Associate Editor Jared Paben has worked for Resource Recycling since December 2014. Most of his earlier career was spent as a reporter for the daily newspaper in Bellingham, Wash., but he also has experience working for the Oregon volunteerism commission and for Oregon nonprofits serving low-income populations. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Waste Management and other North American waste and recycling haulers saw rising revenues in the most recent quarter. | Dan Leif/Resource Recycling, Inc.
North America’s largest haulers all reported substantial year-over-year recycling boosts during the second quarter, although revenue numbers cooled somewhat from earlier in the year.
Grants are available for MRFs to install equipment to clean up their glass recovery stream. | NatchaB/Shutterstock
The Glass Packaging Institute is developing a leasing model to help more MRFs finance glass cleanup systems.
Washington, D.C. has been honored as a 2022 Recycling Program of the Year award winner. | Courtesy of the city of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. and Fayetteville, Ark. have been named the 2022 Program of the Year winners by Resource Recycling.
ReGen Monterey operates an advanced MRF among other diversion operations. | Via ReGen Monterey video
A prominent waste management district in California sees state policies and investments opening up the possibility of a zero-waste future, and its new name reflects that vision.
Total Fiber Recovery of Chesapeake is building a pulping mill in Chesapeake, Va. that will bring in mixed paper and OCC bales. | Courtesy of Bulk Handling Systems
A pulping plant that will consume mixed paper and OCC is now under construction in Virginia. Meanwhile, Sonoco has started testing recycling of plastic-lined paper cups. Continue Reading
The student team “The Rogue Pack” presenting at the 2022 Oregon Envirothon.
Informa’s acquisition of Industry Dive means further consolidation of the waste and recycling news space. | fizkes/Shutterstock
Waste and recycling publications Waste Dive and Waste360 will share the same ownership following the completion of a recently announced acquisition deal.
An automated sorting system uses AI to continuously reprogram itself to remove different materials. | Courtesy of BHS
An autonomous system developed by Bulk Handling Systems is really more of a sorting loop than a sorting line.
O-I expects to install pollution control equipment at its Portland, Ore. bottle factory by April 2024. | Jared Paben/Resource Recycling, Inc.
Owens-Illinois will install pollution reduction equipment as part of a deal to keep operating its Portland, Ore. glass bottle factory. Meanwhile, the Quebec government will help O-I fund upgrades at its Montreal plant.
