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Online connections for recyclers and composters

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Bulletin boards and Web sites are used to collect data required for recycling at a very low cost. These bulletin boards also provide download of information, legislative updates, public forums, materials exchanges and online discussion groups. Different bulletin board systems namely RecycleNet, BioNet, InfoCycle, PenCycle, and Global Recycling Network, Inc. are working throughout the world. These boards use Internet effectively and provide online information access to its users.

Computer networks, Usage, Software, Recycling industry

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Berkeley builds an infrastructure

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The City of Berkeley's Ecology Center has achieved good waste diversion rates through its residential curbside collection programs, initiated in the early 1970s. Waste recycling has been substantially improved in this Californian region through the participation of nonprofit Community Conservation Centers in collecting paper, glass, metal and scrap steel, sending them for recycling in the Berkeley Recycling Center and marketing the recycled products to the local populace.

Berkeley, California

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A finer grind for rubber recyclers

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Recycling of miniaturized rubber particles is on the upswing to meet the increasing market demand for smaller and better quality rubber recyclables. Recycled rubber products are of use in the cement, coal, paper industries and power plants. The recycling industry has focused attention on ushering in cost-effectiveness in the manufacture of such rubber products.

Rubber

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