2017

MRF operators are increasing their labor forces and installing additional sorting equipment in response to Chinese restrictions on scrap imports....

The Association of Plastic Recyclers has launched a program aimed at increasing demand for post-consumer polyethylene and polypropylene by having...

Municipal programs in the Pacific Northwest continue to feel the impacts of China’s import restrictions, and multiple local programs are...

In a bid to reduce contamination in the recycling stream, California lawmakers have revised the state’s definition of polyethylene terephthalate...

A federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin man on charges he fraudulently obtained millions of dollars for his planned...

Washington state regulators have fined an electronics recycling company for the second time, alleging Total Reclaim stockpiled flat-panel devices in...

Proposed legislation dramatically overhauls Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program, adding a point-of-sale fee on certain devices and making manufacturers financially responsible for...

Seattle-based processor Total Reclaim has been fined by state regulators, who allege it speculatively accumulated mercury-bearing flat-panel TVs and monitors....

Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has scored a handful of the top consumer electronics manufacturers on the recyclability of their devices,...

Samsung withdrew an environmental friendliness claim for a TV model after the manufacturer failed to prove its device met recyclability...