Innovate Indy, a program of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center and Public Allies Indianapolis, encourages citizens to act on their ideas for improving the city. One of the most promising ideas to result: Re-Hub, which aims to reuse materials from abandoned homes.
Some manufacturers favor legislation that would encourage consumers to return their empties.
Supplier to begin producing door part made from kenaf, a plant similar to bamboo but related to cotton.
Waste management districts would need county OK to levy property taxes to fund their programs.
A local group has partnered with IndyGo to pay homage to one of the city’s great sports landmarks by installing Bush Stadium’s seats at bus stops all over the city.
An Indiana law designed to keep hazardous chemicals out of landfills is causing an overflow of unwanted electronics at a central Indiana waste district's offices.
Indianapolis is soliciting proposals for its drop-off recycling program with the aim of boosting participation in the initiative.
A Chinese entrepreneur intends to open his first U.S. tire-recycling facility in Indiana. Good Time Technology Development is considering vacant industrial sites in Connersville, Kokomo and Muncie.
Indianapolis-based Trinity Metals is expanding its local operations, purchasing a vacant facility southeast of downtown to house its headquarters and two recycling divisions.
Among Melina Kennedy’s priorities is educating residents and businesses about recycling and making it more convenient.
A $4M machine sorts newspaper, glass, plastic quickly from as far away as Evansville.
The head of the continent’s largest producer of bottled water told Indiana recycling advocates his industry should take more responsibility in the reuse of plastic bottles.
Finding a way to cover the cost of expanding the program with revenue from sales of recycled goods such as aluminum, plastic and glass has proved tough, even as commodities prices rise with the improving economy.
Marion County residents should dispose of electronics at so-called “ToxDrop” locations.
The Office of Sustainability in November put out two requests for consultants or teams to implement environmentally friendly initiatives.
The device is projected to save Prince Group office at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. more than $3,000 in paper alone.
Chicago-based Perpetual Recycling Solutions said it will purchase and renovate an existing, 100,000-square-foot facility in the city, with plans to create up to 55 jobs by 2012.
Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. plans to build an oil re-refinery in Speedway, creating as many as 75 new jobs by 2013.
Duke Energy says the cost of the coal-gasification power plant it’s building in southwestern Indiana has risen by $530 million.
Indiana had suspended the fund for the Indiana Recycling Market Development Program last year. And last June, it shifted $11
million from the fund that finances loan and grant programs to attract recycling businesses to Indiana to the state's
main checking account.
