by Colin Staub
A Minnesota plastic film processing facility that experienced a high-profile failure early this year will reopen with longtime plastics recycling company GDB International at the reins.
Over the last few years, materials recovery facilities have introduced next-generation optical sorters and AI waste analytics systems to learn more about their material. As a result, their facility managers are now awash in data.
A project involving glass packaging giant O-I has brought a glass recycling facility to Louisville, Kentucky, aiming to process 2.4 million pounds of glass in its first year.
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by Colin Staub and Marissa Heffernan
The stagnation of U.S. recycling collections has drawn increased attention to updating federal data and expanding the pool of acceptable materials.
by Dan Holtmeyer
Projects expanding and improving public education for recycling programs get a $33 million boost.
by Michael R. Timpane, with contributions from Scott Mouw
The concept of circularity is held up as the end goal of recycling, the alternative to the dominant, linear take-make-waste approach. But what does it really mean, and is it really possible?
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