Health officials say PPE and proper cleaning are critical
Occupational safety experts recently laid out the steps that are the most effective for preventing the spread of COVID-19 within...
April 2020
Market data service begins tracking PET bale prices
Commodities research company S&P Global Platts has started reporting post-consumer PET bale prices in Chicago and Los Angeles. Seeing increased...
Amid pandemic, MRFs face new worker safety challenges
As the coronavirus continues to spread, recycling facilities are increasing distance between employees, sanitizing common areas and, in at least...
Recycled paper mill to idle due to drop in product demand
A Packaging Corporation of America mill that uses recycled fiber will suspend operations for two months as the coronavirus pandemic...
Health officials say PPE and proper cleaning are critical
Occupational safety experts recently laid out the steps that are the most effective for preventing the spread of COVID-19 within...
Roundup of reactions to the pandemic
Waste Management suspends sorting of residential materials at a handful of California MRFs, local governments around the country lay off...
Curbside glass end market plans large expansion
AeroAggregates, a manufacturer of foamed glass aggregate, is developing two new facilities that will substantially increase the company's capacity to...
Our top stories from March 2020
Because coronavirus has upended life for North America, it's no surprise that stories about the pandemic's impacts to the recycling...
Editor’s Analysis: The collateral damage in ‘Plastic Wars’
A recently aired episode from PBS show "Frontline" provides important reporting. But it misses some recycling realities and a chance...
How an advanced line will recycle PET thermoforms
Green Impact Plastics, a Mexican company building a $7 million facility in Southern California, is set to use optimized machinery...
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