Strong dollar hurts municipal recycling profits in Boulder area
Boulder Longmont recycling programs faced a $60,000 loss after a year of profits. The nonprofit runs 37 staff but cut nine jobs and ponders neighborhood pickups cuts. The dollar's strength shrinks newspaper and aluminum prices, risking program shutdowns unless subsidies or demand recover.
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New York
Boulder
Colo
Longmont
Boulder County
United States
Gary Brian Liss
National Recycling Coalition
Resource Reclamation ends Southern Illinois recycling effort
Resource Reclamation, Inc. in Murphysboro, a not-for-profit recycling center, permanently closes after months of price declines and a winter slump. President Curtis Kohring cites unsustainable costs and dependence on volunteers, with operations scaled back to one day a week and material prices failing to cover expenses.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan Resource Reclamation, Inc
Murphysboro
Curtis Kohring
Cen
FFI
Carbondale
Lenin
Recycling Center Chief Sees Glass Market Shrink in New Jersey
Jean Clark of Montclair New Jersey runs a 14 year old Recycling Center. She notes glass and newspapers once sold for 42.50 a ton now fetch 25 a ton. Local NJ glass recyclers report shrinking markets. Aluminum trade sources say importing ingots now cheaper than buying recycled aluminum.
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San Jose
Calif
Liss
Jean Clark
Montclair
N.J
New Jersey
Groundbreaking for Spees office to expand therapy services
Ground was broken Friday for a 5,000 square foot two story Spees & Associates office on U.S. 51 south of Carbondale next to Unity Point School. Swenson Architects designed the contemporary Southern Illinois farmhouse style facility, with children's and adult wings, therapy spaces, and family mediation areas, built by Poettker Construction Co. for completion in early November.
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E. Spees & Associates
U.S. 51
Carbondale
Unity Point School
Swenson Associates Architects
Poettker Construction Co
Breese
Illinois
Seminar on Bankruptcy Strategies Held in Mount Vernon
A day-long seminar for financial institution staff on bankruptcy, loan securing, trustee and attorney dealings, and agricultural loan issues takes place Thursday in Mount Vernon with speakers Terry Sharp and Don Hoagland. Fee charged. advance reservations required. details from the Bankruptcy Information Institute or by calling 242-0246. Sparta Printing adds a $1 million addition at World Color Press in Sparta to house a larger press and shipping facilities, boosting space by about 35,000 square feet and expected to create about 20 new jobs.
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Mount Vernon
Robinson
Bankruptcy Information Institute
P.O
World Color Press
Sparta
Spartan
Dick Hartman
Hartman
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