Coca-Cola Using Olympic Torch To Promote Recycling

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp. 

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656 

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

Over the next 10 weeks, Coca-Cola is doing its part to promote recycling along the Olympic Torch Relay. Recycle-Beat, a mobile recycling vehicle, is following the Olympic flame across Britain that started from Land’s End on May 19^th until it arrives in London on July 26^th.

The hybrid vehicle will be a prominent part of each city’s evening celebrations, with a dedicated recycling team working to engage local people and inspire them to make personal recycling pledges. 

Torch spectators will be invited to recycle their empty bottles and cans into the chute of their choice on the vehicle, which activates a musical remix of Mark Ronson’s London 2012 anthem, “Move to the Beat.” (http://goo.gl/wHwJR).

The environmentally-safe vehicle will also show its diesel-electric hybrid power. This was made with an advanced exhaust cleanup system and low emission auxiliary generator to greatly reduce air pollution.

All of the collected items will be transported to a brand new plastics processing facility developed by both Coca-Cola Enterprises and ECO Plastics. The new system will allow bottles collected by the vehicle to be back on store shelves in as little as six weeks. 

If you have any questions or comments about recycling your bottles and cans, or any other materials for that matter, please call us at 718-416-1656 and we will answer all of your questions.

No More Love for The Love Boat!

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

The famous boat from the TV series “The Love Boat” is being scrapped by a Turkish demolition company, which purchased the vessel for more than $3.3 million, according to USA Today (wasterecyclingnews.com).

This ship was built in 1971 for Flagship Cruises and was named the “Sea Venture.” It was renamed to the “Pacific Princess” in 1975 after joining the Princess fleet. This ship weighed 19,903 tons and held 600 passengers.

It’s most famous time was when it was used for the backdrop of the hit television show “The Love Boat” from 1977 to 1986. Its name was shortened to the “Princess” in the early 2000’s after a new “Pacific Princess” was added to the fleet.

The ship has been sitting at a dock in Genoa, Italy for more than a year. It last sailed for the Spanish company Quail Cruises (wasterecyclingnews.com).

Do you have any scrap metal that you need recycled? Call us at 718-416-1656 or visit www.borowiderecycling.com and we can help you take care of that.

Go Green for 2012!

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

2012 is right around the corner, what is your New Year’s Resolution?  Go green this year and help better our planet for 2012. Here are some easy steps to get started!

Recycling is very important, here is one way to help you get started! Put a separate container next to your trash can and one by your printer and keep an airtight container in your kitchen for food scraps to be composted.  According to Green Prophet, right now for each pound of aluminum recovered, Americans save the energy resources necessary to generate roughly 7.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity- enough to power a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.

Don’t use so much electricity inside your home, turn off the lights! Just flipping a switch is one of the easiest ways to save and reduce your energy bill. If you have a lot of windows, it is not necessary to have lights on in the house during the day.  Also, switch to greener light bulbs. According to Green Prophet, Australia completely phased out incandescent bulbs in 2010, cutting an estimate 4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012.  Compact fluorescent lamps use only 20-30 percent of the energy required by incandescent and LEDs use only 10%.

Use your tap water instead of bottled. Nowadays they have water filtration systems that you can connect to your sink and shower as well as containers you can use.  According to Green Prophet, the energy required to produce and transport bottled water could fuel an estimated 1.5 million cars for a year, yet approximately 75% of these bottles do not get recycled and end up in landfills or littered in the streets.

Adjust your thermostat this winter. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that consumers can save up to 15% on heating and cooling bills. All you have to do is turn down the heat by 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 hours and it can reduce your bill 5-15%!

If you know someone in the office that lives near you, suggest carpooling. According to Green Prophet and the University of California Transportation center,  each shared vehicle replaces 15 personally owned vehicles There are also car share programs out there you can join.  In 2011, 26 of these programs were developed in the U.S. with more than 560,000 people sharing over 10,000 vehicles! By using a shared car when traveling in a city, you can greatly reduce your environmental impact.

There are so many other ways to go green this year; just doing a few things differently will make a big difference in the long run!

For more information give us a call at (718) 416-1656 and visit ourwebsite!



Recycle or Reuse For the Holidays!

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

It’s the Holiday Season; many of you are wrapping your gifts and preparing for the big day where all of the wrapping paper will go in the trash. Think about all the paper, tissue paper, cards and gift boxes that will be thrown out this year across the country.  You may want to consider reducing the amount of waste this year while coming up with creative ways to recycle.

