Climbing recycled paper prices contributed to the recent idling or closure of two newsprint mills, one in North America and one in Asia.
Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].Climbing recycled paper prices contributed to the recent idling or closure of two newsprint mills, one in North America and one in Asia.
For the second year in a row, U.S. paper recovery marked a record high in 2016. Use of recycled paper is also marking a new milestone in Canada.
Plastic products sold in California with “biodegradable” and “compostable” printed on their labels cost Walmart nearly $1 million in a settlement earlier this month.
A legal petition filed last week claims a mixed-waste processing facility being built by Waste Management in California could harm source-separation efforts.
The City of Calgary’s curbside recycling program has accepted plastic bags since it was rolled out in 2009, but it has faced a recurring issue: residents tossing them in the cart loose, instead of in bundles. This year, an outreach campaign aimed to address the problem head-on.
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For years, the plastics recycling sector has aimed to keep plastic film out of curbside bins and carts, in an effort to both keep the material clean and avoid the well-documented problems bags and other items cause at recycling facilities.
Recycling organizations will try to sell Congress on the economic and environmental benefits of the U.S. EPA’s Waste Minimization and Recycling program, which is cut in President Trump’s proposed budget.
Funding for a North Carolina recycling support program has been restored in the state House of Representatives’ budget proposal, a sharp departure from the Senate’s desire to slash the office entirely.
Call2Recycle has reported record volumes as it expands its focus beyond the realm of rechargeable batteries.
If a municipal recycling program wants to increase its performance, local government engagement is needed. Several program leaders made that clear during a discussion hosted by the U.S. EPA last week.