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Plastic producer NOVA Chemicals is exploring a partnership to build a pyrolysis plant to process up to 146 million pounds of scrap plastic each year. Continue Reading
Over 1 million Chicago-area residents are now able to put paper cups in their curbside recycling bins. Continue Reading
Mazza Recycling increased its capacity to bag mulch and, in tandem, started offering its own line of bagged mulch products made from scrap wood. Continue Reading
Stories about extended producer responsibility programs, inspiring behavior change, MRF fires and more drew the most clicks last month. Continue Reading
A large MRF in Milwaukee and a commercial recycling facility in Boston caught fire last week, resulting in major facility damage at one and two hospital visits at the other. Continue Reading
A U.S. subsidiary of Nine Dragons has been ordered to pay just over $100,000 after its Maine paper mill leaked over 31,000 gallons of pulping chemicals into a river in 2020 and 2022. Continue Reading
Washington state legislators sent a handful of recycling-related bills to the governor’s desk recently, including one that would set up an extended producer responsibility program for batteries. Continue Reading
Some of the biggest U.S. consumers of OCC enjoyed the benefits of low bale prices late last year, but they generally expect prices to rise modestly over the course of 2023.