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Webinar: Building diversity means culture shifts

Published: April 10, 2023
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Speakers at the NERC Spring 2023 Conference offered advice on achieving diversity, equity and inclusion goals. | Light Spring/Shutterstock

Hard conversations, checking unconscious bias and letting employees drive change with leadership’s support are all vital to building more diverse workforces, experts recently explained.
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Oregon achieves 88.5% bottle return rate

Published: April 10, 2023
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Deposit containers collected in Oregon at the OBRC sorting facility outside Portland. | Dan Leif/Resource Recycling

Oregon residents turned in over 2 billion beverage containers in 2022, an 88.5% preliminary redemption rate for one of the country’s most successful bottle and can redemption systems. Continue Reading

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‘Mandated demand’ drives WM recycling investments

Published: April 10, 2023
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Waste Management is leaning on technology to reduce the company’s environmental impact. | Lunasee Studios/Shutterstock

Recycled-content mandates in a handful of states will have a “halo effect” that stimulates brand owner demand for recycled materials elsewhere. That’s one of the reasons WM feels confident investing $1 billion into its recycling business over four years, company executives said.  Continue Reading

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Rumpke MRF to employ tech-heavy sorting strategy

Published: April 3, 2023
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A rendering shows the entrance of the planned Columbus MRF. | Courtesy of Rumpke Waste & Recycling

A sprawling MRF under construction in Central Ohio will provide Rumpke Waste and Recycling with plenty of room to spread out – spread out recyclables on the belt, that is. That strategy can help automated sorting technologies work more effectively. 
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Our top stories from March 2023

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A story about the Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision in the city of Fort Smith recyclables disposal case drew widespread interest last month. | Rawf8/Shutterstock

Stories related to curbside film, a court ruling over landfilled recyclables and huge haulers’ plastics efforts drew ample clicks in March. 

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Paper cup recycling begins rolling out in the Carolinas

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New Hanover County, N.C. will send paper cups to Sonoco’s recently upgraded paper mill in Hartsville, S.C. | Courtesy of Sonoco

A packaging industry group, local governments and a paper mill operator are working together to bring curbside paper cup recycling to programs throughout the Carolinas.  Continue Reading

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NYC eyes source-separated yard debris mandate

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The mandate’s implementation would follow a rolling timeline, taking effect in Queens before expanding to the city’s other boroughs. | Gorloff KV/Shutterstock

America’s largest city proposed making the source separation of yard material mandatory and allowing commingling of organic scraps with the yard debris. Continue Reading

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California officials hint at big e-scrap program changes

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Some aspects of the state’s e-waste law require clarification, but California officials expect a significant expansion of covered items. | Africa Studio/Shutterstock

In the future, e-scrap processors in California could receive state money to recycle electric toothbrushes, electronic greeting cards, toys and a host of other items with embedded batteries, state regulators recently suggested.  Continue Reading

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