Recently, I had to go to Ikea to get some office gear. And I’m always struck by the same thing when I wend my way through the labyrinth that is that retail establishment, the just-so nature of all of their pre-fab rooms. It's tantalizing, everything in its right place with its right purpose – a suggestion that even I can...

Recently, I had to go to Ikea to get some office gear. And I’m always struck by the same thing when I wend my way through the labyrinth that is that retail establishment, the just-so nature of all of their pre-fab rooms. It's tantalizing, everything in its right place with its right purpose – a suggestion that even I can...

My eldest daughter's middle school science class is using recycling to teach energy usage, and it's pretty fun to have a personal connection to one of her lessons – more fun, at least, than being befuddled by her Japanese immersion class. So there I was, trying to help, but I kept noticing a lot of the assumptions in the lessons...

Waste Management's CEO, David Steiner, follows up his Resource Recycling Conference keynote address with a deeper dive into questions surrounding the recycling industry.

More than $20,000 was raised by the Association of Plastic Recyclers to start a short-term plastic bottle reclamation program in Flint, Mich., where residents have been generating large volumes of water bottles amid a leaded-water crisis. At the mid-year meeting of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), it was announced that the organization would offer $10,000 in seed money to...

Almost 150 plastics recycling stakeholders came together in San Antonio last week to highlight ongoing efforts to boost the volume and quality of recycled plastics, in part via engagement with packaging producers and brand owners. A number of plastics recovery initiatives were discussed and announced at the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) mid-year meeting, including the recent update of the...

Don’t think intellectual property laws apply to the scrap electronics recycling and refurbishment industry? Advocates fighting for "the right to repair" have news for you. Speaking at last week’s ISRI convention in Vancouver, Corynne McSherry, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), laid out the issues facing those companies that wish to repair and refurbish the smartphones and tablets...