California aims to assure degradability

UK bottle recycling reaches 45 percent

Preliminary findings from the 2010 UK Household Plastics Packaging Survey show a 6 percentage point increase in plastic bottle recycling in the UK, w

EPR for residential recycling under consideration

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Plastics processing firm J&A Young is opening a new facility in the UK to produce food-grade PET.

Tung Tai responds to fraud charges

In a September 3rd press release, Tung Tai Group officially denied any wrongdoing regarding recent fraud allegations by the California Attorney General's

E-Scrap 2010: Real experiences in certification and auditing

You've heard the arguments for and against, but as the volume of the debate increases, the questions of many processor

BAN posts list of corporate and individual donors

The Basel Action Network completed its transition to a stand-alone 501(c)3 non-profit organization in March of 2009, after previously oper

E-Cycle Washington on pace to match 2009

With nearly 26 million pounds of covered electronic products col

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Electronic Recyclers International has been approved by the State of California to begin using a new cleaning technology to process CRT glass.

E-Scrap 2010: Who's who in e-scrap

With the exhibit hall 98-percent sold out, a record number of sponsors and exhibitors will be at this year's E-Scrap Conference, to be held Sept

California bag ban fails

The much-ballyhooed, Governator-approved, heavily-lobbied California plastic bag ban measure late last night failed to pass the California Senate by a 14-21 tally.

IRS rulings may hit recycling associations, businesses

Resource Recycling Conference 2010: How will the climate change debate change recycling?

Export watch

Florida trash burning law would see recycling rates top 100 percent

California bag ban fails

The much-ballyhooed, Governator-approved, heavily-lobbied California plastic bag ban measure late last night failed to pass the California Senate by a 14-21 tally.

California bag ban fails

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Wiring board resumes upward trend

After falling slightly last month, the value of recoverable metals in scrap printed wiring board has resumed its climb, hitting a record in August 2010 of

E-Scrap 2010 Conference exhibit hall space nearly full

The number of companies and organizations exhibiting at this year's E-Scrap Conference is exceeding even our wildest expecta

Ecollective offers multi-stakeholder take-back program

California residents will soon have access to a new electronics recycling program aimed at providing local and responsible recycling

The South rises in battery recycling

New collection numbers from Call2Recycle point to a dramatic year-over-year increase in battery recycling in the Southeastern U.S.

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Round2 Inc. announced a move to a 104,000-square-foot facility in Grove City, Ohio.

Knowledge is power at E-Scrap 2010

Attendees at this year's E-Scrap Conference, September 29-30 in New Orleans will have exclusive access to the latest university research on elec