Resource Recycling News
Small format packing collaboration
How out-of-the-bottle collaborative action benefits glass and small-format packaging recovery.
Modern recycling meets AI
Investments in AI technology enable companies to perform advanced visual sorting, nearly real-time machine monitoring and data analytics.
Deposit schemes garner support, despite ‘awareness gap’
A new study commissioned by a global aluminum recycling initiative indicates that DRS programs can help bridge an "awareness gap"...
Austria’s DRS on track for 80% collection in first year
Austria was the 17th country in Europe to implement a deposit-return scheme for single-use beverage containers, and aims for a...
Grant funds EPS foam recycling in Nebraska
First Star Recycling in Omaha and the City of Lincoln each received $25,000 grants from the Foodservice Packaging Institute's Foam...
Film bale prices soften; paper and cans stable
Prices for OCC, paper and UBCs remained stable in December, while plastics trends diverged.
Alberta extends materials, time for ag plastics pilot
The Canadian province renewed funding for the program, which in 2026 will accept silage plastic and bale wrap in addition...
Republicans propose US House bill on chemical recycling
The bill seeks to classify chemical recycling as a manufacturing process rather than as waste incineration, to help speed infrastructure...
Virginia opens comment for state solid waste plan
Virginia is taking public comment on a draft solid waste plan that updates decades-old rules, raises recycling goals, expands data...
Colorado approves final EPR plan for packaging
The state approved the plan from Circular Action Alliance, clearing the way for the law's implementation within the next six...










