A Twin Cities-area processor won an electronics recycling and repair contract with the second largest county in Minnesota, a deal that comes as the company undergoes a rebrand.

The e-Stewards certification program has blacklisted Tech-Resale for at least two years, concluding that the electronics reseller violated several of the standard's requirements.

PET reclaimer Phoenix Technologies International will double its capacity to produce food-grade RPET, allowing it to produce up to 140 million pounds a year, the company announced.

The U.S. continued to ship less scrap plastic overseas during the first half of this year, federal trade data shows.

The majority of Fortune 500 companies are not on track to achieve their packaging sustainability commitments, a reflection of the gap between goals and on-the-ground impacts, Peter Wang Hjemdahl said.

Two corrugated industry experts have crunched the numbers and concluded that the OCC recycling rate is likely much lower than estimates published by the paper manufacturing sector.

If a bottled water label and cap are effectively unrecyclable, and if statistics show a majority of PET bottles are ultimately wasted, can the containers still be labeled as "100% recyclable"? A federal judge recently said yes.

Sims Lifecycle Services continued to boost the number of computers it repurposed last year, even as lower Chinese demand for used electronics cut into earnings.

A Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced a bill that would revamp the state's extended producer responsibility program for electronics.

If a bottled water label and cap are effectively unrecyclable, and if statistics show a majority of PET bottles are ultimately wasted, can the containers still be labeled as "100% recyclable"? A federal judge recently said yes.