Joe Ursuy, executive vice president of national businesses for energy, renewables and waste at Comerica Bank, was elected to the National Waste and Recycling Association Hall of Fame.
Graphic Packaging announced it would close its Middletown facility in Ohio by June 1, as it consolidates production into its plants in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Waco, Texas.
The National Recycling Coalition‘s Scholarship Program is accepting applications through May 30.
U.K.-based Reconomy acquired American Outsourced Waste and Recycling, a broker based in East Hartford, Connecticut, that connects clients with recycling services.
Reworld, which processes a variety of material streams, announced Paul Scherzer has been hired as chief financial officer and Amy Plasha has been promoted to chief human resources officer.
The Recycled Materials Association board announced it would consider making several changes to its residential dual- and single-stream MRF specifications. ReMA’s Paper Stock Industries chapter also announced past president George Chen has retired after 45 years in the recovered paper trading business.
Scouting America launched a nationwide Clean Waterways Initiative, encouraging Scouts to help clean up marine debris through organized events and data collection for the Marine Debris Tracker app to help increase understanding of pollution patterns.
Story of Stuff, in partnership with international environmental consultancy Eunomia, released a new report that found that California could transition 25% of its packaged beverages to reusable bottles within the next decade.