This article appeared in the March 2020 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Most recycling operations make a point to connect to Earth Day. But for Earthworm Recycling, a nonprofit enterprise in Somerville, Mass. that provides business-recycling services, the annual event has special meaning. Earthworm was formed on the first Earth Day (in 1970), meaning that...

A recently aired episode from PBS show "Frontline" provides important reporting. But it misses some recycling realities and a chance to cover the deeper roots of plastic pollution.

A recently aired episode from PBS show "Frontline" provides important reporting. But it misses some recycling realities and a chance to cover the deeper roots of plastic pollution.

The rapid spread of COVID-19 and Saudi Arabia's decision to flood global oil markets underscore how economic uncertainty can challenge even well-prepared business leaders.

The rapid spread of COVID-19 and Saudi Arabia's decision to flood global oil markets underscore how economic uncertainty can challenge even well-prepared business leaders.

The rapid spread of COVID-19 and Saudi Arabia's decision to flood global oil markets underscore how economic uncertainty can challenge even well-prepared business leaders.

The Recycling Partnership is gearing up to launch the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to develop holistic solutions for diverting the growing array of packaging made with No. 5 plastic. As the initiative takes shape, The Recycling Partnership is asking brand owners, converters and resin producers to join the conversation on how PP packaging applications that are not currently recycled could be...

The Recycling Partnership is gearing up to launch the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to develop holistic solutions for diverting the growing array of packaging made with No. 5 plastic. As the initiative takes shape, The Recycling Partnership is asking brand owners, converters and resin producers to join the conversation on how PP packaging applications that are not currently recycled could be...

More than 2,000 plastics recycling professionals are in Nashville, Tenn. this week to better understand the impacts of brand owner goals, policy proposals, recycling technology developments and more. The 2020 Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show began yesterday and runs through tomorrow afternoon. The event, which is co-located with the winter meeting of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), has...

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   One of the major talking points across the recycling landscape over the past year has been brand owner goals. Some of the largest users and producers of packaging on the planet have responded to waste and pollution concerns by...