Working Together for Recycling

Posted by Mr. Murph
On April 2, 2014

Each day, we’re striving to inform all Tulsa residents who care about the environment to tell everyone they can about Mr. Murph recycling and make sure that they place only acceptable recyclables into the Mr. Murph bins. Along with getting the news out, we also need help in boosting market demand of recyclables. The best […]

Upcycling: the Art of Re-imagining our Waste

Posted by Mr. Murph
On March 26, 2014

Granted, it may have all started with Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” back in the 20’s, but today’s trash artists are upping the ante when it comes to artistic upcycling like never before. Whereas Duchamp’s purpose was more for shock value by rendering a urinal as a work of art, upcycling involves repurposing the item itself as […]

Mr. Murph and the Big Environmental Picture

Posted by Mr. Murph
On March 18, 2014

A few years back, we made a strategic decision to begin investing heavily in recycling. Recycling plays a large part in our business strategy to divert re-usable resources from the waste stream. We know if we invest now, keeping our eye on the bigger environmental picture, it will pay off greatly for our community later […]

Why Does Mr. Murph ONLY Accept #1 and #2 Plastics?

Posted by Mr. Murph
On March 6, 2014

Often, we’re asked this question, and the short answer is it’s all based on the market. While Mr. Murph’s passion is to recover reusable commodities from the waste stream, as a company, we also have to pay attention to the economics of recycling: It comes down to supply and demand. #1 PET (pop & water […]

Good for the Planet, Good for Your Business!

Posted by Mr. Murph
On February 24, 2014

Does Your Company Feed Mr. Murph? American Waste Control is thrilled to provide our Mr. Murph recycling program to the Tulsa business community. Recycling is an easy way to go green and save some green, so we encourage Tulsa companies of all sizes to get involved in this great opportunity to conserve natural resources, help prevent […]

Make a New Year’s Resolution to Feed Mr. Murph

Posted by Mr. Murph
On January 2, 2014

How about making a special resolution this year? Feed Mr. Murph and help increase our recycling of aluminum, paper, cardboard, and plastic in Tulsa. Think of the benefits recycling gives to the environment. Recycling (1) conserves our natural resources(2) reduces pollution from the processing of raw materials and (3) saves energy in the manufacturing of […]

Unboxing Christmas with a Twist!

Posted by Mr. Murph
On December 23, 2013

Merry Christmas, Tulsa! Another year has come and gone and it’s time, once again, for our “Mr. Murph’s Unboxing Christmas” campaign. Only this year, we have a new twist. Any items that we can’t process through Mr. Murph, things like syrofoam and ribbons, are being sent to our new waste to energy processing plant at our […]

Less Trash, Cleaner Tulsa

Posted by Mr. Murph
On December 2, 2013

Quick question…Do you how much trash the average American creates every single day? Answer—Almost 4.5 pounds a day. Now, multiply that amount by 300 million people (US pop.) and think of the amount of trash that Americans produce each day. Nearly 1.35 trillion pounds! That’s a lot of hamburger wrappers and coke cans, isn’t […]

Amazing America Recycles Day Banquet! Thanks MET!

Posted by Mr. Murph
On November 18, 2013

Don’t you know Mr. Murph loves a good party? On Saturday Nov. 15th, we celebrated with the MET at their 13th Annual America Recycles Day Celebration banquet, and boy did we have a good time. Being honored was OK’s recycling heroes–of which we were one. We loved the party and talking about Mr. Murph’s favorite eats–aluminum, cardboard, […]

TRT and Mr. Murph: Recycling for Our Future

Posted by Mr. Murph
On November 7, 2013

Imagine a world where… We could help protect our natural resources—things like trees, flowers, and air—by simply making less trash. We took the trash that we used and turned it into something useful like energy or products. Nothing went to waste… All the pop cans and shampoo bottles we use… We just kept finding ways […]

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