Recygal® Blog
Stories, tips, and updates on recycling, sustainability, and what happens to material after it leaves the bin.
I Got to Thinking, Why so Much Plastic?
Last week, my husband bought a replacement light switch from one of the big box stores. To make this switch versatile enough to work across popular styles, it…
How To Make Good Compost
Whether composting at home for your garden or collecting food scraps and yard debris for municipal pick up, a basic knowledge of composting essentials is indispensable. The art…
Watch Coca-Cola, Pepsi CEOs discuss plastics at the World Economic Forum
PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta and Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey are joined by the CEO of plastic-maker Dow Chemical, Jim Fitterling, at the World Economic Forum panel about transforming the plastics economy.…
An Engineering Wunderkind’s Ocean Plastics Cleanup Device Hits A Setback
The path to innovation is not always a smooth, straight line. In some cases, it’s U-shaped. In September, a 2,000-foot-long floating barrier, shaped like a U, was dispatched…
Our Microplastic Food Chain
Plastics are ubiquitous. Armed with the physical and chemical properties that modern, industrial societies need, plastics are basically taking over our planet. Since the 1960s, plastics have…
When It Comes to Recycling, Don’t Listen to Landfill Owners
Money Talks and our Broadcast News often follows it. Our willingness to accept as fact what a pundit with a vested interest in the topic propounds is frankly,…
5 Moneymaking Recycling Tips
These 5 tips will help you to make money on your recyclables. Single stream recycling may be convenient, but it is not very profitable. These tips can help…
Hybrids Touch Yet Another Industry!
Cars, Boats, Plants, Financial Products and now Recycling Bins! The new Hexcycle® Max hybrid bin from Recyclingbin.com is a super-efficient blend of Aluminum, Polypropylene, and Carbon Steel providing less weight with…
Recycling and Sustainable Materials Management
Recently, the EPA released its bi-annual Municipal Solid Waste Report with a new name,“Advancing Sustainable Materials Management”. The EPA’s intent is to promote the practice of sustainable product and…
The Economics of Recycling
With the news media covering world economics recently in Davos, I couldn’t help but ponder how technology, markets, and economics affect the development of recycling in the America. The…