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Napa Recycling will begin collecting glass separate from other single-stream recyclables at restaurants and other businesses, in a pilot project aimed at increasing the quality and value of its marketed glass. | Photo courtesy Napa Recycling
A pot of money created when California added wine and spirits bottles into its container redemption program is being used to fund glass recycling pilot projects, including a commercial collection program in the heart of wine country.
A recent webinar presented by the Northeast Recycling Council explored industry and federal efforts to improve consumer education and reduce fire risks. | Allyson-Kitts/Shutterstock
Many MRF operators cite batteries as their greatest challenge, and for good reason. Fires at waste management facilities have been steadily increasing in recent years, many traced back to improper disposal of household batteries.
The safety-focused summit came after the latest federal data showed a backslide in waste and recycling industry safety. | M2020/Shutterstock
As recycling companies seek to improve workplace safety amid an industry-wide increase in on-the-job fatalities, experts at a recent industry summit advised managers to focus their attention on — and for top executives, even to attend — the regular pre-shift safety meetings.
So far this year, Greif has closed two facilities and shut down a recycled paperboard machine. | JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock
Greif is ending its coated paperboard production on the West Coast by closing its recycled coated paperboard mill in Los Angeles, effective in June.
After a long runup, natural and colored HDPE grades saw sharp decreases in value once again in May, joined by drops in PET and PP prices. Mixed paper also declined slightly, while OCC remained steady.
WM, Republic and a city in Virginia announced upgrades and plans for new MRFs. | Ken Wolter/Shutterstock
The mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia, announced a new MRF with artificial intelligence-powered sorting. Meanwhile, Republic Services announced a new facility near St. Louis, Missouri, and WM completed improvements to an MRF in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Winter weather and tariffs were top of mind for five of the largest publicly traded garbage and recycling companies in North America in the first quarter of the year. | Republic Services
Bad weather in parts of the country weighed on leading recycling companies’ first-quarter earnings, their leaders said, but overall they saw revenue increases. Continue Reading
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In April, readers clicked on stories about the expansion and implementation of extended producer responsibility laws for packaging and paper, as well as a story on commodity pricing.
A secondary sorting facility pulling deposit containers out of mixed plastic bales was awarded funding from the state of California. | Hiv360/Shutterstock
California’s state recycling agency will provide $10 million toward a facility sorting plastics with resin codes 2-7, additional multimillion dollar grants for several major MRF retrofits, and a handful of smaller awards for localities to install recycling collection containers. Continue Reading