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Are you an entrepreneur looking to make a social impact? Here's a great opportunity for you. Participate in the [Re]Verse Pitch Competition and help solve both an economic and environmental challenge. Here's how it works - Local companies and institutions will pitch their surplus and byproduct materials and you, the entrepreneur,...
Sponsored Post - with the Austin Habitat for Humanity ReStore There are lots of reasons to love the Austin Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Not only are they our newest AEN Partner, but they also work hard everyday to reduce waste in Austin, all while creating affordable home ownership opportunities in...
Sponsored Post - with Texas Campaign for the Environment Are you ready to party like it's 1991? That's the theme of this year's Trash Makeover Challenge, presented by Texas Campaign for the Environment. This annual fashion show brings together designers and artists from throughout Texas in a competition...
We've all seen it. That egregious piece of trash poking out of the neighbor's recycling can, or that big pile of cardboard boxes tossed directly into the dumpster and then sent on to the landfill. It's understandable why these mistakes happen. Recycling can be confusing, especially...
Did you know? The City of Austin makes its own compost. It's called Dillo Dirt and it's made from yard trimmings collected curbside from Austin Resource Recovery customers, combined with treated sewage sludge. (Don't worry about the sludge. During the composting process it's heated to a temperature...
Crazy for crafting? Passionate about reducing waste? Then Austin Creative Reuse is the place for you. Their store in the Linc Shopping Center is an artist's dream, fully stocked with a wide array of quirky and unique crafting supplies, from fabric samples to buttons. And the...
Did you know? Texas Disposal Systems reclaims, recycles, and repurposes as much material from the landfill as possible. In their effort to divert even more and eliminate the stigma attached to trash, they decided that they wanted to showcase the potential and beauty of materials discarded...
Planning an event? Texas Disposal Systems can help. They're a one-stop shop for recycling/composting services for all types of events. From ACL to small office parties, they provide customers with consultations, staff, containers, transportation, portable restrooms and more. It's all part of the TDS Green Event Solutions program, an innovative...
Eighty percent of Austin's trash is actually recyclable or compostable. That's the result of a new study from Austin Resource Recovery, examining city-wide trash, recycling, composting, and diversion habits. A similar study done last year only looked at the waste coming from single family households, which...
Looking for a way to reduce the amount of waste you send to the landfill and make your garden flourish, all at the same time? Be sure to check out one of Austin Resource Recovery's free home composting classes. Composting is nature’s way of recycling. Rather than...