The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Argus Partners (dba Argus IT Services, Argus, and Argus Connection) of Fort Worth, Texas; ECONECOL of Fujinomiya, Japan; FCM Recycling of Lavaltrie, Quebec; FCM Recycling of Cornwall, Ontario; FCM Recycling of Elmsdale, Nova Scotia; FCM Recycling of Delta, British Columbia; Jiucheng International (dba JCI Envoka Group)...

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste released its 2024 progress report, providing an overview of its five-year history and announcing a new strategy to create a circular economy for plastics. CalRecycle is accepting applications for Beverage Container Redemption Innovation Grants (RIG5) that range from $500,000 to $10 million per applicant, to help fund mobile unit programs, reverse vending machines and...

The latest draft of an extended producer responsibility for packaging program in Colorado drew reader attention last month, as did stories covering recycled material trade disruptions, producer responsibility for textiles, the latest bale pricing and a roundup of container deposit legislative activity.

AMP and hauler Waste Connections held a groundbreaking for the first AI-driven recycling plant, in Commerce City, Colorado.  CalRecycle is accepting applications for Beverage Container Redemption Innovation Grants (RIG5) that range from $500,000 to $10 million per applicant, to help fund mobile unit programs, reverse vending machines and bag drop programs for dealer cooperatives. New data from the nonprofit Container Recycling Institute shows that...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Argus Partners (dba Argus IT Services, Argus, & Argus Connection) of Fort Worth, Texas E Save of San Ysidro, California FCM Recycling of Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada FCM Recycling of Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada FCM Recycling of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada FCM Recycling of Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, Canada FCM...

Industrial and specialty recycled material processor Enviri released its 2024 sustainability report, indicating the company processed 10.3 million pounds of end-of-life electronics throughout the year through its subsidiary Clean Earth. That's down from 11.1 million pounds the prior year. Research firm McKinsey published a report exploring how recycled materials - including post-consumer electronics - can help build up supply lines...

Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation released its annual sustainability report, and said it had collected 2.14 billion beverage containers in 2024. Major PE producer CPChem released its 2024 sustainability report, noting its use of chemically recycled feedstocks in producing virgin-quality polymers. Plastics and paper company Inteplast Group acquired German plastics manufacturer Perga, adding a sixth location to the company’s Inteplast...

CalRecycle, California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, approved Circular CRV Association’s stewardship plan to meet standards as a dealer cooperative. Puerto Rico-based waste company EC Waste bought hauler ARB Inc. The Putnam County Solid Waste Authority, a West Virginia-based waste disposal company, opened a MRF in the city of Hurricane, West Virginia. The Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Baldwin County and the Baldwin County Commission in...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: E-Com Recycling of Melrose Park, Illinois KT CORP of City of Industry, California Max Electronics Trading of Houston, Texas PacTraders (dba MPW Wholesale) of Skokie, Illinois STS Recycling (dba TechnoCycle) of Houston, Texas Toyoshima Green Tech of McKinney, Texas  After completing successful audits, the organizations listed...

Producer responsibility organization Circular Materials and stewardship group Call2Recycle Canada are partnering to share best practices and enhance public awareness for the recycling of packaging, paper and batteries. Philadelphia processor Computer Recycling announced it now provides recycling services for satellite dishes, and has expanded on-site commercial e-scrap pickup services to Chevy Chase, Maryland.  Waste sorting technology company MSS is relocating...