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....

This article originally appeared in the December 2017 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   When it comes to IT asset disposition services, no two firms look exactly the same. Some of the companies in the space are multinational giants that have traditionally focused on the scrap business but are now using their global...

Keep America Beautiful, which runs America Recycles Day and other initiatives, is closing its Washington, D.C. office and consolidating staff in Connecticut. Two leaders from the organization's recycling arm are exiting as part of the shift. In a statement issued to Resource Recycling, Helen Lowman, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful (KAB), said the group would maintain its focus...

Keep America Beautiful, which runs America Recycles Day and other initiatives, is closing its Washington, D.C. office and consolidating staff in Connecticut. Two leaders from the organization's recycling arm are exiting as part of the shift. In a statement issued to Resource Recycling, Helen Lowman, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful (KAB), said the group would maintain its focus...

Each winter, golf fans turn their attention to a notable tournament near Phoenix. And in recent years, host Waste Management has used the event as a chance to highlight opportunities in materials diversion. Not surprisingly, one of the company’s nearby materials recovery facilities plays an important role in all the activity. The Northwest Regional MRF is located in the Arizona...

The 13th annual Plastics Recycling Conference, taking place this week in Tennessee, has brought together nearly 2,000 sector executives. That record-high number is a sign of the widespread industry thirst for connection and guidance at a time of unprecedented market disruption. Indeed, China’s recent action to restrict recyclables imports will be a key talking point throughout the three-day Plastics Recycling...

This article originally appeared in the December 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   When Resource Recycling first dove into the intersection of robots and recycling in a feature story in June of 2016, the movement was still in prototype mode. At that point, machines were showing they could reliably pluck targeted materials off sort...

Weight-based recycling targets are being downplayed by industry players who want to more effectively frame the overall impact of waste diversion decisions. But finding suitable metrics to replace current standards won't be easy.

In times dominated by political divide, materials recovery is one area that has bipartisan support -- at least on America Recycles Day. This year marks the 20th iteration of America Recycles Day, and groups, companies and communities are all articulating their support in different ways. And the enthusiasm extends to the White House. The Trump administration today released a statement touting...

In recent years, efforts out of Oregon have helped set the national pace on topics such as sustainable materials management and recycling metrics. Now, the state is beginning to do the same when it comes to food waste – or, more precisely, wasted food. At the annual BioCycle Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling (REFOR) event held last week in Portland,...