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Safety Assistant – Full-Time with Benefits Location: Amsterdam, NY Click Here to email a resume or Click Here to complete an online application Join a team within a growing, dynamic manufacturing...
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A water bug, less than half an inch long, smoothly propels itself through the brackish water, scooping up algae and dead plants as it swims along. A huge basking shark, often mistaken for a great...
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Maintenance Technician – Full Time with Benefits Location: Amsterdam, NY Click Here to email a resume or Click here to fill out an on-line application Join a team within a growing, dynamic...
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Is “zero waste” really achievable? Apparently, it is. Here are eight companies that have recently achieved zero-waste status at individual facilities, or even throughout their entire operation: Nestle...
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What if we could eradicate homelessness and plastic-bottle pollution in one fell swoop? Eco-Tec Founder Andreas Froese Well, maybe we can. All over the globe, plastic-bottle houses are popping up. And...
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Outside Sales Person – Full-Time with Benefits Location: Amsterdam, NY Click Here to email a resume or Click Here to complete an online application Join a team within a growing, dynamic manufacturing...
View ArticleHelp Us Help the Victims of Hurricane Maria!
We are going to have to cancel the drive. There is no outlet to send any goods. We will stick with our plan to help our team out internally as much as we can. Our intentions were good and we will...
View ArticleYes, “Styrofoam” CAN Be Recycled!
“Styrofoam” has traditionally been the bane of environmentalists. It’s cheap to produce, lightweight, and does not biodegrade naturally over time. In other words, it’s a big problem for landfills. But...
View ArticleNow Hiring: Diesel Mechanic, Second Shift
Diesel Mechanic – Full-Time with Benefits Location: Amsterdam, NY Click Here to email a resume or Click Here to complete an online application Join a team within a growing, dynamic manufacturing...
View ArticleSingle-Stream Recycling: The Cost of Convenience
Remember when you had to sort your recyclables? Paper, cardboard and newspaper in one bin. Plastic, glass and tin cans in another. Businesses had to do it, too. But in most municipalities across North...
View ArticleClean Energy…from Garbage Dumps!
As a species, we generate a lot of garbage. Americans alone produce about 300 million tons of refuse per year. That’s 300 million tons of waste being sent to our 3,100 active landfills each and every...
View ArticleThis Year, Recycle That Christmas Tree!
After the holidays, don’t kick your used Christmas tree to the curb. Natural Christmas trees are biodegradable, and can be easily recycled for mulch or other purposes. Read on for some...
View ArticleIs Glass Recycling Still Worthwhile?
Glass is infinitely and completely recyclable, right? For years, that’s what we’ve been told. And the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) stands by that claim. But now glass recycling is increasingly...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Electronics Made from Fallen Leaves
Every year, the burning of autumn leaves in northern China intensifies the country’s already notorious air pollution problem. But now a Chinese research team has figured out a way to convert fallen...
View ArticleReflections on Earth Day: Years of Progress
April 22, 1970. That’s the day 20 million Americans first “took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies.” They...
View Article5 Amazing Planet-Saving Technologies
A few years back, biologist, surfer and entrepreneur Kevin Kumala was disgusted by the amount of plastic waste threatening the pristine island of Bali. He resolved to create a better, completely...
View ArticleFireworks Displays: Bad for the Environment?
Fourth of July weekend is fast approaching. Which, of course, means fireworks. And who doesn’t love those? We gaze in awe at these dazzling displays of color and design that ignite the sky. One moment...
View ArticleExporting Our Waste: Who Will Take It?
The Chinese cargo ship lumbers into the American port, its containers brimming with all manner of consumer goods. Electronics, machinery, furniture, toys, plastics. Four days later, the ship...
View ArticleCould You Live in an Earthship?
Fifteen minutes outside of Taos, N.M., sits the global headquarters for one of the world’s most extraordinary construction firms. Earthship Global is the brainchild of architect Michael Reynolds. In...
View ArticleLandfills: Sitting on a Gold Mine?
Nobody wants to live near a landfill. Landfills present a host of environmental problems, such as methane emissions and groundwater contamination, often resulting in health-related issues for nearby...
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