## NewsBits
_By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling_
[Sims Metal Recycling Management](http://johnstonsunrise.net/stories/Sims-to-build-30M-project-create-100-jobs,76544) broke ground this week **on a $30 million recycling facility** in Johnston, Rhode Island. The facility is expected to create 100 jobs and should have the operation in place by August 2013.
[The Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) announced](http://www.dlionline.org/DLI-Cleaners-Care---Consumer) that it beat its self-imposed goal of **recycling more than 25 million hangers in 2012**. The organization estimated the over-25 million hangers was equivalent to more than 750 tons of steel diverted from landfills.
The [How2Recycle](http://www.how2recycle.info/) label will be adopted by Best Buy, Clorox and Minute Maid next year, according to the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. The label was designed to provide **clear recyclability instructions for product packaging** and conforms to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Green Guides.
Earlier this week, _National Public Radio_ [highlighted](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/27/165907972/for-restaurants-food-waste-is-seen-as-low-priority) the **low priority restaurants seem to put on wasting food**.
**Burt's Bees** has [partnered](http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/11/burts-bees-joins-unique-plastic-recycling-program/) with Preserve's Gimme 5 program to **recycle used lip balm tubes**. Consumers can return No. 5 plastic products to Gimme 5 bins at Whole Foods stores for recycling. Other partners for the program include Stonyfield, Brita and Tom's of Maine.
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