Alliance for the Great Lakes released a report that crunched 20 years of data, finding that 86% of litter collected on Great Lakes beaches is plastic. Biotech company CARBIOS reported its 2023 operating and financial results, noting an income of 24 million Euros ($25.5 million USD) and operating expenses of nearly 29 million Euros ($30.8 million USD).  The Mexico Plastics...

Canadian compost company Claystone Waste announced it is doubling its composting capacity. Foodservice packaging supplier deSter rolled out a line of reusable plastic cups for the airline industry. The cups are made from Eastman's Tritan Renew resin, which includes 50% chemically recycled resin as feedstock. Arizona-based Four Peaks Brewing is the first beverage company in the country to use the...

This article appeared in the March 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. A lot can change in a decade. Exports of recovered plastic out of the U.S. have been on a downward trend for the past few years, and in 2023, the amount exported totaled less than one fifth of the amount exported a decade...

  This article appeared in the Februay 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Recyclable material largely ends up in landfills due to lack of access to recycling services and a lack ofeducation and outreach.“State of Recycling: Present and Future of Residential Recycling in the U.S.” is a new report by TheRecycling Partnership (TRP)...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Belmont Trading Co. DBA Belmont Trading Company of Northbrook, Illinois; Dragon Telecommunication Company of Kowloon, Hong Kong; EPC Global Solutions Slovakia of Bratislava, Slovakia; Haagenti Technology DBA Linkedintech of Garland, Texas; Jiangxi Green Recycling of Fengcheng City, China; Melex/PHONEBULANCE of Laguna Niguel, California; Potomac eCycle of...

The Electronic Recycling Association, a nonprofit e-scrap processor based in Alberta, announced several objectives related to digital inclusion.  Korea Zinc's U.S. subsidiary Pedalpoint Holdings, which owns e-scrap processor Igneo Holdings, acquired U.S. metals recycling company Kataman Metals. Oregon E-Cycles, the state e-scrap program, published its collection determinations for the weight of devices manufacturers must pay to collect in 2025. This...

Eastman will chemically recycle end-of-life conference lanyards from the 2024 Sustainable Fashion Forum. The specially designed lanyards are being supplied by textile producer Debrand, which created them with durability and reuse in mind ICIS launched a new recycled PP index tracking prices in Asia. Plastic bag producer Inteplast Group acquired Brown Paper Goods, a paper packaging producer.  Jenna Jambeck, a...

Updated analysis shows bottle bills drive overall recycling rates

Jenna Jambeck, a well-known plastics researcher and professor at the University of Georgia, was named the Southeastern Conference 2024 Professor of the Year. The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative hired Devon Morales as its new vice president of external affairs. Recycled glass end user O-I announced Gordon Hardie is the company's new chief executive officer. 

AMP received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for its initiative to demonstrate the viability of automated characterization and sorting of batteries from e-scrap. The overall $62 million in funding for 17 projects comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and is meant to increase participation in consumer electronics battery recycling and improve the economics of battery recycling.  Watchdog group...