## NewsBits
_By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling_
Car rental company **Hertz** has committed to **recycling all of the 1.3 million tires on the 300,000 cars** in its fleet, reports [_Mother Nature Network_](http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/blogs/mnn-exclusive-hertz-to-recycle-all-its-tires).
You've may have seen the massively popular viral video "**Gangnam Style**" by South Korean pop star PSY and the slew of parodies that have sprung up in its wake. But now, there's a [Malaysian version of the video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8uenmu04eA&feature=player_embedded) with an **anti-littering, pro-recycling message**.
U.K. packaging company **Faerch Plast** is working on a new type of **black PET** made from a unique pigment arrangement that allows the material to be detected by an optical scanner and **separated from mixed plastic wastes for the first time**, reports [_European Plastics News_](http://www.europeanplasticsnews.com/subscriber/featured2.html?cat=1&featuredid=2117).
Officials in **Charleston, West Virginia** are debating whether or not to **temporarily stop recycling four out of seven items** the city currently accepts in order to cut down expenses, reports the [_Charleston Daily Mail_](http://www.dailymail.com/News/201210280162). The paper reports that the proposal is opposed by the mayor, who worries that it will result in residents not recycling at all.
The **U.S. Navy** has launched **a pilot project to recycle worn out mattresses** from, among other ships, the recently-retired USS Enterprise, reports _The Associated Press_ via [_The Washington Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/navy-pilot-program-sends-ships-mattresses-to-be-recycled-for-parts-rather-than-to-landfills/2012/10/26/072a18fc-1f57-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html). The 13,000 mattresses will be sent to Pamplico, South Carolina-based Nine Lives Mattress Recycling, **saving $12,000 over paying for them to be landfilled**.
The U.K.'s **National Physical Laboratory**, along with its partners In2Tec Ltd and Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd, has developed a bonding material for printed circuit boards that will **dissolve in hot water**, leaving the components ready for reuse and recycling, reports [_www.phys.org_](http://www.phys.org/).
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