Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Trade data shows the U.S. has exported 4.2 million short tons of recovered fiber to China from January through August this year. | apiguide/Shutterstock
China continues to import a substantial amount of OCC from the U.S. and elsewhere. But an all-out ban and other regulatory changes loom on the horizon.
The CorrVentures mill in N.Y. projects to consume some 330,000 tons per year of mixed paper and OCC. | sylv1rob1/Shutterstock
Developers of a recycled paper mill in New York have released new feedstock and financial figures for the project.
Avangard Innovative CEO Rick Perez recently shared details on the company’s upcoming expansion. | Anthony Rathbun
Texas-based Avangard Innovative will grow exponentially in 2020, opening three processing sites to recover and pelletize plastic film.
President Trump plans to join Australia’s prime minister on a paper mill tour Sept. 22. | Michael Candelori/Shutterstock
Pratt Industries’ 100% recycled containerboard mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio will host President Donald Trump for a tour this weekend, putting a spotlight on a major new end-market for recovered paper.
A pair of much-watched California bills looked to require a 75% reduction of waste from single-use packaging.| Eziutka /Shutterstock
Sweeping legislation in California that would have set aggressive recycling mandates on a range of items failed to advance last week.
Los Alamos is known to many as the site of a major research center that has made some pivotal discoveries, including development of the atomic bomb. In some ways, its research facility also factors into the community’s diversion efforts.
From left: Mick Barry, Brian Hawkinson, Shailesh Gothal, Dave Yousif, Mark Bond and Dave Claugus at the 2019 Resource Recycling Conference and Trade Show. | Brian Adams Photography/Resource Recycling Conference
MRF operators, brokers and others recently discussed why fiber is still “the elephant in the room” in municipal recycling conversations.
Assembly Bill 827 requires many commercial establishments to offer recycling service to their customers. | Brandon Bourdages/Shutterstock
Businesses that are required to receive recycling and composting service in California will need to offer those collection services to customers, under a bill approved by the state legislature.
Norpac will convert a third of its production capacity to recycled packaging. | Google Maps screen capture.
A Pacific Northwest mill has pledged to bring in an additional 400,000 tons per year of recycled paper as it shifts into packaging production.
