Houston’s move to remove glass from the curbside stream kills a planned multi-million-dollar industry investment there, according to an executive at glass processing company Strategic Materials.
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].Houston’s move to remove glass from the curbside stream kills a planned multi-million-dollar industry investment there, according to an executive at glass processing company Strategic Materials.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ ISRI2016 show didn’t just discuss industry issues and equipment – it also provided a platform for ventures looking to drive social change with recycled materials.
Saying a material can’t be thrown away isn’t a guarantee it will be recycled. That’s a takeaway from the cardboard landfill ban Fort Collins, Colo. imposed in 2013.
Hundreds of thousands of Texans could lose curbside recycling service if the Houston City Council rejects a new contract with Waste Management.
The immediate future of Houston’s curbside recycling program is uncertain after city leaders rejected a proposed contract renewal with Waste Management.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner
Curbside recycling will likely continue uninterrupted in America’s fourth-largest city, but it comes at the expense of glass recovery.
Nearly 6,000 tons of batteries and cell phones were collected for recycling by Call2Recycle in 2014, marking a new record for the manufacturer-backed group.
An artificially intelligent optical sortation device has started sorting some of the millions of pounds of batteries collected across the U.S. by stewardship group Call2Recycle.
A committee in the New Jersey General Assembly voted to advance the “Smart Container Act,” which would place a 10-cent deposit on containers of less than 24 ounces and a 20-cent deposit on larger ones.
California officials no longer envision immediate cuts to programs funded by the state’s beverage container fund – because the fund’s financial future looks brighter.