An appeals court has ruled against Vizio in a case over how Connecticut's state program calculates the recycling fee it charges manufacturers. Vizio filed suit against the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in 2015, taking issue with the Constitution State’s allocation of funding responsibility. After a couple years of back-and-forth dismissals and appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Research partially funded by a prominent IT asset disposition company led to the development of a non-toxic method for recycling e-plastics. Sriraam Chandrasekaran and B.K. Sharma, scientists from the University of Illinois, found that a particular solvent can recover a clean stream of polycarbonate (PC) from mixtures of different e-plastics. It is particularly effective for plastics that contain just two...

North Carolina-based Plastic Revolutions is expanding to separate certain resins from mixed plastic bales, a response to growing supply as China's import policies take hold. Plastic Revolutions, located in Reidsville, N.C., has invested $600,000 and is adding 35 jobs in order to sort Nos. 1-7 plastic bales. Ed Handy, vice president and general manager of Plastic Revolutions, shared details about...

The U.S. has become a focus of investment for a small yet growing portion of the Chinese scrap processing industry. Backers of two in-development operations note they are looking for regulatory stability and a strong supply of recyclables. As experts continue to predict more U.S. investment from Chinese operators, Plastics Recycling Update spoke with two companies that recently pulled the...

Industry experts say numerous recovered plastics processing facilities are popping up worldwide, as the global market shifts away from shipping raw material into China. Plastics processing plants are launching in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, including the U.S. on a smaller scale. Paper mills have been slower to adjust, but observers say those investments are also coming. In a recent webinar,...

The U.S. has become a focus of investment for a small yet growing portion of the Chinese scrap processing industry. Backers of two in-development operations note they are looking for regulatory stability and a strong supply of recyclables. As experts continue to predict more U.S. investment from Chinese operators, Resource Recycling spoke with two companies that recently pulled the trigger...

A recycling program coordinator for an Ohio county has authored a backyard composting book, encouraging home composting and providing a one-stop shop for professionals who are educating others about the practice. In her day job, Michelle Balz is the assistant solid waste manager for Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District, which was featured in October in Resource Recycling magazine....

In a city where city collection crews service 540,000 households, thinking big is the norm. That became abundantly clear when the city of Philadelphia announced its plan to send nothing to disposal by 2035. It’s the latest and most ambitious goal for the City of Brotherly Love, which has been recycling for more than 30 years, thanks to community interest...

Researchers from the University of Illinois have developed a non-toxic method for recycling polycarbonate plastic, which is often used in electronics and other products but has been difficult to cost-effectively divert from the waste stream. The researchers, Sriraam Chandrasekaran and B.K. Sharma, found that the solvent they chose can recover a clean stream of polycarbonate (PC) from e-plastics. It is...

A handful of United Nations entities have announced their collaboration to improve e-scrap management. The U.N. Environment Management Group signed a letter of intent at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). According to an event announcement, the letter, and an associated discussion that took place at the summit, provided an “opportunity for the participants to express their organisations'...