As part of the "Building a Better Houston" campaign, BBVA Compass has partnered with Greenstar Recycling to develop "Building a Better Planet," which increases recycling efforts and decreases the amount of waste going to landfills. Greenstar Recycling, the Houston Dynamo, and BBVA Compass Stadium have selected the GreenDrop Stations to assist with the recycling program at the stadium.

Last week, 90 Residential Recycling Conference attendees boarded buses to get a first-hand look at Greenstar Recycling´s single-stream materials recovery facility in Garland, Texas.  See what they had to say.

The key to any successful business recycling program is employee participation.  Here are our top 10 ways to increase employee buy-in and make your recycling program a success.

In 2008, Greenstar’s Allentown material recovery facility became the pilot site for asset management software implementation.  The software helped Greenstar to cut its maintenance and repair costs by 40% and has now been rolled out in 14 markets.

Recycling allows natural resources to be used multiple times, decreasing the demand for virgin materials.  

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and Greenstar Recycling will be awarding $500 at special award ceremonies to the four Recycle‐Bowl runner‐up schools in Pennsylvania.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and Greenstar Recycling will be awarding $500 at special award ceremonies to the four Recycle‐Bowl runner‐up schools in Pennsylvania.

While football is a game marked by yards – and often inches – fans tailgating outside Heinz Field before 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers home games recycled more than 14 MILES of aluminum cans during the 8-game regular season as part of the Pennsylvania Resources Council’s “Let’s Tackle Recycling” effort.

Greenstar Recycling is partnering with the City of Akron to increase recycling in the local Ohio community. Greenstar will construct a state of the art, single stream recycling processing facility within the corporate limits of Akron that will serve as a hub for recycling and recovery activities in the area.

A new study by two of the nation's top consulting organizations that demonstrates Houston's impressive record at creating environmentally responsible "green jobs" helps spotlight the contributions of a rapidly growing recycling leader, Greenstar Recycling. The study by the Brookings Institution and Batelle found that Houston ranks in the top 10 among the nation's 100 largest cities for creating all "green jobs" and in the top 5 at recycling job creation.

Greenstar Recycling has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture (JV) with Vadxx Energy, LLC to convert recovered plastic into synthetic crude oil. Through this JV, Greenstar and Vadxx will work together to provide a domestic fuel, and benefit the environment by repurposing recovered plastic products.

Texas Lutheran University (TLU) will launch a new recycling program in partnership with Greenstar Recycling. Greenstar's educational trailer will help kick off the new program and allow the community to boost environmental sustainability efforts and awareness on campus.

As part of the "Building a Better Houston" campaign, BBVA Compass has partnered with Greenstar Recycling to develop "Building a Better Planet," which increases recycling efforts and decreases the amount of waste going to landfills. Greenstar Recycling, the Houston Dynamo, and BBVA Compass Stadium have selected the GreenDrop Stations to assist with the recycling program at the stadium.

Last week, 90 Residential Recycling Conference attendees boarded buses to get a first-hand look at Greenstar Recycling´s single-stream materials recovery facility in Garland, Texas.  See what they had to say.

The key to any successful business recycling program is employee participation.  Here are our top 10 ways to increase employee buy-in and make your recycling program a success.

In 2008, Greenstar’s Allentown material recovery facility became the pilot site for asset management software implementation.  The software helped Greenstar to cut its maintenance and repair costs by 40% and has now been rolled out in 14 markets.

Recycling allows natural resources to be used multiple times, decreasing the demand for virgin materials.  

The simplicity of a new single stream recycling system has made all the difference in one Pennsylvania county, creating a 20% increase in volume in less than a year.

For over 40 years, WasteExpo has been North America's largest solid waste and recycling tradeshow serving both the private and public sectors.

This weekend, April 21-22, Greenstar Recycling is partnering with the City of Dallas on its annual Spring Round-up recycling event.  At the Round-up, visitors can drop off a variety of items to be recycled.

Greenstar Recycling and the Houston Dynamo are partnering to Build a Better Planet.  Fans who bring recyclnig to BBVA Compass Stadium will have the opportunity to meet Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching and get free prizes.

The the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM) is an industry organization focused on retail facility professionals.  PRSM provides facility managers with industry best practices, education, industry forums, and partnerships.

The 2012 Residential Recycling Conference moves to the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on March 28-30, 2012. The RRC is the premier executive business and technology event that focuses solely on residential recycling.

Metro Waste Authority is inviting residents to participate in a tour of Greenstar Recycling, a processing facility that sorts recyclable products. In fact, if you participate in the Curb It! program, this is where all of your recycled materials are taken.