American Beverage granted Rockford, Illinois $225,000 to modernize its curbside recycling program, which will help collect an additional 46 million pounds of recyclable materials, including nearly 2 million pounds of PET, over the next decade.  Columbus, Wisconsin-based American Packaging Corporation released a 100% polyethylene flexible packaging product for frozen food products. The flexible packaging is compliant with the Association of...

This article appeared in the December 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In 2021, Canadian recycling programs collected 201 million kilograms of bottles, marking a large step up from 2018’s numbers. A recently released report from consulting company Stina gathered data using a voluntary annual plastic recycling survey. That survey found that 201 million...

AIMPLAS participated in a project to recycle blended cotton and polyester fabric into recycled polyester and lactic acid. Alter Trading Corporation, a Missouri-headquartered metals recycling firm that handles e-scrap, purchased the operating assets of Mississippi-based metals recycling company Martin Brothers Recycling. Call2Recycle announced nearly 12.8 million pounds of batteries were collected for recycling in Canada in 2023, the highest year...

This article appeared in the November 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. About 87% of Kraft Heinz’s packaging was recyclable, reusable or compostable in 2022, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. The food and beverage giant’s goal is to use 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025. In 2021, 84% of...

Call2Recycle rolled out smart battery recycling containers, which have sensors to remotely monitor the fill level and to watch for changes in thermal status.  New Jersey-based ITAD firm Guardian Data Destruction published a guide to applying the NIST 800-88 standard for data sanitization. The India Energy Storage Alliance started the India Reuse and Recycling Council to develop a robust battery...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Advanced ITAD of Phoenix, Arizona; Ariel Suppliers DBA Upcycle Gadget of Lynbrook, New York; AY Electronics DBA Tigerphones of Hixson, Tennessee; Cbrx2 Sales of St. Joseph, Missouri; Ecotronix Recycling of Carol Stream, Illinois; E-Lake Trading DBA EcoStar Wireless of Livonia, Michigan; HK Zhenye Technology of Hong...

Digital recycled plastics procurement platform Cirplus secured a seven-figure funding round to develop its platform and expand geographically.  The Good Plastic Company, a producer of 100% recycled plastic panels made from post-consumer and post-industrial material, expanded into North America. Just Zero claimed that a recent report by Freedonia Custom Research, finding that New Jersey's single-use bag ban has led to...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Eco Fly E-Waste Recycling of Meerut, India; Hyper Microsystems of Rolling Meadows, Illinois; RD Trading Limited of Essex, United Kingdom; and Tech Tree Recycler of Leominster, Massachusetts.  After completing successful audits, the organizations listed below achieved one or more of these NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction...

The Colorado House and Senate passed a resolution calling on the Federal Trade Commission to create a federal repairability score system.  Li-Cycle received a $6.9 million grant from the German government for a battery recycling facility. Paul Baum, CEO of PlanITROI, launched Nextra Tech, a platform for acquiring ITAD services.

Extended producer responsibility, chemical recycling growth, recycling access data, a PET supply agreement and an in-progress bottle-to-bottle plant drew reader attention in January. The list below shows our top stories published in January in terms of unique page views. 1 | Bills introduced in 2024 focus on EPR, bans The 2024 legislative season is in full swing, with dozens of bills...