Local governments are saving money through their participation in statewide paint stewardship programs, according to the Product Stewardship Institute.
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The Closed Loop Fund has provided financial backing to Memphis, Tenn. to help the municipality transition to single-stream recycling.
The California Product Stewardship Council has helped form a new group to advocate for extended producer responsibility laws around the country.
Maine legislators are mulling a wide-ranging bill meant to help the state meet its 50 percent diversion goal.
A processing contract in Iowa is expected to boost one county’s recycling tipping fee by 88 percent, and plans for a recycling facility in New Jersey have been shelved over toxic chemical concerns.
For the past 14 months, The Recycling Partnership has supplied an average of 235 recycling carts each day to U.S. curbside programs, according to the group.
A pair of Northeast states accept applications for recycling-related grants, and funds are awarded for a host of initiatives in Midwest and West Coast jurisdictions.
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Resource Recycling readers were drawn last month to a MRF operator’s perspective on current recycling struggles and to a story about a slain recycling leader in Colorado.
In the latest episode in a long-fought battle over where the Portland metro area’s commercial and residential food scraps go, a compromise has been reached — though the fight may not be over.