GO Box: Curbing Takeout Waste in Portland and Beyond
August 7, 2014
GO Box has reused more than 50,000 takeout containers in Portland, with its sights on expansion into new markets.
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Si Robins is an editor and writer based in Portland. With experience in magazine and Web writing, editing and content management, he has developed a varied set of skills and topics of interest.
Prior to his work on 1-800-RECYCLING.com, UrbanMining.org and Green is Good, Si covered eco-friendly design and sustainability topics over the course of his career. Si studied journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and won multiple awards for stories written during his time there.
Si's green-related interests include municipal recycling program education and awareness, green building and design and energy conservation, particularly in high-tech devices and appliances.
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Rebound and Recycle: A Season’s Worth of Recycling Action
March 19, 2014
A look back at the arena recycling programs the series visited during the 2013-14 basketball season.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at Temple
March 13, 2014
At Temple’s Liacouras Center, waste diversion is practiced in the concourse, at the concession stands and in the kitchen.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at Penn State
March 6, 2014
The Bryce Jordan Center has cut back on waste by combining a game-day recycling program and an excellent in-house composting program.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at Colorado
February 27, 2014
Recycling and composting are priorities at the Coors Events Center — so much so that “landfill” items don’t even enter the facility.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at Butler
February 20, 2014
Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse, which seats 10,000, aims to take the next steps toward meeting its recycling goals.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at Florida
February 13, 2014
Waste and recycling numbers are tracked at every event at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center to ensure diversion rates continue to improve.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at Kansas
February 6, 2014
The university’s Rock Chalk Recycle program has made recycling at Allen Fieldhouse more convenient than ever before.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at UNLV
January 30, 2014
UNLV moves into a new era of recycling at the Thomas & Mack Center, where it aims to increase recycling rates.
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Rebound and Recycle: Greening the Game at Wisconsin
January 23, 2014
One of the Big Ten’s largest arenas continues to cut its waste by recycling more.