A beverage heavyweight pledges $6 million to the Closed Loop Fund, and a European effort leads to a plastic-free blister pack.
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A beverage heavyweight pledges $6 million to the Closed Loop Fund, and a European effort leads to a plastic-free blister pack.
Recycling stream shifts driven by e-commerce are leading one hauler to seek higher collection charges, and the largest MRF in the Southern Hemisphere opens in Western Australia.
A newsprint mill using recycled materials announces it will idle indefinitely, and a handful of recycling groups and companies have issued statements in the wake of the Trump Administration’s move to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
A co-founder of the Closed Loop Fund weighs in on the recycling impact of the proposed U.S. EPA budget cuts, and U.K. exporters say China’s National Sword policy is complicating plastic film shipments.
Lawmakers support a landfill fee that funds recycling in one state, and an Arkansas community sees its contamination rate settle after multiple years of dramatic increases.
Meal kits delivered straight to your doorstep are marketed as providing fresh, healthful food in a convenient way. But they also contain a lot of non-recyclable packaging, much of which carries problematic labeling.
A state-chartered fund involving public and private interests is helping expand and improve recycling in Connecticut.
A Waste Management leader’s thoughts on contamination in the material stream and the possibility of a ban on imports of recycled materials into China drew our readers’ clicks last month.
A coalition of public and private partners have formed the Ontario Circular Economy Innovation Lab (CEIL), an effort to coordinate recycling and packaging stakeholders.
According to the European Commission, an estimated 100 billion plastic carrier bags are used in the European Union every year – an average of almost 200 bags per capita. Around 90 percent of these are lightweight bags (thinner than 0.05 millimeters), and most are used only once before being thrown away.