Lately, the wider plastics industry has been feeling the heat on materials disposal and litter. The ocean plastics problem has been rightly amplified over the past two years through the work of nonprofit groups and concerned citizens, and government leaders across the globe have begun crafting product bans and other policy documents that specifically reference the marine debris issue. Meanwhile,...

Each year in early May, compost advocates globally join their voices during International Compost Awareness Week. International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) was launched in 1995 in Canada and is held annually during the first full week of May - this year, that's May 6 through May 12. The theme for 2018 is "Compost! Building a Better Future." Here's how a...

The U.S. EPA solid waste chief during the Obama Administration is now helping to push forward circular economy principles, and some of his work could help reshape electronics recovery in developing areas of the world. Mathy Stanislaus, who was assistant administrator of the EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management during both of Barack Obama's terms as president, spoke to...

A glass recycling company backed by a billionaire is betting big it can significantly lift U.S. glass recycling through the use of technology and rail transportation. Pace Glass has for the past two years taken in recovered glass from independent MRFs at a small operation in Jersey City, N.J. Today, the firm held a groundbreaking ceremony for a second, significantly...

A much-publicized legal battle over the limits of copyright when it comes to computer refurbishment appears to have reached a conclusion, with a California e-scrap operator headed to prison. In June of last year, Clifford Eric Lundgren was sentenced to 15 months behind bars by a judge for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida. The case...

Puneet Shrivastava of Dell (left) accepts the Design for Recycling Award from ISRI Chair Mark Lewon. Dell last week became the first two-time winner of an award that honors manufacturers that keep recyclability in mind when designing products. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) honored the computer manufacturer for the company's Latitude 5590 laptop and 5285 2-in-1 products. The...

This article originally appeared in the April 2018 issue of Resource Recycling magazine. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   By now, most recycling professionals are well-aware that major market shifts have been occurring for many materials collected curbside. But market evolution has also occurred in recent years for tires, a material type that might not show up...

Mathy Stanislaus, who served under President Obama, says current U.S. EPA leaders aren't fully valuing materials recovery and are harming the industry by putting a singular focus on deregulation. "Recycling is a proven nonpartisan issue, and it should be emphasized now more than ever," Stanislaus said in an interview with Plastics Recycling Update. "It offers economic value and local job...

Mathy Stanislaus, who served under President Obama, says current U.S. EPA leaders aren't fully valuing materials recovery and are harming the industry by putting a singular focus on deregulation. "Recycling is a proven nonpartisan issue, and it should be emphasized now more than ever," Stanislaus said in an interview with Resource Recycling. "It offers economic value and local job creation...

The Recycling Partnership now has nearly 40 industry entities behind it. That raises an interesting question: How does one organization balance the needs of so many corporate backers? When The Recycling Partnership launched four years ago, it had just a half-dozen funders, but that number now sits at 36, with Amazon, International Paper and Starbucks  joining the group last week....