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From Resource Recycling
August 25
Republic Services and Coconut Creek announced Florida’s first fully electric residential recycling and waste collection fleet.
EverestLabs has launched Navigator, a multi-agent AI platform purposely-built for material processing, recovery and recycling facilities.
August 17
Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Dumpsters.com.
The Battery Network and National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) have partnered to enhance battery safety education.
August 10
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) released its 2026 sustainability report.
Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW) in Michigan is partnering with AMP on AI sortation.
August 3
Reverse Logistics Group secured the Vermont household hazardous product EPR contract in Vermont through its new PRO Support Services offering.
Remcon Equipment, a designer and manufacturer of heavy-duty custom conveyor systems and related equipment for MRFs, announced Sean Johnston has been named CEO.
Republic Services published its 2025 Sustainability Report.
Terex reported its Q2 2026 results, reaching sales of $2.2 billion.
WM has completed a successful pilot of remote-controlled heavy equipment in landfill operations.
From Plastics Recycling Update
August 18
Caracal Products & Services is expanding its health care recycling with a new location in Charlotte, North Carolina, to sort, handle and bale recyclable commonly discarded materials including PE and PP from operating rooms, plastic bags, shrink wrap and cardboard.
August 17
Clean-Seas, a subsidiary of Clean Vision Corp., received an air-quality permit from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for its planned pyrolysis facility in Belle.
August 13
PepsiCo increased its use of recycled plastic in 2025 to 18%, with PET the second largest share of its packaging materials at 30%, behind paper fiber (34%).
August 7
The Oregon DEQ extended the public comment period for Circular Action Alliance‘s 2025 annual report, to Sept. 10. Send comments to rethinkrecycling@deq.oregon.gov.
Japanese cosmetics brand KANEBO has selected Eastman‘s Cristal One IM812 specialty PET resin for the overcap of its new Generating Essentials Treatment Lotion.
NAPCOR (National Association of PET Container Resources) published a new blog post about circularity challenges for thermoforms.
Suppliers Partnership for the Environment is accepting applications through Aug. 21 for its 2026 awards recognizing sustainability successes in the automotive value chain.
August 5
Aduro Clean Technologies achieved an 86% liquid hydrocarbon recovery rate using waste-derived polypropylene as feedstock.
Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA announced the completion of its merger with Formosa Industries Corporation.
From E-Scrap News
August 24
Comstock Inc. completed the sale of its mineral, mining, processing and mining-related real estate entities to Mackay Gold & Silver.
August 18
The state of Washington continues to outpace its year-to-date e-scrap collection volume for this year as compared to last year.
Tesla said its EV battery recycling operations now recovers more than 90% of minerals from the devices; expectations are to process 6,000 metric tons of material this year at two US sites.
Ramaco Resources has partnered with roboLoop for the testing and potential purchase of gallium-rich e-scrap materials roboLoop processes. Ramaco also partnered with Bedrock Semiconductor to supply raw materials for its semiconductor devices.
August 12
Earthworks Industries has retained Fairfax Partners and Trifecta Capital Corp. to support its critical mineral recycling growth initiatives.
August 7
GSMA Industry Services is expanding its one-for-one service in partnership with Closing the Loop; the program matches one new device sold to a customer with one end-of-life product recycled on their behalf.
ReElement Technologies commissioned the company’s first commercial-scale germanium production column.
August 5
Koei Group of Japan has filed paperwork for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq.
ReAlloys has been awarded a lease to design and operate heavy rare earth processing facilities at an Army base in Utah.
SouthEast Computer Recyclers has opened a new facility in Alpharetta, Georgia
