The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled a $112 million deal to introduce mixed-waste processing in Indianapolis skirted the law.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled a $112 million deal to introduce mixed-waste processing in Indianapolis skirted the law.
In recent months, a number of communities in North America have inched closer to exploring mixed-waste processing, while other projects have hit roadblocks.
Add Atlanta to the list of American cities struggling with the economic realities of curbside glass recycling collection.
As the Resource Recycling Conference kicked off in Indianapolis last week, the host city’s recent decision to turn to mixed waste processing was the subject of a fiery and insightful debate.
Arguing that “increased recycling leads to the creation of new jobs,” a new study on Indiana’s recycling industry suggests that close to 10,000 new jobs would be created if the state managed to divert 25 percent of the waste it currently sends to landfills and incinerators.
Paige Bernacchi, Business Manager, Covanta
The Indiana Recycling Coalition’s Carey Hamilton is right – few things are more frustrating than missed opportunities. What Ms. Hamilton and the IRC fail to realize is the irony in their own rhetoric. Continue Reading
Carey Hamilton
Few things are more frustrating than missed opportunities. And, in that context, few places are more frustrating today than Indianapolis – an otherwise sustainable city – when it comes to recycling. Continue Reading
A ruling will allow the City of Indianapolis to move ahead with controversial plans for a mixed-waste processing facility to recover recyclables.
The City of Indianapolis has been hit with a lawsuit for reworking a city contract and giving the go-ahead to a controversial MRF without seeking alternatives beforehand.
A nonprofit recycling operation in Minnesota has received nearly $10 million from the Closed Loop Fund and other investors.