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].
A rendering of FCC’s planned MRF in Houston.
Over the last year, global facility operator FCC was determined to win a bid to sort Houston’s recyclables, and in the end it sweetened its offer to ensure it would be chosen. A company leader recently explained the details behind FCC’s strategy.
The world’s largest restaurant operator will increase recycling access at its food outlets and make packaging changes to lessen environmental impacts.
A study commissioned by Closed Loop Partners identifies strategies to enhance the PET bottle recycling system, allowing recycled PET to better compete with virgin plastic.
Two brand owners recently made pledges to boost recycled content and improve the recyclability of their packaging.
Tennessee’s fourth-largest city has removed glass from its single-stream curbside program.
Starting this year, all municipalities in New Jersey will be able to use one online platform to communicate recycling program information to their residents.
Six East Coast states experienced seven waste and recycling deaths in only the first week and a half of 2018, according to an industry group.
The manager of a shuttered mixed-waste processing facility in Montgomery, Ala. said depressed commodity prices and low waste volumes doomed the project. Additionally, bankruptcy filings outline millions owed to creditors.
In the quest to generate higher-quality end products, Penn Waste turned to a number of equipment advancements.
Plastic packaging producer Berry Global has joined The Recycling Partnership, a move it sees bringing direct benefits to the company and improvements to the recycling system as a whole.