According to ABC news, one of the ways you can reduce the amount of paper is using color-coded wrapping paper. Assign each family member a color and you won’t need to use gift tags.  You may also want to use leftover newspapers or wallpaper to wrap the gifts to save on the amount of paper used.

Buy reusable shopping bags and reduce the amount of plastic bags being wasted. Instead of going out and buying tissue paper for your gifts,save the tissue paper from other purchases and reuse it.

Save your Christmas Cards and make into gift tags for next year! Bows,ribbons, gift bags and tissue paper can often be saved and used again the following year. You can even shred wrapping and tissue paper to use as packing or shipping material.

With all of those new gifts you received, where do they go? You may need to make some room! If you need to find space in your drawers and closets for tops, pants, etc., consider donating clothes you don’t wear anymore to your local thrift store or find a clothing collection bin.

And if you get new electronics, like an iPhone, recycle your old one. It’s now easier than ever since New York passed a law mandating that electronics manufacturers offer “free and convenient recycling of electronic waste.” You can take your items to stores that sell these electronics regularly to get recycled.

Don’t forget that you can recycle your tree in some towns. They usually pick up trees in the first week of January, and grind them for mulch! So check to see if your town recycles trees.

To find out more please give us a call at 718-416-1656 and visit our website: www.borowiderecycling.com

You can also write on our wall and let us know your recycling/reuse ideas for the Holidays!

E-Waste on the Rise

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

Planning on getting a new ipod or Kindle for a loved one this Holiday Season?  Most people are, along with many other different electronic gadgets, but what do you do with the old ones?  Over recent years e-waste has been on the rise with so many new platforms and upgrade options. Electronics become out of date in such a short span of time these days that we need to figure out how we can dispose these high-tech gift that were under the tree last year.

According to Columbus Dispatch, the U.S. is producing millions of tons of electronic waste- or e-waste annually. The average U.S. household contains at least 24 electronic products. News Electronics states that the U.S is also the producer of the largest amounts of e-waste in the world, it is estimated that over 100 million computers, monitors and televisions become obsolete each year and it is growing each year. Also, over 130 million mobile phones in the United States and over 105 million mobile phones in Europe reach the end of their life each year and are thrown away.

What most people don’t realize is that E-waste contains more than 1,000 different substances according to News Electronics. These include toxic metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium, hexavalent chromium and flame retardants. During this Holiday Season and for a better 2012 we need to make our contribution to producing less e-waste. Don’t buy what you don’t need, and recycle devices that have reached the end of their life instead of throwing them out.

The e-waste recycling and reuse industry, which is fairly new, is booming, especially with the help of gold, copper and other materials’ skyrocketing value found in some electronic components.

Find out what we can do for you about your e-waste recycling needs. Give us a call at 718-416-1656 or visit our website.

Reasons Why Most People Don't Recycle

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

Going Green has become extremely popular in these last few years. Despite what most people believe, the majority of the U.S. is still not recycling!  Here are some key reasons why.

For many people across the country, recycling is not convenient. In some towns there are no recycling pickup programs.  People have to go on their own time to different facilities and throw out their recyclable items, which have been stored in their homes for long periods of time.  Recycling products can be confusing with only certain plastics, cans and cardboards considered recyclable, and others completely excluded. This makes things more confusing and difficult to figure out, so people opt to just stay away from it altogether.

Another key reason keeping American’s from “going-green” is economic value. Many feel that it is potentially a waste of money and do not see an immediate benefit or gratification in contributing. They rather the local government spend their tax-dollars on- what they feel are- more important causes such as education or healthcare. Besides that, recycling is not enforced in most schools therefore students and children do not even think about it.

These are serious issues that need to be corrected!  All towns across the country should have a recycling pick up along with garbage pickup program. Because many towns do not have an adequate program for recycling, it makes it hard for people to stick with it.

Whether there is a recycling pick-up program or not, there are times where the money you receive back from recycling is just not worth it to citizens. There needs to be a money incentive to make it worthwhile for people to commit to recycling.

There is a lot that needs to be done to advocate recycling and to make it accustom to daily routine in peoples’ lives, but we need to start somewhere. What are your thoughts? Does your town have curbside pickup? Share your thoughts on our Facebook Wall!