The recycling industry must make large-scale facility investments to adapt to the fast-changing world of materials recovery, according to a longtime MRF consultant.
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The recycling industry must make large-scale facility investments to adapt to the fast-changing world of materials recovery, according to a longtime MRF consultant.
Import duties have taken effect on machinery, components and billions of dollars of additional products shipped to the U.S. from China.
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The Chinese government has announced key policies in recent weeks, including a plan to ban all recovered material imports by 2020. In the U.S., Waste Management offered details on the impact of National Sword thus far.
Canadian companies Emterra Group and Merlin Plastics are deepening their ongoing partnership, with an eye on the evolving world of corporate sustainability.
During their regular schedule, employees of the MRF near High Point, N.C. work on one shift during daylight hours, sorting and baling residential recyclables.
Four years ago, it became clear Montgomery, Ala. was going to be the testing ground for an updated approach to mixed-waste processing.
A shuttered mixed-waste processing site in Montgomery, Ala. will reopen to once again separate recyclables from garbage.
New pre-shipment inspection requirements for loads of scrap material bound for China are scheduled to begin this week, and one exporter says the change is going to be a costly disruption.
A Wisconsin-headquartered fiber company will build a $500 million paper mill that will use 100 percent recycled content sourced from OCC and mixed paper.
Chinese officials have responded to concerns from other nations about recent import restrictions. The Chinese comments directly address the “waste versus scrap” debate as well as global economic repercussions of National Sword.