A NexTrex recycling program turns plastic films that are typically hard to recycle into a composite bench for community organizations. The Rotary Club of Summit County became involved with the program ...

Area Learning Center participated in the NexTrex Recycling Challenge Program throughout the 2024-2025 school year. With the goal to earn a new composite bench for the school, the NexTrex Company makes ...

While the afterlife of recycled items can be a mystery, the conservation efforts of a Williamsburg Boy Scout troop will earn a tangible prize. Since last September, the Scouts of Troop 155 have helped ...

Apr. 30—GREGORY, S.D. — In most towns, benches come from the parks department or a city budget. In Gregory, they come from grocery bags. Thanks to a clever recycling initiative, Gregory has just ...

BEREA, Ohio -- The Rotary Club of Berea is collecting clear plastic items that will be converted into a composite bench. The bench will be donated to the city. A collection box has been placed in the ...

PORT ANGELES — The city Parks and Recreation Department is providing $10,000 in seed money for a pilot project with the Composite Recycling Technology Center to build a first-of-its kind park bench.

It’s a definite win-win plan: Dispose of plastic bags – grocery, Ziplocs and others – in an Earth-friendly way, and help the “Clash of the Super Novas” try to win a composite bench made from the ...

Patients and staff at Mankato Clinic’s Children’s Health Center in need of a short respite now may relax while seated outdoors, thanks to Mankato Area Zero Waste’s donation of a bench made from ...