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RBAC Offices Move to Green Square --
An Innovative and Sustainable N.C. Government Complex
The N.C. Recycling Business Assistance Center made a big move since the Fall 2011 issue of
Recycling Works. RBAC, along with many other Department of Environment and Natural Resources offices, moved into a new office building downtown.
Read
more about our new green, office building in the cover story of the Winter 2012 issue of
Recycling Works.
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Mattress Go Round Open for Business and Looking to Expand
Greensboro-based Mattress Go Round is an institutional mattress recovery, reuse and remanufacturing facility. In the
first summer of operation, the company recycled and refurbished 5,000 mattresses. They have a goal to increase recovery and remanufacturing of mattresses to 100,000 per year.
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more ... on page 2.
Barham Farms Expands to Food Waste Recovery with Wal-Mart Deal
Currently undergoing major expansions, Barham Farms will begin composting all food waste generated by Wal-Mart stores
in North Carolina, South Carolina, and eastern Virginia.
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more ... on page 7.
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News Bits for Recyclers
Updated Plastics Industry Directories for North and South Carolina Now Available: Published
by the Polymers Center for Excellence, the directory lists companies by location, processes employed, products or services offered and recycling endeavors.
RBAC Grant Study Appears in
Resource Recycling: Analysis
of the N.C. Recycling Business Grant Program shows significant impact on private investment and job growth in the state.
EPA Chief Ties Jobs to High Recycling Rate:*
With a national recycling rate between 80-90 percent, "[we] would create millions of jobs because recycling, in and of itself, would be come a supply chain in our country - a very domestic one."
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more ... page 8.
*Reprinted with permission from
Resource Recycling.
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CRA Conference:
Network and Learn
The 22nd annual Carolina Recycling Association conference is an event recyclers will not want to miss.
March 20-23, 2012.
Asheville, NC
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More than 170 Attend the
SE C&D Recycling Conference
Read more about the 2011 conference and find out how to get conference proceedings on
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