A new report on the state of curbside recycling in the United States drew attention in February. | stephen rudolph/Shutterstock
Stories about declining export markets and painful curbside recyclables pricing drew our readers’ attention last month.
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A new report on the state of curbside recycling in the United States drew attention in February. | stephen rudolph/Shutterstock
Stories about declining export markets and painful curbside recyclables pricing drew our readers’ attention last month.
During recent earnings calls, a number of fiber company executives touched on pricing trends they are seeing around OCC and other grades.
One major U.S. mill operator is actively shipping recycled paper pulp to China, and another is installing equipment to bring in lower grades of paper feedstock. Those were a few takeaways from recent earnings calls from publicly traded paper firms.
The new effort will explore how PP packaging types that are not currently recycled could be in the future. | JohnKwan/Shutterstock
The Recycling Partnership is gearing up to launch the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to develop holistic solutions for diverting the growing array of packaging made with No. 5 plastic.
For MRFs in the Northeastern U.S., the average value of a ton of recyclables was $42.41 during the fourth quarter of 2019.
Curbside recyclables pricing in the Northeastern U.S. was fairly flat late last year, but processing costs for recycling facilities increased noticeably, according to a Northeast Recycling Council survey.
A recent Greenpeace report noted companies are increasingly calling a wider variety of products “recyclable.” | Marko Rupena/Shutterstock
Several recycling industry reports were recently released, including a Greenpeace indictment of recyclability labeling, the latest updates from Closed Loop Partners, and one state’s investigation of food waste in public schools.
The New York Capitol in Albany, where two bills concerning packaging EPR are currently in committees.| Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock
Two bills have been introduced in New York State creating extended producer responsibility programs for printed paper and packaging.
This year’s Resource Recycling Conference is providing much-needed insight on a range of critical recycling issues. And on the event’s first day, the National Recycling Coalition named its new executive director.
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In the runup to the 2017 Resource Recycling Conference, we’re offering email profiles of a few of the experts who will be taking the stage in Minneapolis this month.