With grant assistance, the Rhode Island capital is providing about 55,000 new collection carts to help boost its recycling rate, among the state's lowest.

There’s perhaps no better week to start as the Managing Editor of Resource Recycling than the one that includes Global Recycling Day.

Environmental NGOs and plastics recycling industry stakeholders identified common ground solutions to move the needle on recycling and reuse, during a panel at the 2026 Plastics Recycling Conference.

A workshop at the Textile Recycling Summit in San Diego explored how much automation could be deployed in sorting and grading used clothes.

Several members of Circular Action Alliance team shared insights during a workshop at the 2026 Resource Recycling Conference in San Diego this week.