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How MRFs and brands are adding materials to the bin

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Faced with challenges moving recycled materials in recent years, MRFs and curbside recycling programs have occasionally opted to stop accepting certain materials, particularly experimental or harder-to-market packaging types.

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UN treaty talks extended after usual roadblocks

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Negotiations for a global, legally-binding treaty to address plastic pollution will spill over into another meeting, but participants noted the need for a seismic shift to reach the finish line after a fifth round of United Nations negotiations splintered along similar lines as the last four.

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Glass collection options shift in Pacific Northwest

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Glass is well known in the industry as both easy and challenging to recycling – easy from a technical sense and challenging logistically. That was recently highlighted by multiple developments in western Washington.

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Save the Date! 2024 Resource Recycling Conference

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E-Scrap Conference 2024 highlights

by Editorial staff

Resource Recycling’s annual deep dive into electronics recycling explored policy changes and other aspects of the industry.

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Sorting through the multifamily challenge

by Keith Loria

A 4,255-unit multifamily community finds success with its recent composting initiative.

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Expanding the tire recycling front

by Dan Holtmeyer

States, advocates and others say they’re putting more tires back to work in new ways.

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