recycling

Summer is festival time. Festivals mean plenty of disposable plates, cups, bottles, cans and utensils will be used. Unfortunately, festival organizers do…
It is all about making the connection. Usable items often go to the landfill because the connection is not made between those looking to dispose of items,…
Great Forest recently visited Metropolitan Recycling, a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Brooklyn to see this hauler’s recycling process in action. Over…
It is all about making the connection. Each year, countless items of furniture (and other items) head to the landfill because the connection…

Earth Day 2014 Roundup

This year, Great Forest held dozens of Earth Day events across the country to raise awareness about recycling and sustainability. We built…
What do you do with hundreds of pieces of unwanted furniture? This was the challenge that Avalon Bay Communities Inc. faced recently…
Office workers at one NYC skyscraper certainly got the message about recycling this month. They could not miss the 10-foot-high display of…
What happens when waste and recycling bins are moved away from the deskside to a centralized location? Great Forest recently conducted a…
On a recent field trip, Great Forest visited ShredX to find out what really happens to sensitive documents sent off-site for disposal.…
How Do You Know That Your E-Waste Is Being Properly Recycled? What happens to unwanted office computers and other electronics? While there…
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