Four of the country's largest publicly traded waste management companies had one thing in common in 2015: falling recycling revenues. A review of 2015 financial filings for Progressive Waste Solutions, Republic Services, Waste Connections and Waste Management shows while overall revenues remained fairly steady, revenues from recycling operations continued to take a nosedive. Overall, revenues for the four companies amassed...

One of the country's largest outlets for CRT glass, Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, is no longer certified to the R2 standard in Arizona and has seen its certification in Ohio suspended. A representative from Closed Loop told E-Scrap News the business simply no longer sees value in the environmental standard and decided to not pay its fees.However, in an...

Nulife Glass has begun processing leaded CRT glass at its newly built furnace in Dunkirk, N.Y. Simon Greer, the company's founder and owner, told E-Scrap News the company expects to be able to process about 3,650 tons of leaded glass per year for the next decade. He said the furnace is "almost at full-speed" and able to produce lead with...

After months of negotiations between city officials and the owner of an idled, state-of-the-art mixed-waste processing center, there is hope that an agreement will be reached in the near future. Speaking with a reporter from the Montgomery Advertiser last week, Montgomery's Mayor, Todd Strange, said the City is currently in negotiations with the owner of the $35 million site, Infinitus...

Following the recent shuttering of nearly 200 container redemption centers in California, the state says it is exploring ways to prevent further closures as it grapples with its own funding questions. According to Mark Oldfield, communications director for California's recycling agency, CalRecycle, the Feb. 1 announcement that a major network of redemption centers would be closing 191 of its sites...

Best Buy has announced it will begin charging for TVs and computer monitors customers bring into the company's stores for recycling. The changes, which end the retailer's long-running free recycling services for TVs and computer monitors, were explained in a blog post by Laura Bishop, the company's vice president of public affairs and sustainability."E-waste volume is rising, commodity prices are...

Rhode Island is the latest state to report it is grappling with a shortfall in funding for a manufacturer-backed electronics recycling program. According to a state recycling official, between September and December of 2015, a significant number of collection sites throughout the Ocean State closed down after manufacturers met their annual collection targets early and cut off funding for electronics...

Packaging stakeholders met earlier this month in California to present on how they're helping the state recover more plastics as it aims to drastically cut packaging disposal and drive recycling activities. Organized by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) as part of the state's Manufacturers Challenge, the Jan. 5 meeting drew strong attendance from industry groups, Cynthia...

A report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation argues plastics recycling must play a vital role in achieving a "new plastics economy." The analysis was produced with the help of the World Economic Forum and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment. It calls on the global economy to embrace a new approach to producing, using and handling plastic packaging. "With...

In recent months, a number of communities in North America have inched closer to exploring mixed-waste processing, while other projects have hit roadblocks. Facilities that separate recyclables from garbage (sometimes called "dirty MRFs") tend to stir up heated industry discussion. Some recycling advocates say reliance on those MRFs harms the quality of recovered material and stunts the possibility of recycling...