Austria-headquartered equipment supplier Lindner unveiled a new model of shredder this year, describing it as a suitable unit for size reduction in a variety of material streams, including light scrap metals.

BMW of North America and Redwood Materials partnered to recycle lithium-ion batteries from electric and hybrid BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad vehicles in the U.S. Repair hub iFixit released a smart soldering iron and portable soldering station.  New Zealand-based refining technology company Mint Innovation hired Jason Price, formerly of Sims Metal and Sims Recycling Solutions, as chief operating officer. ...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: A&A Wireless Services of Hicksville, New York; AO Itad Services DBA Spark Recycle of Northbrook, Illinois; Attyah Tech DBA Attyah Recycling of Chantilly, Virgina; Dr Refix of Rancho Cucamonga, California; DragonFly Refresh of Lowell, Mississippi; Exigo Recycling of Karnal, India; GreenTek Solutions of Stafford, Texas; Km...

North American industry advocacy group Ameripen announced its executive director, Dan Felton, would step down Nov. 1 to lead another organization. Cambrio Roasters, a company that produces coffee pods compatible with Keurig machines, rolled out a line of aluminum coffee pods, billing them as "a recyclable alternative" to traditional PP pods, which have a national acceptance rate of 3%, according...

Meal-kit company HelloFresh and Denali diverted 4 million pounds of food waste from Phoenix landfills since partnering in 2023.  The Illinois Recycling Foundation will host an Oct. 1 webinar focused on college campus sustainability. Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based MRF operator Millennium Recycling and local nonprofit BINfluencer rolled out a mobile recycling education trailer geared for schools and community events. The...

Plastics technology company AIMPLAS coordinated a project in Europe to reuse and recycle lithium-ion batteries. Battery recycling firm Cirba Solutions announced that Anna Lo, the company's vice president of supply chain and business excellence, received the Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive Women in Supply Chain Award. Commercial real estate and property management firm Drucker made a large...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: A&A Wireless Services of Hicksville, New York; AJS Mobile of Brooklyn, New York; Attyah Tech DBA Attyah Recycling of Chantilly, Virginia; Baytech Recovery of Hayward California; Exigo Recycling of Karnal, India; Full Circle Electronics AZ DBA Westech Recyclers of Phoenix, Arizona; Full Circle Electronics FL DBA...

Braskem, the largest producer of polyolefins in the Americas, opened its Renewable Innovation Center in Lexington, Massachusetts, where it will work on developing renewable chemicals and materials. Braskem also released a line of PP made from used cooking oil, emphasizing that the resin retains the same properties as traditional virgin PP and can therefore be integrated into  the recycling stream....

CalRecycle selected Diversys to modernize its tire recycling program.  Casella announced it will acquire Royal Carting and Welsh Sanitation, a hauler active in New York and Connecticut. Aluminum giant Constellium received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard Certification for all its locations.  Greyparrot launched an AI-powered waste analyzer with backing from iPod/Nest inventor Tony Fadell. Recycling company ReCork, which processes wine...

Battery recycling stewardship group Call2Recycle announced Chaka Adams as the organization's new head of marketing and communications. The Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub expanded its lithium-ion battery collection program at area fire stations, with support from Rumpke Waste & Recycling.  Pennsylvania-based metals separator Eriez named Todd Loudin as vice president of global sales. Solar panel manufacturer First Solar released its...