There’s a growing worry among MRF operators, and it has nothing to do with commodity markets: Lithium-ion batteries are causing fires and explosions at facilities nationwide.
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There’s a growing worry among MRF operators, and it has nothing to do with commodity markets: Lithium-ion batteries are causing fires and explosions at facilities nationwide.
An initiative that has been the source of industry debate over recovery of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging is awarding $100,000 in grants to expand to more communities.
Industry experts say numerous recovered plastics processing facilities are popping up worldwide, as the global market shifts away from shipping raw material into China.
A Nespresso-backed recycling program for single-use aluminum coffee capsules has moved from the ‘burbs to the big city in British Columbia.
A recycling program coordinator for an Ohio county has authored a backyard composting book, encouraging home composting and providing a one-stop shop for professionals who are educating others about the practice.
Keefe Harrison, CEO of The Recycling Partnership, at the 2016 Resource Recycling Conference.
The Recycling Partnership now has nearly 40 industry entities behind it. That raises an interesting question: How does one organization balance the needs of so many corporate backers?
Li Ganjie, China’s minister of environmental protection
More than a year after China’s announced National Sword, the country’s import restrictions and their impacts continue to draw readers’ interest.
The U.S. has become a focus of investment for a small yet growing portion of the Chinese scrap processing industry. Backers of two in-development operations note they are looking for regulatory stability and a strong supply of recyclables.
