The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its annual Scrap Yearbook, a statistical and comprehensive publication regarding the U.S. and global scrap industry. The book is meant to be a guide for recycling industry members as well as provide an explanation and overview of the industry, including its benefits and challenges.The Yearbook reveals electronics recycling adds about $20.6...

Another county has joined the WRAP (Wrap Recycling Action Program) initiative, an effort by the Flexible Film Recycling Group of the American Chemistry Council to collect more plastic bags and film at local stores. People living in Mecklenburg County, N.C., the most populous county in the state with more than a million residents, can now recycle things like plastic grocery...

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its annual Scrap Yearbook, a statistical and comprehensive publication regarding the U.S. and global scrap industry. The book is meant to be a guide for recycling industry members as well as provide an explanation and overview of the industry, including its benefits and challenges. The Yearbook reveals 7.7 million tons of...

The Los Angeles Board of Public Works recommended seven haulers who should be awarded contracts in the City's upcoming commercial franchise hauling zones. The basics The decision must still be approved by the City Council and the Mayor. If approved, the haulers will start business in one or more zones in July 2017. The following companies were awarded contracts: Athens:...

Coca-Cola HBC, a major bottler for the Coca-Cola Co. in Europe, has announced seven new sustainability goals for 2020. The goals include reducing the amount of packaging by 25 percent per liter, recover 40 percent of the material it places on the market for recycling, and sourcing 20 percent of the total PET used from rPET or PET from renewable...

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its annual Scrap Yearbook, a statistical and comprehensive publication regarding the U.S. and global scrap industry. The book is meant to be a guide for recycling industry members as well as provide an explanation and overview of the industry, including its benefits and challenges. The Yearbook reveals that in 2015, 190...

What does the future hold for California's e-scrap recycling program? Stakeholders were recently polled on different possibilities, and respondents were divided on issues such as landfill ban proposals and whether or not to continue the state's unique consumer-fee strategy. CalRecycle, the agency that manages the collection and management of e-scrap in the state, surveyed 138 stakeholders about issues related to...

It's been a little over a year since repair group iFixit and processor ERI teamed up to recover components from used electronics. And thus far, the effort has been successful in getting much-needed items out to the repair community. "There's all kind of pockets and holes in the market where there hasn't been service parts available," said Kyle Wiens, CEO...

Starting next month, $3 million worth of grants will be available to local governments in New York that are paying to recycle electronics. The money, from the state's Environmental Protection Fund, is supposed to help municipalities cover shortfalls in the program. Two product stewardship groups applaud the decision to make the grants available, but they also say the money is...

A growing Oregon-based company that makes injection molded plastic carriers for the food and beverage industry has been steadily boosting its use of post-consumer recycled content in recent years. PakTech uses HDPE for its carriers, its most popular design being a six-pack ring for craft beers. The company also makes HDPE carrier products for juices and other food and beverage...