The City of Indianapolis has been hit with a lawsuit for reworking a city contract and giving the go-ahead to a controversial MRF without seeking alternatives beforehand. The lawsuit, filed Sept. 5 by paper companies Graphic Packaging International Inc. and Rock-Tenn Converting Co., as well as a private citizen, charges that the Indianapolis Board of Public Works made its decision...

A report on the state of Creative Recycling System's operations reveals approximately 30 million pounds of glass are stored at company sites in six states. Filed on Sept. 4, the long-awaited inventory report culminates a month-long review of company operations by Creative's receiver, Robert Swett. With the company bankrupt and in search of a buyer – and also entangled in...

With an air pollution permit in place for a New York operation, a U.K.-based CRT glass recycling firm says it's bringing its smelting technology to the U.S. Representatives from Nulife Glass, led by Simon Greer, informed E-Scrap News earlier this week the company has received final approval from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to build and operate...

With a multimillion dollar lawsuit on its plate, Creative Recycling Systems has filed for bankruptcy and decided to close or sell all of its e-scrap locations. After an extensive review of Creative's holdings, the company's receiver, Robert Swett, determined that the only potentially profitable — and sellable — operations were in Florida and North Carolina. The company has operated e-scrap...

Collection numbers for Washington's e-scrap program could provide a glimmer of hope that CRT device tonnages have plateaued. E-Cycle Washington, the free, statewide e-scrap recycling program funded by original equipment manufacturers, has hauled in 25.51 million pounds of electronics thus far in 2014, according to the latest monthly report released by the state. That total is 5.1 percent lower than...

Pepsi says the U.S. container recycling rate will see significant gains thanks to a new partnership the beverage giant has forged with a national conservation group. Alongside The Nature Conservancy, PepsiCo will lead "Recycle by Nature," a five-year project that will outfit gas stations and retailers throughout the country with recycling bins. According to a PepsiCo press release, one of...

A Wyoming e-scrap operation with CRT glass on its hands has abruptly closed. Located off of I-80 in Burns, Wyoming Tatooine Electronic Systems closed its doors in the beginning of July without any announcement or forewarning. The closure appears to have coincided with the arrest of company owner and CEO Jeffrey Stumpf, who has been charged with six counts of...

Stone Castle Recycling, which has been mired in an ongoing back-and-forth with Utah state regulators, recently experienced its second fire of the year. On July 8, a fire broke out at one of Stone Castle Recycling's e-scrap facilities, requiring firefighters from the area to work for 13 hours to put it out. The incident, which occurred at Stone Castle's Cedar...

In a move bound to have ripple effects throughout the industry, a pillar of the e-scrap world has announced major closings in Canada and the U.K. Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the e-scrap division of publicly traded Sims Metal Management, announced the sudden closures on Tuesday. All three of SRS' Canadian sites will be closing – accounting for nearly 300,000 square...

The city of Indianapolis has given the green light to a processing center that will aim to sort recyclables from everyday trash. A high-volume, automated scavenger operation, if you will. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard announced the decision last week, and it comes alongside a 10-year extension to the city's waste contract with Covanta. While the premise of a mixed-waste (or...