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States with abundant wind energy also face issues relating to disposal of old turbine blades. | Rudmer Zwerver/shutterstock
As energy sourced from wind turbines grows, the issue of disposing of end-of-life blades also has increased in complexity and severity, spurring legal challenges and new technologies. Continue Reading
Glass packaging giant Ardagh in June notified Washington state authorities it would shut down its Seattle container plant, removing a local end market. | DimaSid/Shutterstock
After a bottle production plant in Seattle shuttered over the summer, a local glass beneficiation facility has lost demand for its cullet, leaving multiple area recycling programs without a downstream outlet for their glass. Continue Reading
Automation using AI, optical sorters and robotics can also help reduce compliance costs and improve revenue, AMP representatives said in a recent webinar. | Jantsarik/Shutterstock
MRFs looking to improve their profit and loss should consider automation, AMP representatives said in the third installment of the AMP Live Talks webinar series. Continue Reading
Rebound members can now trade more recycled materials on the platform, including plastics, metal, glass, OCC and e-scrap. | New Africa/Shutterstock
After starting in plastics, an online recycled material trading platform is expanding into glass, metal, rubber, OCC and paper and will soon add e-scrap. Continue Reading
To hit its recycling goals, by 2030 the recycling industry will need to double the amount of glass it recovers nationally compared with where it was in around 2020. | Josep Curto/Shutterstock
Although glass has its share of unique challenges in the recycling system, brand owners in the glass space are facing all-too-familiar hurdles in figuring out how they’ll hit 2030 recycling and recycled content goals. Continue Reading
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery on Oct. 14 opened a 15-day written comment period on permanent regulations for the state’s EPR program. | Jonathan-Lenz/Shutterstock
Producers, recyclers and the public have another chance to comment on California’s SB 54 extended producer responsibility for packaging permanent regulations.
Mixed paper and OCC sank by 21% and 16%, respectively, this month, marking a pivot from a long runup that plateaued over the summer. Curbside plastic price trends varied by grade.
Amazon announced it has removed all plastic air pillows from delivery packaging at its global fulfillment centers, replacing them with paper filler. | Photo courtesy of Amazon
Online e-commerce giant Amazon released an update on its sustainability goals, announcing it has hit its goal of replacing plastic air pillows with paper filler throughout North America.
Bloomberg’s latest Circular Economy Company Ranking reported on corporate sustainability pledges, finding a theme of costs outweighing target progress. | Aykut Erdogdu/Shutterstock
A new report from Bloomberg’s market research division provides further evidence of brand owners struggling to meet stated recycled content goals due to a lack of available material and cost pressure.