In the not-too-distant future, artificial intelligence may see and control all that's happening in a recycling facility. But first, it's going to do some work on a quality control line. Eugene, Ore.-based equipment company Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) recently announced it has installed its first artificially intelligent robot. The Max-AI Autonomous QC robot is working behind an optical sorter at...

The head of California's recycling department rejected a stewardship group's carpet recycling plan, putting at risk carpet sales in the state of 40 million people. In a public meeting on April 18, Scott Smithline, director of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), said he would reject the 2017 plan submitted by the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)....

In the not-too-distant future, artificial intelligence may see and control all that's happening in a recycling facility. But first, it's going to do some work on a quality control line. Eugene, Ore.-based equipment company Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) recently announced it has installed its first artificially intelligent robot. The Max-AI Autonomous QC robot is working behind an optical sorter at...

An in-depth study exploring the changing materials composition of e-scrap will be discussed in a U.S. EPA webinar next week. The analysis explored the types and compositions of electronics sold and entering the end-of-life streams each year. The data, which cover products from 1990 to 2015, likely mirrors what some e-scrap recycling companies are seeing in their own facilities. The...

A Washington state metals recycling company has grown its e-scrap capabilities by acquiring a facility previously owned by IMS Electronics Recycling. Tacoma, Wash.-based Simon Metals has purchased the 69,000-square-foot location, which includes an advanced shredding and separation line, in Vancouver, Wash. Paul Olsen, president of Simon Metals, told E-Scrap News his company took over the site starting Dec. 1. It's...

The owners of Dollar General stores will pay more than $1 million to settle charges that the company sent scrap electronics, batteries and other materials to landfills not permitted to receive them. Tennessee-based Dolgen California and its subsidiaries, which own Dollar General retail stores and a distribution center in California, agreed to end the lawsuit filed by 32 state district...

The head of California's recycling department will reject a stewardship group's carpet recycling plan, putting at risk carpet sales in the state of 40 million people. In a public meeting on Tuesday, Scott Smithline, director of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), said he would reject the 2017 plan submitted by the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)....

International brand owner General Mills says recycled content made up 42 percent of the weight of its U.S. packaging last year, down from the year before. The recycling-related metrics were included in the company's 2017 Global Responsibility Report. The 42 percent recycled content weight figure was down from previous years. According to earlier global responsibility reports, 49 percent was recycled...

Over the past three years, nonprofit group The Recycling Partnership has helped deploy 400,000 recycling carts to communities across the U.S. According to the national group's annual report, it worked in 12 communities in 11 states last year. In addition to those, the organization collaborated with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and multiple cities in Massachusetts on a community-engagement...

Together, they provide museum tours, child health and education centers and adult financial literacy classes. Thousands of impoverished people rely on them for survival. But they're not charities or social welfare programs - these Latin American programs are run by local plastics reclaimers. "Today, I say that recycling is a clear solution out of poverty for our Central American countries...