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From Resource Recycling
Feb. 13
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will hold a public advisory board meeting for packaging EPR Feb. 18, with a comment period to follow.
Hauler Republic Services appointed Ian Craig, CEO of Coca-Cola FEMSA, to its board of directors.
Feb. 10
The Glass Packaging Institute is accepting submissions on a rolling basis for the 2027 Clear Choice Awards, which honor outstanding glass packaging design in North America, through Dec. 18, 2026.
The Northeast Recycling Council Organics Management Committee extended the deadline for state and local governments, institutions, businesses and nonprofits to submit short case studies or project summaries describing real-world examples of organics waste mitigation to 5pm Eastern on Feb. 13, for publication in the Organics Management Guide.
Feb. 9
The Can Manufacturers Institute has appointed Roxanne Sharif as director of sustainability.
Cascades is discontinuing its honeycomb paperboard and partition packaging product divisions, closing three plants in Pennsylvania and Quebec.
The Coast Waste Management Association in British Columbia surpassed its funding campaign goal of $15,000 and will now build a centralized industry resource hub with comprehensive information, useful comparisons, and key data metrics.
The Maryland Recycling Network is holding a free webinar Feb. 11 on “Driving Change: How Baltimore County’s Buy Recycled Policy Can Inspire Your Jurisdiction.”
The Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) announced that its chapters awarded a record $210,500 of scholarships in 2025.
The US EPA awarded $12 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants to 25 applicants in communities across the United States, to help recruit, train and place workers for community revitalization and cleanup projects at Brownfield sites.
Feb. 3
The UK’s Deposit Management Organisation (DMO), operator of the new beverage container deposit return scheme, has branded itself as Exchange for Change.
Monster Organics announced its expansion into North Carolina.
NERC is accepting case studies for its Organics Management Guide through Feb. 9.
Feb. 2
eBay Circular Fashion Fund is accepting applications through March 8 from businesses and startups developing solutions to extend the life of clothing and reduce textile waste, for eight $50,000 grants and one additional $300,000 award.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is accepting applications through April 28 for $12.5 million in grant funding to projects that help avoid wasted food in the state, and will hold an online information session Feb. 12 to help applicants through the process.
Recycle BC will begin May 1 to accept flexible plastics and non-deposit glass bottles and jars in the Central Okanagan region of British Columbia, as the PRO transitions to managing local curbside recycling services.
The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) is accepting applications for academic scholarships for graduating high school seniors planning to study environmental science, sustainability, engineering and waste management through March 31.
From Plastics Recycling Update
Feb. 12
Chemical recycling venture Aduro is starting up its pilot plant in London, Ontario.
Nickolas Asset Management acquired a resin processing and materials facility from Material Difference Technologies, a Florida-based supplier and processor of plastic resins for industrial and consumer manufacturing markets.
STA Coated Technologies is now part of Inteplast‘s BOPP films business unit, following an acquisition.
Feb. 10
PlasCred Circular Innovations has secured up to Canadian $2.35 million in non-dilutive funding under the Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), administered by the National Research Council of Canada, to advance its first commercial-scale chemical recycling facility, Neos, in Calgary, Alberta.
Feb. 9
Netherlands-based BlueAlp, Renewi, Shell and the University of Utrecht were awarded a €1.5 million ($1.79m) subsidy for project CLEAN, to develop its chemical recycling process.
Chemical company Invista and technology firm Epoch Biodesign signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at developing a chemical recycling process for post-consumer nylon 6,6.
The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance is collaborating with R3vira, a Mexico City-based organization committed to community-driven polystyrene recovery.
Feb. 3
Abundia Global Impact has appointed Burns & McDonnell as its lead engineer to deliver the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) package for its first waste-plastics-to-renewable products recycling facility in Baytown, Texas.
Global packaging giant Amcor will participate in a city-scale packaging reuse project in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that launches in third-quarter 2026.
Orbis has acquired thermoformer Robinson Industries, which will be folded into the Orbis brand.
Industry group Plastics Recyclers Europe published its first report on EU recycling technologies, including a data-driven overview of the state of plastics recycling in the region.
Feb. 2
Chemical recycler Aduro selected the Chemelot site in the Netherlands for its demonstration plant.
Market intelligence firm Argus launched a recycled plastics pricing forecast.
The Flexible Film Recycling Alliance released its first report on efforts to expand collection of film and flexible packaging across the US.
How2Recycle from GreenBlue upgraded the recyclability status of PP cups to “widely recyclable,” following work by Closed Loop Partners’ NextGen Consortium, The Recycling Partnership, Starbucks and WM.
From E-Scrap News
Feb. 12
Erik Flesch is the new E-Cycle Wisconsin program coordinator, taking over from Sarah Murray, who is now the recycling and solid waste section manager for the Waste and Materials Management Program.
Kentucky’s Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2) team named industry veteran Laura Haury as the organization’s sustainability project coordinator.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting public comment through Feb. 26 on its draft economic impact analysis of the state’s proposed electronics recycling rule.
Feb. 9
Traceability software firm Circularise is now a cooperating partner in “Project for Enhancing the Distribution of Carbon Footprint Data in the Battery Traceability Sector,” selected by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and promoted by the Automotive and Battery Traceability Center Association.
Luxembourg’s R3 Robotics (formerly Circu Li-ion) raised €20 million ($23.65m) to industrialize the automated disassembly of EV systems at scale.
Singapore-headquartered SK tes inaugurated its new ITAD and data center in Shannon, Ireland, expanding local access to secure data destruction, asset disposition, and lifecycle technology services.
Feb. 3
Aqua Metals and American Battery Factory will evaluate the co-location of a commercial Aqua Metals lithium-ion battery recycling facility adjacent to ABF’s planned battery cell manufacturing operations in Tucson, Arizona.
Data erasure and diagnostics software firm BitRaser launched Microsoft Autopilot and Apple Mobile Device Management (MDM) detection capabilities to help users identify devices still enrolled in IT asset management platforms before decommissioning.
Netherlands-based Circularise and the Dutch FAIR PV industry consortium published a case study on providing transparency for solar panel circularity.
Electra Battery Materials has awarded a US$6.1 million (C$8.3 million) contract to EXP Services to provide engineering, project management and construction management services during the construction phase of Electra’s Ontario battery materials refinery project.
