Florida's GreenTech Renewables and EcoRecycle by Qcells are partnering to accept end-of-life solar panels for recycling in Tampa Bay. Metallium added a second demo line to its new Texas plant to handle rare earths and semiconductor feedstocks. Sims Lifecycle Services released its annual sustainability report. The US EPA published a best practices toolkit for battery collection.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: American Steed of Lincoln, Nebraska APCD (a wholly owned subsidiary of Iron Mountain Australia Group Services) of Granville, New South Wales, Australia City Mobile Ecotech of Clinton, North Carolina East Coast Recycler of Stafford, Virginia Electronics Recycling of Minneapolis (dba Electronics Recycling of Minnesota) of Minneapolis,...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management awarded more than $2.5 million in grants from the state recycling fund to 18 solid waste authorities, counties, cities and other groups to boost recycling efforts. Amcor appointed Graphic Packaging's Stephen Scherger as CFO.  UK traceability platform eco2Veritas Certification spun off from chemical recycling tech firm Greenback Recycling Technologies.  Recycling and waste processing tech...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management awarded more than $2.5 million in grants from the state recycling fund to 18 solid waste authorities, counties, cities and other groups to boost recycling efforts. Amcor appointed Graphic Packaging's Stephen Scherger as CFO.  The City of Fort Collins, Colorado, is partnering with Compost Queen on a pilot program for organics. UK traceability platform...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Greenland Resource of Chino, California Hanmin Ecotech of Yesan-gun, Korea JXB Electronic IT Services of Hayward, California Li Tong (H.K.) Telecom Company (dba Li Tong Group) of New Territories, China N.F. Smith & Associates of Houston, Texas ReCloud IT of Piscataway, New Jersey Techcomm Wireless Corp...

Recycling and waste processing tech firm eFACTOR3 is partnering with sorting technology provider Steinert, with a new showroom and test facility in South Carolina.  Glencore will receive $600 million (US $395 million) in federal and state funds over three years to bail out its copper smelter and refinery in Australia.  Automaker Honda opened its new Resource Circularity Center in Ohio,...

Fall is here and Policy Now is bringing you the latest updates on extended producer responsibility and other legislation impacting the industry. I'm Stefanie Valentic and I would like to introduce myself as a new reporter here at Resource Recycling. Over the past five years, I have been covering the industry and I'm excited to bring you monthly insights into...

The Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling released a new report, "Designing Effective EPR: What to Do About Film & Flexible Packaging," providing policy suggestions to address the issues relating to flexible and film plastics collected in curbside recycling programs.  The City of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit alleging that Bimbo Bakeries and SC Johnson, whose products include Ziploc bags, made deceptive claims...

The Can Manufacturers Institute launched its Million Cans Recycling Contest. Canadian producer responsibility organization Circular Materials will publish a harmonized material list for recycling for Ontario in 2026, including new materials like coffee cups, toothpaste tubes and black plastic containers. Crush Software Solutions acquired S3 Software Solutions and is investing $3 million to modernize the Crush auto recycling platform.  The...

Battery-embedded device recovery drew reader interest in September, with record facility fires, legislation and new technology tackling the growing electronics recovery movement.