After several years commercializing its technology, Australia-based hydrometallurgical processing company Mint Innovation is getting ready to build its first U.S. facility, which will provide an outlet for various grades of circuit boards.

This article appeared in the October 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. While Goodwill Industries International has long been associated with the reuse portion of the waste management hierarchy, the nonprofit secondhand store giant is making inroads to being a national heavyweight in recycling textiles, glass and other materials, several of its leaders recently said....

A new report from Bloomberg's market research division provides further evidence of brand owners struggling to meet stated recycled content goals due to a lack of available material and cost pressure.

Leaders of major ITAD firm Ingram Micro have signaled their intent to list the company on the New York Stock Exchange, which would mark a return to publicly traded status after about eight years as a private company.

New research from Bloomberg's market research division provides further evidence of brand owners struggling to meet stated recycled content goals due to a lack of available material and cost pressure.

Top executives at South Korean smelting giant Korea Zinc are locked in a battle with a private equity firm that wants to seize control of the company. As the fight has spilled into the public arena, the equity firm has attacked the company's recent business decisions, including its purchase of U.S.-based processor Igneo Holdings. In early September, shareholder Young Poong...

This article appeared in the September 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Keurig Dr Pepper, PepsiCo, Mars — one by one, many of the largest consumer goods companies in North America have said in recent months that they simply won’t meet their self-imposed deadlines for increasing recycled content and related goals. The...

This article appeared in the 2024 issue of  E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Upcoming changes to the Basel Convention are likely to disrupt some industry practices when they take effect next year. They've already had one remarkable impact: bringing together two often rival certification organizations to advocate for industry-wide compliance with the new rules. Just a...

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued $725 million to six U.S. lithium-ion battery recycling projects, including two companies that will bring in batteries from consumer electronics.

The Recycling Partnership and GreenBlue this week released new data highlighting recycling program acceptance rates for 50 different material types across the country – and they vowed to publish updated versions twice per year from now on.