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The closing of container-redemption centers across California has meant dirtier downstream loads of recovered glass. Regulators are now adding emergency regulations to ensure that increased contamination doesn’t threaten the state’s glass recycling industry.
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Upgrades to a San Francisco materials recovery facility have boosted throughputs by nearly 40 percent and ensured the adaptability needed to confront an evolving ton. Recology, which operates the state-of-the-art facility, provided Resource Recycling with details of the major upgrade.
An Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin task force has released a report with recommendations on how to operate a successful glass recycling program within the state.
A county in North Carolina scrambles to find a way to continue curbside recycling services, and West Virginia jurisdiction axes drop-off collection.
Nonprofit groups are now eligible to receive a recycling grant in Oregon, and Colorado helps fund transportation costs for material from public recycling bins.
After operating within the framework of “take, make, dispose” for so long, can major corporations, retailers and consumers acclimate to a circular economy?
Numbers for the first nine months of the year show volume drops in all materials but paper.
The largest garbage and recycling companies in North America say they saw significant revenue boosts from rising values for recovered materials.
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California officials are asking for input on how to appropriately regulate secondary-glass processors with residue rates above 10 percent.