The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Comprenew of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Danis DBA Phone Tech of Brooklyn, New York; Dragon Telecommunication Company of Kowloon, Hong Kong; Express Mobile of Woodridge, Illinois; Hamilton Rentals of Wokingham, United Kingdom; Prism Electronics of San Jose, California.  After completing successful audits, the organizations listed below achieved...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed HB 1121 into law, expanding the state's right to repair mandate to cover consumer electronics.  Battery recycling firm Li-Cycle reported that it received 18.4 million pounds of lithium-ion batteries for recycling in 2023, and a minimum of 73.8% of that material was recovered through recycling. Wieland broke ground on a copper recycling center, which will...

The ALPLA Group and Re-Purpose announced a supply agreement to bring in feedstock for ALPLA's PET recycling facility in South Africa. The Association of Plastic Recyclers expanded its design for recyclability program to provide preferred design recognition for blow-molded PET bottles and containers, PET packaging constructs, natural and colored HDPE bottles and containers, and mono-material PE stretch and collation shrink...

Smart receptacle supplier Bigbelly launched a public-space Smart Compost Program targeted for municipal customers, providing solar-powered locking compost receptacles in public spaces that program participants can locate and unlock using a mobile app. The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery reported that its beverage container recycling program notched a 71% redemption rate in 2023, with 18.8 billion containers of...

Berlin Packaging is bringing its Buncker packaging line to the American lithium-ion recycling market. 

Aqua Metals joined in on a nearly $5 million U.S. Department of Energy grant project led by Pennsylvania State University to recover rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts. ITAD consulting firm Circular Integrity appointed Tim Suhling as president, joining company CEO and founder Todd Zegers. OEM HP won the Frost & Sullivan 2024 North American Company of the...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Broadway Metal Recycling of Phoenix, Arizona; GoRoostr of Warminster, Pennsylvania; Indigo Proambiental S.A.P.I. DBA Proambi of Lerma, Mexico; JXB Recycling of Newark, California; ProSrvc DBA Used-Gadget of Bothell, Washington; Sims Recycling Solutions DBA Sims Lifecycle Services of Singapore; SNC East Japan Technical Center of Koshigaya-shi, Japan;...

ALPLA started an ALPLAinject division to strengthen its injection molding business. Ameripen, a trade association representing packaging companies, has surpassed 100 members in its organization.  The Coca-Cola Company transitioned to 100% recycled plastic for 500-milliliter bottles, excluding caps and labels, in its sparkling beverage portfolio in Canada. Dow announced a supply agreement to receive 65,000 metric tons of chemically recycled...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Colt Refining of Merrimack, New Hampshire; DMD Systems Recovery of Austin, Texas; Electronic Recyclers International of Badin, North Carolina; Electronic Recyclers International of Sumner, Washington; LS Enterprise Group DBA TLC Mobile DBA B2B Mobile Auction DBA TechSafe Recyclers of Owings Mills, Maryland; Mobitech Group of Old...

Bosch Ventures invested in two lithium-ion battery recycling companies, Li Industries and Cylib. U.K. nonprofit Material Focus released research showing battery fires in collection trucks and drop-off sites increased 71% in 2023 across the U.K. and that more than 1.1 billion electronics and electric devices containing lithium-ion batteries were improperly disposed of there. U.S.-based used radio sales outlet Radiowell launched...