This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In the first installment of this article, we shared the results of some research that aimed to estimate average recyclable material generation by a single American household. We determined that number to be 866 pounds annually, a total that includes...

This story originally appeared in the May 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Measurement is becoming a more prominent issue for recycling professionals. Some of the impetus behind this focus on data comes from concerns about the performance of recycling programs in an era of tight budgets and constrained commodity markets. At the...