Back to Top

Author Archives: Colin Staub

About Colin Staub

Colin-StaubColin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].

WM and Waste Connections open up on collection shifts

Published: July 15, 2020
Updated:

by
Waste Connections recycling collection truck unloads material at the Balcones MRF in Austin, Texas.

A leader with Waste Connections said that his company has seen increased collection volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Resource Recycling file photo.

Two large publicly held waste and recycling companies are taking in higher residential volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they say contamination has been flat. Recently, they’ve also started seeing critical upticks on the commercial side.

Continue Reading

Posted in Top stories | Tagged , |

Another major shipping line ends scrap service to China

Published: July 1, 2020
Updated:

by
Hapag-Lloyd shipping vessel with cargo.

Hapag-Lloyd announced that it will not accept “solid waste” cargo that would arrive in China after Sept. 1. | Solarisys/Shutterstock

This article has been updated.

Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd announced it will stop taking recycled material loads to China this year, citing the country’s recent law that referenced an all-out “solid waste” import ban in the near future.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , |

Recycling policy is back after COVID-19 hiatus

Published: June 24, 2020
Updated:

by
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Recently, a Senate committee spent two hours hearing about the challenges facing U.S. recycling. | Alexandru Smut Calin/Shutterstock

Across the U.S., recycling conversations among elected officials are gaining momentum, suggesting 2020 could still be marked by laws related to materials recovery.

Continue Reading

Posted in Top stories | Tagged |

The takeaways from over a year of flexible film sortation

Published: June 17, 2020
Updated:

by

Researchers found a number of challenges to the development of curbside flexible plastic packaging recovery. | Jared Paben/Resource Recycling, Inc.

A multi-stakeholder project was able to hit some goals separating flexible plastic packaging from other recyclables at a MRF. But backers also reported significant hurdles moving material downstream cost-effectively.

Continue Reading

Posted in Top stories | Tagged |

Shipping giant stops taking exports to Hong Kong

Published: June 10, 2020
Updated:

by
MSC cargo ship at port.

Shipping company MSC stopped accepting scrap cargo headed to China and Hong Kong as of June 1. | Fomin Roman/Shutterstock

A major shipping line will no longer accept recovered plastic and other scrap material shipments bound for Hong Kong, which remains a large market for U.S. exports.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , |