The Biden administration envisions a global plastics agreement that requires each country to take steps to boost demand for recycled resin, including through use of public procurement policies and packaging standardization. Continue Reading
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The Biden administration envisions a global plastics agreement that requires each country to take steps to boost demand for recycled resin, including through use of public procurement policies and packaging standardization. Continue Reading
A bill extending a deadline for a potential chemical recycling pilot project in Illinois is reigniting debate over how to regulate chemical recycling.
WM says its major MRF project north of Miami is set to be completed in early 2025.
Packaging and industrial products company Sonoco has shut down a Kansas mill that consumed OCC, according to local news reports.
The blended average price of recovered material dropped again in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a recent market report. Continue Reading
Cascades is very close to reopening a Virginia mill that has gone through a containerboard conversion, and Domtar has completed a $350 million project in Tennessee.
Waste industry worker fatalities rose to 46 in 2022, a nearly 65% increase over the prior year.
Many recycling experts see China’s imports curtailment as an opportunity to rebuild domestic recycling infrastructure. A recent workshop in Portland, Ore. fostered conversations on how to begin doing that in the Pacific Northwest, a region that has long been fairly export dependant.