Houston will undergo another round of bidding from companies interested in sorting and selling its curbside recyclables, and the editor of a local paper gets a firsthand lesson in the problem of contamination.
Houston will undergo another round of bidding from companies interested in sorting and selling its curbside recyclables, and the editor of a local paper gets a firsthand lesson in the problem of contamination.
Two large cities engage in cart-tagging campaigns to raise contamination awareness, and Maine’s container deposit drama continues with a state board refusing to ban the sale of small liquor bottles.
An Iowa county reports higher participation one year after switching to single-stream collection, and the impact of China’s informal recycling collection sector is studied.
A county of more than 700,000 residents cuts glass from its curbside recycling program, and Maryland’s governor reverses the state’s zero waste rules.
Recycling in an Arkansas community is reinstated after two years of controversial landfilling, and paper recovery varies widely in different parts of Canada.
Lawmakers support a landfill fee that funds recycling in one state, and an Arkansas community sees its contamination rate settle after multiple years of dramatic increases.
A co-founder of the Closed Loop Fund weighs in on the recycling impact of the proposed U.S. EPA budget cuts, and U.K. exporters say China’s National Sword policy is complicating plastic film shipments.
A newsprint mill using recycled materials announces it will idle indefinitely, and a handful of recycling groups and companies have issued statements in the wake of the Trump Administration’s move to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
Recycling stream shifts driven by e-commerce are leading one hauler to seek higher collection charges, and the largest MRF in the Southern Hemisphere opens in Western Australia.
A beverage heavyweight pledges $6 million to the Closed Loop Fund, and a European effort leads to a plastic-free blister pack.