An artificially intelligent optical sortation device has started sorting some of the millions of pounds of batteries collected across the U.S. by stewardship group Call2Recycle.
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An artificially intelligent optical sortation device has started sorting some of the millions of pounds of batteries collected across the U.S. by stewardship group Call2Recycle.
The North American product stewardship group Call2Recycle collected a program-best 12.6 million pounds of batteries in 2015, a 5 percent increase over previous-year figures.
Year-over-year expenditures for California’s Beverage Container Recycling Fund exceed revenues by approximately $100 million, according to data presented at a recent Container Recycling Institute webinar.
A recent national study points to a growing consumer expectation that manufacturers act as a central cog in pushing for the recycling of product packaging.
A committee in the New Jersey General Assembly voted to advance the “Smart Container Act,” which would place a 10-cent deposit on containers of less than 24 ounces and a 20-cent deposit on larger ones.
California officials no longer envision immediate cuts to programs funded by the state’s beverage container fund – because the fund’s financial future looks brighter.
An appeals court in New York has rejected an attempt by the New York City Department of Sanitation to restore a ban on expanded polystyrene food-service products.
After months of negotiations between city officials and the owner of an idled, state-of-the-art mixed-waste processing center, there is hope that an agreement will be reached in the near future.
Fresh details have emerged about the push by plastics players to halt a proposed ban on foodservice EPS containers in New York City.
Hundreds of restaurant owners in New York City are mobilizing to try to block Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging.