, pieces of wood, Recycling, screens, separate wood and rock, stationary screening plant, topsoil, trommel screen, water bath, Wittco classifier
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We’ve all heard the term, “blue collar” jobs and know those are the jobs where a person performs manual labor on assembly lines, construction sites, and/or in manufacturing, just to name a few.
If you haven’t already, soon, you’ll be hearing the term, “green collar jobs”.
So, what is a green collar job, and where are they?
With [...]

Posted on Saturday, 7th March 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: assembly lines, blue collar jobs, clean energy, construction sites, corporations, energy field, energy sector, environmental sector, government, green collar jobs, green jobs, organics, politicians, preventing global warming, Recycling, reducing waste, renewable energy, saving the environment, small businesses, solar energy, tax breaks, wind power
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The wood waste derived from wood recycling or wood chipping operations often begins to stack up and the owners are uncertain how they can be reused, recycled or in the best case scenario, resold.
Often nature takes over and the piles of wood chips begin to decompose. This natural process leads to an obvious use – [...]

Posted on Friday, 6th March 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: animal bedding, asbestos, compost, dust control, dyed wood chips, erosion control, glue, jute bags, lumber, mulch, particle board, pulp and paper, reycyling wood, soil amendment, soil material, top soil, weed control, wood chips, Wood Waste
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Who knew individual size bottles of water would become so popular? Everywhere we look, people are sporting those plastic bottles. Some don’t have a preference, but many believe designer brand water has a better taste.
One thing is for sure, we don’t have to be mathematicians to calculate buying bottled water can [...]

Posted on Thursday, 5th March 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: bottled water, container recycling institute, cost of bottled water, disposable bottles, filtered water, great resources, home filtration systems, plastic recycling, plastic water bottles, recycling plastic bottles, reduce waste to landfills, save money, saving the environment, tap water, water costs, water dispenser, water pitcher, whole house filtration system
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Wood recycling is the process of taking waste wood products, grinding it up and using the wood chips which are generated for other purposes. Wood recycling businesses typically use a tub grinder (see photo) or a horizontal grinder to accomplish this process. Although portable wood chippers are often used for small projects, it’s rare [...]

Posted on Saturday, 28th February 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: asbestos, demolition, firewood, glue, hazardous material, horizontal grinder, lead paint, mold, new construction, preservatives, Recycling, scrap wood, stumps, timber tax, tub grinder, us forest service, wood chippers
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Don’t you hate going to your mailbox and finding it full of junk mail? Mixed in with the credit card offers, catalogs, fliers and magazines (you didn’t subscribe to) may be a real piece of real mail or a bill.
All of that junk mail is such a waste. It’s a waste [...]

Posted on Friday, 27th February 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: credit card offers, forest industry, how to stop junk mail, instore offers, junk mail, magazines, mailing lists, postal system, recycle paper, reducing junk mail, saving trees, time wasted
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In the recycling and wood waste industry, we often see the term “C&D” The translation is; construction and demolition debris.
When new construction, land developing and/or the demolition of buildings occurs, wood wastes are generated.
Common wood waste would include:
Tree trimmings, branches, stumps, and the logs, themselves
Pallets or wooden shipping containers
Scrap wood from new construction, [...]

Posted on Thursday, 26th February 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: asbestos, C&D, construction and demolition debris, demolition debris, glue, hazardous materials, lead paint, mold, new construction, plywood, preservatives, Recycling, scrap wood, shipping containers, stumps, tree trimmings, wood wastes
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