As a mother of four young children, Kirsten Quigley often found herself packing 20 school lunches a week — and, in doing so, using and throwing away dozens and dozens of single-use plastic baggies.    It was this weekly routine ...

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QRS of Maryland LLC, a joint venture between QRS and Canuse-Hershman Recycling Center, celebrated the opening of a $15 million recycling facility in Dundalk. The state-of-the-art plant has $10 million in high-tech processing equipment and is expected to employ 60 ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The premise seems simple: drop off an unwanted phone at a recycling kiosk, receive instant cash and keep precious metals out of landfills. Consumers and the environment both win. But, according to some politicians, so do phone thieves. ...

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Baltimore Gas and Electric says customers recycled more than 400 room air conditioners through the company's recycling drop-off event last weekend.

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Legislation that would have imposed a refundable 5-cent fee on bottle and can purchases to encourage recycling was killed by a House of Delegates committee Monday.

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A trio of Baltimore-area lawmakers on Monday unveiled a plan to charge a refundable fee on bottles and cans in an effort to increase recycling in Maryland.

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UPPER MARLBORO — Prince George’s County officials may institute mandatory recycling if the county doesn’t hit self-imposed goals to improve recycling rates. The Washington Examiner reports a plan going before the County Council on Tuesday would set goals for a ...

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HOUSTON — Waste Management Inc. said Thursday it will eliminate about 700 jobs, or 2 percent of its workforce, as part of a cost-cutting drive at the trash and recycling company. News of the job cuts, which will be spread ...

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PITTSBURGH — Production of Marcellus Shale natural gas in Pennsylvania rose again in the second half of 2011, slightly exceeding projections. The state reported Friday that drillers produced the equivalent of 1.66 billion cubic feet of gas per day from ...

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ANNAPOLIS — There’s no such thing as taking out the trash at Harry Browne’s. The restaurant has shifted operations so that the staff only knows of two bins — recycling and composting. The recycling — cardboard, glass, plastic — goes ...

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