Puerto Rico Solid Waste Authority officials said Wednesday that the island is losing out on some $500 million annually on processing recyclable containers — particularly aluminum cans and glass bottles — that end up in landfills.
Puerto Rico residents have not always been too inclined to recycle, perhaps due to a lack of education on the importance of doing so to help the environment, or simply for a lack of facilities where to take their paper, glass and plastic goods.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to address contaminated soil at the Scorpio Recycling Superfund site in Toa Baja, and will begin clean up efforts that will cost an estimated $3 million, the agency announced Tuesday.
Imagine, getting rewarded with manufacturers discount coupons for the things you buy the most just for recycling your old newspapers and magazines. Doing that is possible through REMAG, a program launched Tuesday by Puerto Rican supermarket chain SuperMax.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a $3 million cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the Scorpio Recycling Superfund site in Toa Baja, for which it will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal and garner public opinion. SRI was a metal recycling company that operated from 1972 until 2010 in a […]
Puerto Rican transaction processing company EVERTEC is moving forward with its eco-friendly corporate social responsibility program, establishing parking for hybrid cars and conducting awareness events for its 1,600 employees who so far have collected 232,771 pounds of materials in its recycling center and operational areas.
Green Energy Renewable Solutions Inc. announced Thursday it has decision to step back from the proposed $100 million landfill and renewable energy project it planned to build in Yabucoa, along Puerto Rico’s southeastern flank, due to lack of funding.
Hugo Neu Americas Recycling Complex officials said Monday the company “is closer” to completing its permitting process, after the Appellate Court denied a petition by Schnitzer Puerto Rico Inc. to reconsider its previous decision of granting permission to the proposed $80 million operation.
Energy Answers, the company looking to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Arecibo, recently partnered with the town’s National University College campus and Better World Books to establish a pilot project focused on reusing books and reducing the high volume of waste cluttering island landfills.
The Roosevelt Roads Redevelopment Authority is partnering with the Puerto Rico Solid Waste Authority and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to respectively operate the existing recycling plant and provide water and land surveillance services at the former naval base.
Puerto Rico’s high asthma rates, and recycling and pollution prevention efforts were some of the issues on the agenda of a meeting that took place late last week between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local government representatives in New York, the agency said Monday.
During the fourth edition of its “Electronic Equipment Recycling Day” event, the Puerto Rico CPA Society collected more than 17,000 pounds of unwanted electronics that will be kept out of the island’s dumpsters.
As part of its environmentally friendly agenda, the Puerto Rico CPA Society will host a paper recycling event, Oct. 21 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organization members will be charged a fee of $2.50 per box — up to five boxes — delivered to the Capital Center building in Hato Rey. Non-members will have to pay $5 per box, for the same five-box limit.
If you’re one of thousands of consumers with old, useless electronic equipment lying around your home or office, you will have the chance to dispose of those devices properly next weekend during the Solid Waste Authority’s e-waste recycling event.
Nearly two years after announcing plans to harness solar power to cut down on its energy consumption, Walmart de Puerto Rico unveiled the first of several rooftop solar systems it plans to install throughout its local stores, in conjunction with Sun Edison LLC.
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