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WM highlights recycling activities during tumultuous year
The largest hauler in North America processed a record amount of recyclables in 2019, and it invested more than $100 million to improve its recycling infrastructure, according to its latest sustainability report.
Ontario mill expansion to use OCC and mixed paper
A Canadian packaging firm will expand with a paper machine producing 400,000 tons per year of containerboard and other corrugated products.
In Our Opinion: How EPR program design impacts costs
In this second in a four-part series, experts explain how myriad factors affect the costs producers must pay in different extended producer responsibility systems.
Canadian province proposes EPR program changes
Leaders in Ontario unveiled regulations adding materials to its Blue Box recycling program, expanding service to smaller communities and setting high diversion targets.
China’s 2020 ban ‘will not have massive impact’ on fiber markets
Is the global recycled paper sector prepared for China’s complete exit from the market next year? Experts weighed in during a recent Bureau of International Recycling session.
EPA lays out steps to bolster US recycling landscape
A draft of the U.S. EPA’s National Recycling Strategy was published last week. The plan aims to foster a “stronger, more resilient and cost-effective” recycling system.
Natural HDPE plastic values hit record high price
The price of natural high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bales surpassed 61 cents per pound for the first time. Meanwhile, the average mixed-paper price notched upward by several dollars.

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