Testimony from a data security industry group appears to have spurred government interest in strengthening regulations preventing data breaches. The Canadian chapter of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) testified last fall at a hearing on data privacy issues in the Canadian Parliament's House of Common. In his testimony, Kristjan Backman, chairman of the chapter, discussed the Personal Information...

The 2018 spending bill approved by lawmakers and signed by the president last week contains good news for the U.S. EPA and its recycling-related programs: The agency avoided significant budget cuts that were proposed last year. President Trump signed the funding bill Friday, the final chapter in a year-long process that contained ups and downs for the country’s top environmental...

The 2018 spending bill approved by lawmakers and signed by the president last week contains good news for the U.S. EPA and its recycling-related programs: The agency avoided significant budget cuts that were proposed last year. President Trump signed the funding bill Friday, the final chapter in a year-long process that contained ups and downs for the country’s top environmental...

Chinese officials have accused the U.S. of hypocrisy for denigrating the scrap imports ban amid a brewing trade war between the two nations. The war of words started late last week. A March 23 meeting of the World Trade Organization included an agenda item relating to China's recently enacted “measures restricting the import of scrap materials.” According to a report...

Leaders across the pond have announced they will roll out a deposit program covering certain plastic, glass and metal beverage containers. Sky News broke the news Tuesday, reporting that the program in England is likely to be in place before the end of the current Parliament session. “A deposit return scheme could be a game changer,” said Michael Gove, the...

Prime plastic developments have occurred in the past two weeks, and they carry the potential to impact recycled resin prices. A halted plastics production facility construction project appears poised for a revival. A joint venture investment group issued a March 21 news release stating they have entered an agreement to acquire the M&G plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. Construction of...

A shuttered Alabama facility that was built to separate recyclables from trash could reopen in October, and city leaders are leaning toward trying the mixed-waste approach again. Two companies are interested in operating the Infinitus Renewable Energy Park (IREP) facility in Montgomery, Ala., the Montgomery Advertiser reported March 23. The companies have not been publicly named, but one would convert...

Chinese officials have accused the U.S. of hypocrisy for denigrating the scrap imports ban amid a brewing trade war between the two nations. The war of words started late last week. A March 23 meeting of the World Trade Organization included an agenda item relating to China's recently enacted “measures restricting the import of scrap materials.” According to a report...

The 2018 spending bill approved by lawmakers and signed by the president last week contains good news for the U.S. EPA and its recycling-related programs: The agency avoided significant budget cuts that were proposed last year. President Trump signed the funding bill Friday, the final chapter in a year-long process that contained ups and downs for the country’s top environmental...

A $20 million New Jersey plastics recycling facility is in development, and project leaders say it will process roughly 100 million pounds of scrap plastics per year for sale into a variety of end markets. Recently formed Millville Plastics will process PET, HDPE and possibly PP, sourced both domestically and from overseas MRFs. The company is developing a 350,000-square-foot facility,...