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MAWC launches recycling operation

By Journal on August 16, 2018 Hilda Heine, Jorelik Tibon, Majuro Atoll Waste Company, Mattlan Zachras, MAWC, recycle, recycling, Sherwood Tibon, Waste Warriors News Archive

Majuro Atoll Waste Company officially launched its new recycling program Friday in support of the government’s container deposit legislation. President Hilda Heine led a delegation of VIPs to the ceremony that showed off MAWC’s recycling equipment located in a warehouse at the entry to the Batkan landfill. Heine did the honors of cutting the ribbon […]

MAWC thrilled with compressor

By Journal on December 1, 2016 compressor, Hideyuki Mistuoka, MAWC, recycle News Archive

HILARY HOSIA Christmas came early for Majuro Atoll Waste Company (MAWC). With just a push of a button, the bottle compressor machine went to work and converted eight barrels of aluminum cans and plastic bottles into a perfect rectangle similar to a giant Popsicle. The machine, along with a metal compressor, two hand lifters, and […]