American Battery Technology Company and battery stewardship organization Call2Recycle are partnering to advance recycling of lithium-ion batteries, shifting ABTC’s business model from primarily business-to-business operations to include a direct-to-consumer recycling channel. Cirba Solutions launched the WeRecycle Interactive Battery Recycling Map, to honor National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 5-11.  Continuum Powders launched a high-performance cobalt-chromium F75 powder made from recycled aerospace-grade...

In this monthly series, we spotlight women moving us toward a circular economy. Today, we meet Maia Corbitt of Texans for Clean Water.

PET thermoform packaging has exploded in the marketplace over the past decade, increasingly used for food, as well as electronics, cosmetics and more. However, as the two stories below make clear, recovery of this material has remained a struggle. As legislators, consumers and others continue to amplify concerns about plastic's sustainability, pressure is mounting to bring more thermoforms into the...

Mid-size cities, like Baltimore, are at a decisive inflection point when it comes to economic development. An early beacon of commerce and a vital crossroads of trade and community, Baltimore was a central player in the U.S. move toward independence and subsequent industrial revolution. Today, like so many urban areas across the United States, Baltimore faces complex challenges, including population...

This article appeared in the October 2021 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   For years, the recycling industry has had a delicate relationship with the realities of exporting recovered material to international markets. On one hand is the fact that recycling is part of a global economy in which manufacturers needing feedstock might...

This special section appeared in the June 2021 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   PET thermoform packaging has exploded in the marketplace over the past decade, increasingly used for food, as well as electronics, cosmetics and more. However, as the two stories on the following pages make clear, recovery of this material has remained...

The co-founder of a startup that sets up privatized container return systems says user incentives must be a part of wider strategies to boost plastics recovery.

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   As brands and retailers seek to meet recyclability goals, flexible packaging is far and away the biggest challenge. Innovation is happening at a rapid pace to ensure more of this material can be included in the established store drop-off stream...

This special section originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   It's easy to get behind the idea of a circular economy. Collect the packaging and other products out in the market, use this feedstock for clean manufacturing, create local jobs, cut down on waste and costs. The theoretical...