In its first full year of operation, British Columbia’s printed paper and packaging recycling program notched a 77 percent recovery rate, beating the target set by the government.
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In its first full year of operation, British Columbia’s printed paper and packaging recycling program notched a 77 percent recovery rate, beating the target set by the government.
Tissue manufacturer Cascades will open a $64 million operation outside of Portland, Ore. to produce both virgin and recycled-content tissues and paper towels.
The Canadian city of Edmonton has been forced to eat its paper-recycling investment – millions of dollars – after the company it partnered with went bankrupt and no other firms stepped up to take over the plant.
Scrap plastics recently enjoyed a month-to-month rise in shipments abroad. Paper and metals, however, were marked by declines.
Climbing recycled paper prices contributed to the recent idling or closure of two newsprint mills, one in North America and one in Asia.
The product stewardship group at the center of British Columbia’s recently reshaped curbside program has taken on a new moniker.
For the second year in a row, U.S. paper recovery marked a record high in 2016. Use of recycled paper is also marking a new milestone in Canada.
This Saturday, April 22 marks Earth Day, an event that was first celebrated in the U.S. 47 years ago. Industry entities are marking the occasion with efforts that range from impactful to flat-out quirky.
The ringleaders of a major container deposit fraud scheme will spend time behind bars and pay more than $1 million in to the state of California.