1-800-Recycling - Si Robins

Si Robins

Si Robins is an editor and writer based in Portland. With experience in magazine and Web writing, editing and content development, he has developed a varied set of skills and topics of interest.

Prior to his work on 1-800-RECYCLING.com, Urban Mining and Green is Good, Si covered eco-friendly design and sustainability topics over the course of his career. Si studied journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and won multiple awards for stories written during his time there.

Si's green-related interests include municipal recycling program education and awareness, green building and design and energy conservation, particularly in high-tech devices and appliances.

Email Si at si@1800recycling.com.

February 28, 2012

Glendale Community College Aims Big for RecycleMania

The school plans to break its monthly recycling record by making it easy for students and faculty to recycle anywhere on campus.
January 3, 2012

Green Resolutions: Doing More with Less Waste

Is composting on your resolutions list for 2012? Even if you live in an urban area, you can put your food waste to good reuse.
September 12, 2011

September is Recycle Glass Month

The month-long program is intended to raise awareness and educate consumers about the benefits of recycling glass containers and packaging.
June 13, 2011

The Valley of the Sun’s Eco-Conventioneer Mecca

In a region known for its heat, the Phoenix Convention Center is keeping it cool and green.
November 15, 2010

America Recycles Day

November 15 is America Recycles Day. Find a recycling event in your community to help make a difference.
November 1, 2010

Alcoa’s Aluminate App Provides Incentive to Recycle

Tally the cans you recycle, find drop-off locations and more in the new Apple app, now available for download.
June 21, 2010

Recycling Your Old iPhone

For those of you getting a new iPhone 4, recycling your old phone is very important. Here’s how.
June 14, 2010

1-800-RECYCLING Stickers

1-800-RECYCLING’s recycling sticker kit is available to you for free!
May 12, 2010

Recycling Today’s Jim Keefe on How the Recycling Industry Has Evolved

The expansion of the recycling industry has changed the way media perceives it. Keefe tells 1-800-RECYCLING how his media company continues to grow with the times.
April 2, 2010

Proceed with Caution: Replacing that iPad Battery

With iPads shipping all around the world, it is only a matter of time before their lithium batteries die. Then what?
March 19, 2010

Look at My Eco Flame

Look at My Fire, an Arizona-based eco-fireplace company, is making clean-burning flames using sustainable materials.
March 18, 2010

A Plastics Recycling Breakthrough

Stanford University and IBM have announced a new technology that could change plastics recycling forever.