Connecticut brings material consistency to its residential program rules. That news is part of our roundup of recent materials recovery updates from U.S. states (and one Canadian province).
Features from the October 2017 print edition:
- Community Spotlight: County guides and fortifies local programs
- Data Corner: The terms used most often in outreach
- Destination unknown
- MRF of the Month: Republic Services Anaheim Recycling Center
- Recycling for all
- Small steps, big difference
- Taking it to the streets
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Readers last month were drawn to stories covering the various market and program impacts of China’s import restrictions.
Two beverage companies accept grants for recycling and sustainability efforts, and Oregon helps make expanded polystyrene recycling viable in a rural county.
More cities begin curbside collection of food-service packaging, and a municipal program offers refunds to customers after recycling loads are sent to the local landfill.
China’s ban on imports continued to draw readers’ interest last month, along with stories about Walmart and shifts in measuring recycling success.
When it made landfall on Aug. 25, Hurricane Harvey became the wettest tropical cyclone to ever hit the U.S., dumping more than five feet of water on Houston. The resulting floods have impacted the recycling industry in multiple ways, driving up prices for virgin plastics, hampering freight systems and halting curbside collections.