Recycling: Council Holds Meeting, Reviews Annual Report
Today, the South Carolina Recycling Market Development Advisory Council (RMDAC) held its bi-monthly meeting at WEIMA America Inc. in York County, touring the recycling equipment manufacturer’s shredding, grinding and briquetting operations.
Recycling: Recycling Team Participates in National Conference, Releases Collaborative Video
Last month, S.C. Commerce Recycling Market Development Program Director Chantal Fryer attended the Association of Plastics Recyclers/Sustainable Packaging Coalition Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. to present on the Your Bottle Means Jobs initiative.
A collaboration between the States of North and South Carolina, the campaign is aimed at promoting the connection between recycling and job creation.
Recycling: Students Participate in Recycling Industry-Focused Experiential Learning Session at Sonoco
South Carolina has made a name for itself around the world as a state that excels at making things. But, with more than 520 recycling companies operating within our borders, we’re also becoming known as a state that excels at remaking things.
Recycling: Team S.C. Participates in Hilton Head Island Sustainability Event
Earlier this month, the S.C. Department of Commerce’s Recycling Market Development team joined the University of South Carolina Beaufort and the Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Institute to host the 2nd Charles E. Fraser Sustainable Resort Development Conference at Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Recycling: State Encourages Businesses to Report Recycling Activity
South Carolina’s recycling industry continues to be a powerful economic driver. In 2016 alone, this burgeoning industry was responsible for more than $102 million in new capital investment and the creation of approximately 350 new jobs.
Recycling: Partners Gather to Celebrate and Advance Recycling Initiative
Last week, stakeholders and participants in South Carolina’s Don’t Waste Food S.C. campaign gathered in Columbia, S.C. for the 2017 Don’t Waste Food S.C. Summit, celebrating the initiative’s one-year anniversary and discussing its future. Including presentations from End Child Hunger S.C., Food Lion, Harvest Hope Food Bank, the S.C.
Recycling: Don’t Waste Food Event Next Week
Next week, Don’t Waste Food S.C. – the state’s food waste reduction campaign – will celebrate its first anniversary with a full-day event in West Columbia, S.C.
Recycling: Food Waste Reduction Campaign to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary
Nearly one year ago, three state agencies – the S.C. Department of Agriculture, S.C. Department of Commerce and S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) – partnered to kick off the Don’t Waste Food S.C. campaign. A collaborative effort aimed at reducing the amount of food thrown away in South Carolina, Don’t Waste Food S.C. encourages the preventing, composting or donating of surplus food.
Recycling: Recycling Council Visits Greenville County Landfill
Last Thursday, South Carolina’s Recycling Market Development Advisory Council (RMDAC) gathered in Greenville County for its bi-monthly meeting. As part of the meeting, Greenville County Solid Waste Manager Marcia Papin and RMDAC ex-officio member Joseph McMillin took the group on a landfill and composting tour at the Twin Chimneys Landfill.