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A barcode scanning innovation tells consumers the details on product recyclability, and a Canadian organization explains how the proposed materials ban in China could affect the recycling industry in one province.
A Canadian company acquires additional sorting facilities and a hauling operation, and a survey looks at how facilities handle glass.
The National Recycling Coalition made a handful of important announcements during the Resource Recycling Conference in Minneapolis last week.
Chinese importers enter their fourth month without renewed import quotas, and ISRI says meeting a 0.3 percent contamination limit is impossible.
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Recycling processors report that early September pricing for recovered plastic and aluminum packaging rose slightly over August levels.
Details and predictions about China’s import restrictions drew our readers’ attention last month.
One global group wants your eclipse glasses for reuse, and a paper recycling plant in Canada is parted out and auctioned off.
Rep. Ellison attends a zero waste fair in 2016.
Boosting recycling doesn’t just yield environmental and economic benefits, it also helps reduce the disproportionate burden of waste disposal on vulnerable populations.
Increasing incineration capacity across the pond has some recycling advocates concerned, and an Ohio municipality looks to return glass collection to residents.