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Switching to compostable food-service packaging can dramatically increase food scrap diversion rates, but only if it’s coupled with sufficient infrastructure and instruction. That was a chief takeaway from a study the Foodservice Packaging Institute released Jan. 19.
The City of Columbus, Ohio recently received an indicator of current recycling market struggles, when its yard debris and recycling hauler quoted a price nearly 50 percent higher for the city’s next municipal collection contract. Continue Reading
An industry training and awareness program focused on vehicle safety kicked off Monday, just weeks after a report showed that occupational deaths among collectors were on the rise in 2015.
This story originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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The statewide recycling and composting rate for California fell to 47 percent last year after hovering near 50 percent during the previous three years.
Scrap plastics export figures saw another month-to-month rise in volume, but the ferrous and aluminum categories both declined.
Due to challenging market conditions and technology constraints, the Atlanta division of secondary plastics recovery company QRS has declared bankruptcy.
Collectors of recovered plastic packaging note the value of baled material has risen for three consecutive months.
Two of North America’s largest waste management companies have officially become one.
According to an industry report, 54.5 percent of aluminum cans put on the U.S. market in 2015 were recovered. That’s down from 56.7 percent in 2014.
