Traders fudge paperwork to skirt import limits
by Colin Staub
Southeast Asian countries are moving to constrain imports of recyclables, but some exporters are mislabeling scrap plastic shipments to get around the restrictions.
by Colin Staub
Southeast Asian countries are moving to constrain imports of recyclables, but some exporters are mislabeling scrap plastic shipments to get around the restrictions.
by Jared Paben
A major Iowa newspaper has explored how hammered recyclables markets forced Mid America Recycling to send paper to landfills this summer.
by Jared Paben
A survey of full-scale food scraps processing facilities in the U.S. provides insights into processing infrastructure for food and compostable paper and plastic packaging.
by Jerry Powell
A first-of-its-kind assessment of more than 300 U.S. single-stream sorting facilities helps paint a picture of the sortation sector in areas such as facility size, capacity utilization and employee efficiency.
by Dan Leif and Colin Staub
As the U.S. and trading partners impose duties on each other, the recycling sector will likely experience more expensive equipment and economic uncertainty. At a time of market turbulence, those shake-ups are not welcome news.
by Chuck White
To curb methane emissions, California is mandating a 75 percent reduction in organics disposal. A policy insider argues such ambitions may not be practical – or even get to the heart of the greenhouse gas issue.
by Jared Paben
Firstar Fiber’s MRF was the first in Nebraska to install optical sorters and a robotic system. It was also the first to permanently join a program to separately collect difficult-to-recycle plastics.
by Colin Staub
The experience of one Northeast town shows how adding financial incentives based on materials diversion can invigorate a recycling program.
