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A legal dispute in California centers on the state’s change in how it collects disposal and diversion rate data. | Esin Deniz/Shutterstock
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has won a court order temporarily shielding its scrap metal recycling members from having to relay their tonnage data to California regulators.
Lower prices have persisted for a number of key curbside recyclables, including fiber grades and aluminum cans.
2017 brought the lowest volume of film recovered and sold since 2010. | taniascamera/Shutterstock
Non-bottle mixed plastics and film recycling have experienced their first major drops in a decade, two studies indicate. But amid the challenges, domestic use of both streams increased.
Regulatory changes could prevent the U.S. from exporting mixed plastics to a number of countries. | rawf8/Shutterstock
Federal regulators are asking countries that are major buyers of U.S. recyclables to refrain from implementing new trade restrictions laid out in the Basel Convention, a treaty covering global scrap material shipments.
Various recycling-related research projects will receive grant funding from the REMADE Institute. | NicoElNino/Shutterstock
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A number of recycling companies and industry associations are involved in research projects that recently received federal funding.
A newly formed business called Willamette Falls Paper Company will reopen the former West Linn Paper Company mill. | hxdyl/Shutterstock
A shuttered paper mill near Portland, Ore. will reopen this year, and the new operator has hinted the site will incorporate recovered paper feedstock as it scales up in the future.
The average blended value for recyclables at U.S. MRFs was recently calculated at around $35 per ton. | hiv360/Shutterstock
Between overseas import restrictions, tariff impacts and domestic market volatility, an erratic environment has become the norm for recycling operators around North America.
Olympia, Wash. | Christoper Boswell/Shutterstock
The Pacific Northwest has been hit hard by market downturns, driving lawmakers in Washington state to order an examination of how the state can fortify regional end markets and processing capacity. That research is now public.
Waste Management is purchasing Advanced Disposal for nearly $5 billion. | rblfmr/Shutterstock
Waste Management’s largest acquisition to date has been approved by shareholders, paving the way for the company to purchase Advanced Disposal Services for $4.9 billion.
Recovered fiber markets caught reader attention last month. | sylv1rob1/Shutterstock
Markets and contamination were the hot topics in June, with all of our most popular articles highlighting these issues.