The City of Calgary’s curbside recycling program has accepted plastic bags since it was rolled out in 2009, but it has faced a recurring issue: residents tossing them in the cart loose, instead of in bundles. This year, an outreach campaign aimed to address the problem head-on.
Readers were drawn to news about the pain recovered plastics exporters are feeling from China’s National Sword campaign. They also read about how technology can boost bale quality.
Maine’s “nips” saga takes another turn with the governor’s veto, and a handful of recycling groups and companies have issued statements in the wake of the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has signed SB 212 into law, which simplifies some of the reporting requirements under the state’s bottle bill.
Processors of packaging waste in the U.K. are calling for major reforms to the current packaging recovery note (PRN) system, which they contend encourages exports of scrap material.
Recycling organizations will try to sell Congress on the economic and environmental benefits of the U.S. EPA’s Waste Minimization and Recycling program, which is cut in President Trump’s proposed budget.
If all non-recycled plastics in the U.S. were converted to oil, the effort would generate enough transportation fuel to power nearly 9 million cars per year.
New research suggests mixed-waste MRFs are capable of recovering more plastics than single-stream facilities.
A company creating plastics processing aids from recycled plastics has announced a new line of PP waxes.
A manufacturer has been recognized for its process that uses 100 percent post-consumer plastics from e-scrap, as well as packaging and textiles, sourced from recycling companies across the U.S.