I imagine many of you are wondering where this year went. We all have many things on our “to do and wish” lists; we have obligations to our family, our employers, and our communities. I realize how many directions we all are being pulled in, and I’d like to express my sincere appreciation and thankfulness …
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Pratt Industries has officially opened its new material recovery facility (MRF) in south Georgia. The state-of-the-art plant, which replaces a smaller recycling center the city had operated nearby, is the result of a unique partnership between the public and private sectors. The city of Columbus paid for and built the $8.5 million, 54,000 sq. ft. …
The Pratt Recycling team actively works with customers of Pratt’s corrugators, sheet plants, as well as Pratt Displays and Pratt Retail Specialties, to recover recyclables from their operations. The concept is that Pratt sells the boxes to the customer and subsequently takes back material that may have been going into the waste stream. Pratt’s recycling …
In one of our most recent Innovations articles, we discussed recycling water bottles and caps. This article, as part of our recycling series, includes information on educating communities and businesses on how to interpret recycling labels. According to How2Recycle, “Variation in recycling programs, unclear labeling, and inaccurate recyclability claims make proper recycling a challenge. The …
To recycle or not to recycle: That’s the dilemma you face when you’re ready to toss out the plastic cap that came on your soda or water bottle. For years, recycling programs across the country have told their residents that plastic bottle caps could not be recycled curbside with their other plastics and instead, should …
Pratt Industries has partnered with the City of New York to place solar-powered recycling bins throughout downtown Manhattan to help increase paper recycling rates. The 16 Big Belly bins, which have been sited in highly trafficked intersections around the Financial District, will collect paper to be eventually recycled at the company’s paper mill on Staten …
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MURF?, MURPH?, MIRF? No, it’s a MRF – A Material Recovery Facility. Since its grand opening in November 2011, the Pratt Industries’ MRF in Denton, Texas has had hundreds of students visit the facility to learn about recycling in a fun and interactive way. An impressive operation in its own right, Denton’s MRF makes the …
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Pratt Industries celebrated Earth Week with events across the country including a ceremonial ground breaking and tree planting at the site of the soon to be constructed solid-waste transfer station at the company’s corporate campus in Conyers, Ga. Pratt is constructing this transfer station as part of a long-term public-private partnership between the company and the …
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In our previous post, “Recycling Obstacles and Tips for Recycling Success“, we discussed one of the biggest challenges to recycling is determining what is recyclable due to lack of consistent standards in labeling products. The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) is an industry working group that is committed to creating and implementing an environmental vision for packaging. Their …
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