One of the world's biggest fast-food companies is reportedly failing to meet its recycling obligations in British Columbia, and The Recycling Partnership provides cart financing in Michigan. Bag fee bill: The legislation imposing a 5-cent fee on plastic and paper bags in New York City has gained a key supporter: City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. AM New York reports the...

Micro dryers from manufacturer Dri-Air are ideal for plastics processors requiring exceptionally dry plastics but not in exceptional quantities.

An international reclaimer says it has started the world's first commercial production of recycled polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC/ABS) from e-scrap and end-of-life appliances.

Spanish researchers develop special washing and extrusion methods to remove odors when recycling EPS fish boxes, and Keurig says it is aiming to produce recyclable K-Cup coffee capsules.

With collection events held throughout the country to honor Earth Day last week,industry companies and organizations took to Twitter to rally around the cause of electronics recycling. Here's a look at some of the chatter: Apple:Happy #EarthDay! Have you met Liam yet?https://t.co/hARsisbufZpic.twitter.com/7voKYOxtiX — Apple Music (@AppleMusic) April 22, 2016ERI:Happy Earth Day to the beautiful planet we call home. Together, we...

Garbage and recycling haulers had the fifth-highest death rate of all civilian occupations in 2014, with 27 people losing their lives, updated federal statistics show. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed the refuse and recyclable material collection occupation had a fatal injury rate of 35.8 for every 100,000 full-time equivalent employees in 2014. From a death-rate...

Garbage and recycling haulers had the fifth-highest death rate of all civilian occupations in 2014, with 27 people losing their lives on the job, updated federal statistics show. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed the refuse and recyclable material collection occupation had a fatal injury rate of 35.8 for every 100,000 full-time equivalent employees in 2014....

Exports of scrap plastics saw a sizable month-to-month bump in volume at the start of 2016, but most materials showed declines in comparison to 2015 levels. In February, the most recent month for which figures are available, scrap plastics exports totaled 309.12 million pounds, an increase of 16.3 percent from January 2016 export levels. When matched against February 2015 levels,...

Longtime recycling professional Steve Thompson passed away last week in Virginia. He was 66. Thompson, who began his career in metals recycling and went on to have a leading role in the industry as a consultant, retired in 2014. He last held the position of executive director of the Curbside Value Partnership, a group that has since evolved into The...

Regulators in British Columbia ramp up pressure on newspaper publishers to contribute to recycling funding, and New York City Council members will likely vote in early May on a plastic bag fee law. The provincial government of British Columbia has demanded newspaper publishers meet their obligations to help fund newspaper collection and recycling under the province's extended producer responsibility law...