A fast-growing recycling robotics company is finding particular success marketing to plastics reclaimers, which are using the systems to sort scrap material from lower-grade bales, a company leader said. 

An employee at an Ontario plastics recycling facility has died in an on-the-job incident, according to media reports.

Waste Management handled 465,000 tons of scrap plastic bales in 2022, down from the previous year because recycling plant upgrades required temporary shutdowns. 

An industry group has launched a survey of recycling industry stakeholders to bring clarity to how they recover glass.

Deals with major operators and a partnership with an aluminum group are helping fuel growth for EverestLabs, a relatively new entrant into the business of recycling AI.

A secondary aluminum company has begun licensing a technology to reduce impurities in molten recycled aluminum, according to the REMADE Institute. 

The total e-scrap weight handled by Washington state's program dropped, one device was wrongly exported to the Middle East and a processor exited the program last year, according to an annual report.

Lower recovered HDPE prices have allowed 100% recycled HDPE pallet manufacturer Greystone Logistics to boost its profit margin. 

Plastics recycling equipment company Xaloy will build an R&D facility in Ohio, with a goal of developing technologies to support the use of recycled resins. 

For Unifi, greater sales of recycled PET flakes and chips in the Americas provided one bright spot amid an otherwise gloomy business environment last year.