Dan Leif is the managing editor at Resource Recycling, Inc., which publishes Resource Recycling, Plastics Recycling Update and E-Scrap News. He has been with the company since 2013 and has edited different trade publications since 2006. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Solar arrays installed on the roofs of Gannon & Scott’s facilities on both coasts produce excess electricity that is returned to the grid.
Few businesses can say they’ve been around for a century, but precious metals refiner Gannon & Scott now can make the claim.
California cities of 50,000 residents or more are seeing inbound contamination rates between 8% and 46%, with an average of 20%. | Oksana Shturo/Shutterstock
According to a study from The Recycling Partnership, large and mid-sized cities in California see an average contamination rate of around 20%, a finding that underscores the complications of aligning enthusiastic residents with local-program realities.
Laura Sullivan, a “Frontline” correspondent, investigates plastic waste dumping in Indonesia as part of the news show’s “Plastic Wars” episode.
Business challenges related to the wider market are likely to pop up again and again in the coming months. | Poring Studio/Shutterstock
The new effort will explore how PP packaging types that are not currently recycled could be in the future. | JohnKwan/Shutterstock
The Recycling Partnership is gearing up to launch the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to develop holistic solutions for diverting the growing array of packaging made with No. 5 plastic.
In November 2019, two complementary bills were introduced to Congress aiming to bring additional funding to materials recovery initiatives. | Nicole S Glass/Shutterstock
With the new year now underway, government leaders are refocusing on issues that may have been put on the back-burner toward the end of 2019.
This story originally appeared in the January 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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Not surprisingly, the great glass debate is continuing into 2017. Four municipalities from different corners of the country recently made moves or began discussions to try to recover glass in a more cost-effective manner.
A comprehensive industry study has put a dollar amount on what U.S. materials recovery facilities and their municipal partners are spending to move recovered glass downstream.
