Prices for recovered plastics increased across the board during the past month, with natural high-density polyethylene bales notching another record.
Prices for recovered plastics increased across the board during the past month, with natural high-density polyethylene bales notching another record.
Most food waste consists of meats, vegetables, fruit and bakery products, according to a recent Denkstatt report.
The need to reduce food waste has escalated as an issue during COVID-19. In response to current realities, consumers have raced to grocery stores to stockpile food, often buying in surplus. Now, we’re seeing food’s perishability firsthand.
State and local governments are facing increasing pressure to reverse, delay or otherwise roll back environmentally beneficial waste-reduction policies, such as fees or bans on plastic bags, in the name of public health.
Pyrolysis equipment inside the Agilyx facility in Oregon. | Jared Paben/Resource Recycling, Inc.