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From Resource Recycling
October 26
Goodwill Industries International will host the 2026 Goodwill Sustainability Summit in Houston.
The Highland Park, Illinois City Council weighing a tax for both single-use paper and plastic carryout bags.
October 13
Clean Harbors acquired EnviroServe, a provider of environmental and waste management services, and ES&H, a leading regional provider of environmental and emergency response services in the Gulf region.
GFL has been awarded the NWRA 2026 Recycling Facility of the Year for its Montréal-East Material Recovery Facility in Montréal, Quebec.
Novelis won in two categories and was named runner-up in a third for the ALUMINIUM 2026 Innovation Awards.
October 6
Casella released its latest sustainability report.
Circular Action Alliance (CAA) announced the inaugural CAA EPR Forum.
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) announced The Battery Network as its newest corporate partner.
October 2
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) plans to close a full-line plant in Middletown, Ohio, by the end of 2026.
From Plastics Recycling Update
October 22
New Eurostat data indicates the EU recycled 42.4% of the plastic packaging waste generated in 2024, slightly higher than the 41.6% in 2023.
October 20
Quebec-headquartered Loop Industries is reducing the planned capacity of its first plastic recycling plant in India from 70,000 kilotons to 45,000 kilotons per year, to reduce capital expense and speed up buildout.
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, announced Technology Excellence Award winners including Amcor Rigid Packaging Solutions for its DecoFusion extruded tube packaging that can incorporate up to 100% PCR.
October 16
Circulate Capital has invested in Bumi Baru Plastik to scale polyolefin recycling in Indonesia.
BBP specializes in PP and PE recycling, converting post-consumer and post-industrial waste into OEM-grade recycled compounds.
Its inputs include end-of-life vehicle (ELV) parts, woven and jumbo bags, rigid containers, industrial packaging, and manufacturing offcuts.
The German Federal Environment Ministry failed to approve a proposed plastic packaging tax as planned, though talks continue.
October 15
Biotech company Rhea’s Factory is partnering with Niagara Bottling under a Department of Energy program to validate an enzymatic depolymerization platform.
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Applied Research Foundation released an overview report on molecular recycling options for plastics.
October 12
The Glass Packaging Institute released new research indicating that consumers want more foods and beverages available in glass packaging.
The nationally representative survey of 4,046 US adults found that 64% wish more foods and beverages were available in glass jars or bottles.
More than half of respondents say they have changed what they buy to avoid packaging that might introduce unwanted chemicals into their foods or beverages.
October 7
Borouge International is expanding its European recycling capacity.
Industry association NAPCOR published a new post, “Why Is PET Plastic Recycling Infrastructure Also Climate Infrastructure?”
Canadian plastic bag manufacturer Polyethics will open its first US facility in northwest Ohio.
October 6
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) is accepting nominations for the third annual APR Recycling Leadership Awards through Dec. 31.
Caracal Products & Services launched a new Baltimore location to serve the PPE and medical recycling needs of health care centers in and around Baltimore.
The new 9,000-square-foot recycling hub will support Caracal’s program with Johns Hopkins Health System, collecting and baling non-hazardous materials such as polypropylene and polyethylene, and then sending them to recyclers for processing.
October 2
Canadian PRO Circular Materials announced that Allan Cosman, chair of the board of directors, will step down effective Dec. 7.
October 1
The Container Recycling Institute released a first-of-its-kind guidebook to help prevent fraud in beverage container deposit return systems.
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is accepting entries for the Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards through Nov. 12.
From E-Scrap News
October 26
ReElement Technologies and American Resources Corp. entered an agreement with Uzbekistan Technological Metals Complex and the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan to advance the companies’ tungsten processing and refining.
October 23
Singapore-based Portable Shredders has shipped its first ShredLite M2 portable drive shredder to a US customer.
October 21
GoRecycle hit its fifth anniversary nearing the 1 million mark in the number of air conditioning and cooling devices collected for recycling.
October 20
The E-Cycle Washington recycling program collected 1.07 million pounds of e-scrap in September, passing the 9 million mark for the year.
October 15
Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has launched a $100,000 challenge for innovation to strengthen the US critical minerals automotive supply chain.
October 14
Dustin has surpassed the 1.5 million mark in its end-of-life phone collection campaign in partnership with Closing the Loop.
October 13
NEU Battery Materials has secured $7.6 million in funding to help ramp up production in its Singapore facility, which will make battery-grade lithium from black mass and other discarded materials.
HyProMag USA has secured predominantly renewable energy to power its Texas rare earth magnet recycling and manufacturing plant.
Aclara Resources has finished basic engineering for its heavy rare earths separation facility in Louisiana.
October 7
CATL opened a service center in Norway to provide battery and training services in the region.
October 6
CTL has released its Pacific Northwest IT Asset Disposal and Compliance Guide for schools and commercial enterprises across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Aclara Resources is expanding the scope of its rare earth separation facility in Louisiana to accommodate yttrium, gadolinium and samarium, along with previous plans for neodymium-praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium.
October 5
Pantheon Electric is now using recycled feedstock for one-third of its total copper supply.
