Closed Loop Partners announced that Capricorn Investment Group made a growth investment in its asset management business, Closed Loop Capital Management.  Machinex announced the inauguration of its new Montreal-East MRF. Midwest Paper can now accept more kinds of OCC, including greasy pizza boxes, from residents of Madison, Wisconsin.  The National Waste & Recycling Association announced new board members elected for...

Cirba Solutions hired Claire Zirkelbach as its new chief financial officer. New York e-Steward firm Ecotech Management announced an investment from CellMark. Jaguar Land Rover’s investment arm, InMotion Ventures, invested $2 million in rare earth magnets recycling company Cyclic Materials.  ITAD company n2s announced the appointments of Ben Hirst as commercial director and Sarah Goddard as finance manager.  PlanITROI, an...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Direct Resource Management of Livermore, California; Epragathi Recycling of Tumakuru, India; G1 Asset Management of Yatala, Australia; Green Expert Technologies of Houston, Texas; Greenbox New Zealand of Addington, New Zealand; Greenbox New Zealand of Penrose, New Zealand; Inteleca of Smyrna, Georgia; Quantum Lifecycle Partners of Coquitlam,...

Advanced Drainage Systems hosted a groundbreaking for its $30 million recycling facility expansion in Cordele, Georgia, and posted WARN notices related to the permanent closure of its plant in Olympia, Washington. Advocacy group Beyond Plastics announced that Susan Keefe joined the organization as its first Southern California director. Evergreen Recycling posted California WARN notices indicating a permanent closure of its...

Advanced Drainage Systems hosted a groundbreaking for its $30 million recycling facility expansion in Cordele, Georgia, and posted WARN notices related to the permanent closure of its plant in Olympia, Washington. Advocacy group Beyond Plastics announced that Susan Keefe joined the organization as its first Southern California director. Evergreen Recycling posted California WARN notices indicating a permanent closure of its...

Advocacy group Beyond Plastics announced that Susan Keefe joined the organization as its first Southern California director. Circular Services, a MRF management company, acquired Quantum Organics, significantly expanding its organics processing capabilities. A new report from Paper Boss ranking countries by waste and diversion per capita put Germany in the top spot while the U.S. ranked 12th. The Recycled Materials...

The Illinois Recycling Foundation is hosting a virtual workshop on the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act to encourage counties to opt into the program.  Logitech announced its iFixit Repair Hub now features OEM parts for more than 20 Logitech devices across 62 countries worldwide where iFixit programs are available, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan and Europe.  The Recycled Materials Association...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: CompuCycle of Houston, Texas; CompuCycle of Houston, Texas; Corporate Ewaste Solutions of Hayward, California; Decent Industry of Sungai Petani, Malaysia; Direct Resource Management of Livermore, California; ÉLTEX Kereskedelmi és Fuvarozó of Kistarcsa, Hungary; First America Metal Corporation DBA First America DBA FAMCe of Atlanta, Georgia; G1...

Packaging companies Acorn East and AE Global announced they are consolidating under the AE Global name.  Eight copolyesters from Eastman received RecyClass Recyclability Approval for compatibility with European recycling processes for PET.  The European Union said "no deal" was preferable to a "bad deal" with regards to a global plastics treaty. The Plastics Pipe Institute announced that Donnie Johnson has...

Reps. Carol Miller (R-West Virginia), Glenn Grothman (R-Wisconsin), Haley Stevens (D-Michigan), and Morgan McGarvey (D-Kentucky) re-launched the bipartisan Congressional Aluminum Caucus.  Wisconsin's Dane County Department of Waste & Renewables is seeking partners in the development of its future Sustainability Campus, a 30-acre project meant to help build a more sustainable, circular economy in Madison, with online responses due March 21....