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Groups publish national recycling acceptance data

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The Recycling Partnership and GreenBlue this week released new data highlighting recycling program acceptance rates for 50 different material types across the country – and they vowed to publish updated versions twice per year from now on.

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WM’s $100 million MRF in Denver moves forward

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WM’s $100 million Denver, Colorado, MRF will come online just in time to capture an anticipated increase in recyclable materials, buoyed by the state’s new extended producer responsibility law for packaging. 

WM handled less material in 2022 than 2021, but it’s looking to grow its annual tons managed to 25 million by 2030. | Ken Wolter/Shutterstock

Analysts: Outlook murky for new containerboard capacity

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Although the North American containerboard market saw a surge of new recycling machines in 2023, producers are waiting to see how the market develops before investing in new capacity, according to experts at Fastmarkets. 

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Moving the goalposts

by Colin Staub

As major brands approach their recyclability  deadlines for 2025 and beyond, they’ve announced a near-uniform chorus of dashed expectations.

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Bright spots in glass recycling

by Marissa Heffernan

Despite recent turmoil in the glass recycling sector, industry leaders see reason for optimism.

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Reaching for circularity

by Michael R. Timpane, with contributions from Scott Mouw

Recycling can never achieve 100% recapture and reuse thanks to physics itself, but we can push it closer to that goal.

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