recycling
Posted Apr 27, 2022, 11:54 am
John Lorinc
/Corporate Knights
Driven by the relative scarcity of both lithium and cobalt as well as the high demand for electric vehicles, Li-Cycle plans to emerge as a player in the EV-battery recycling industry with construction of recycling plants and hubs in Arizona and across the U.S.... Read more»
Posted Mar 29, 2022, 7:44 am
Hope O’Brien
/Cronkite News
Waste is a problem around the world as solar power becomes more affordable and the need to reduce fossil fuel usage more acute - but solar recycling isn’t yet cost effective, and not all materials used in panels can be extracted – problems the industry and researchers are working on. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 23, 2022, 6:46 am
Nick Cahill
/Courthouse News Service
Seeking to break China’s monopoly of the lithium battery market, the Biden administration awarded $35 million to boost a mining operation in California and help reduce America’s reliance on China, while also touting a separate planned extraction project and battery recycling plant.... Read more»
Posted Jan 18, 2022, 3:43 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County residents recycle nearly 1 million tires each year, through a partnership with Pima County and Mesa company Crumb Rubber Manufacturers. Tires are collected at at 5301 W. Ina Road. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 28, 2021, 12:48 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
The TreeCycle program is gathering trees at nine locations throughout Tucson and Oro Valley from Dec. 26 to Jan. 17.... Read more»
Posted Nov 24, 2021, 2:43 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
Even a little bit of fat, grease and oil can clog wastewater lines. Pima County has facilities that will accept it for proper disposal.... Read more»
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Posted Nov 23, 2021, 12:10 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
Government offices — like the city of Tucson's — will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Nov 10, 2021, 1:27 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
Veterans Day holiday means trash collection in Tucson will be delayed by a day and city offices will be closed.... Read more»
Posted Apr 22, 2021, 12:55 pm
Haleigh Kochanski
/Cronkite News
10 Arizona cities are taking "think globally, act locally" to heart Thursday to mark the 51st annual Earth Day. Mayors are talking to "our residents about how they can show their commitment to protect our environment,” Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said.... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2017, 3:31 pm
Paul Cunningham
/Tucson City Council
Because some of our more irresponsible neighbors have been using neighborhood recycling centers as dump sites, the city now must shut some of them down.... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2016, 2:16 pm
Jon Frandsen
/Stateline
A drop in global commodity prices is forcing states and cities to re-examine their recycling programs and goals.... Read more»
Posted Dec 31, 2014, 3:15 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Are the needles starting to fall off your Christmas tree? Tired of trying to remember to water it? Is it looking a little more Charlie Brown and a little less "O Tannenbaum?" Tucson's TreeCycle program will recycle trees until Jan. 11.... Read more»
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Posted Oct 21, 2014, 1:50 pm
Kyle Mittan
/Arizona Sonora News
A research project to make iron-based cement is ridding the desert of glass in the Tohono O'odham Nation.... Read more»
Posted May 1, 2014, 12:21 pm
Brittany Elena Morris
/Cronkite News Service
A new use for a property often involves tearing down what came before, but owners of dozens of Phoenix businesses are putting iconic buildings to new uses through what's known as adaptive reuse.... Read more»
Posted Oct 3, 2013, 9:43 pm
Xi Chen
/Cronkite News Service
Arizona State University student Melissa Merrick started her Wednesday pulling wires, plastic bottles and bags and anything else that could be recycled or reused from 6,000 pounds of garbage. All for research.... Read more»
Posted Feb 7, 2013, 2:55 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
If your love life is more trash than flash, the city of Tucson has a treat for you: a tour of the Los Reales Landfill. On Valentine's Day. Yes, you read that right. If you've been looking for love in all the wrong places, maybe you just haven't dug deeply enough.... Read more»