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Our top stories from February 2023

Published: February 27, 2023
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A story about OCC prices drew our readers’ attention last month. | Sittipong Phokawattana/Shutterstock

Stories about Waste Management’s MRF investments, an Oregon curbside battery collection strategy, nationwide paper mill insights and more drew our readers’ clicks in February.

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REMADE eyes $20 million in R&D projects

Published: February 27, 2023
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The REMADE Institute has funded $98 million worth of projects in the past five years. | NicoElNino/Shutterstock

A federally funded institute is offering up another $10 million in public funds to support recycling, reuse and remanufacturing R&D projects.

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Haulers felt commodity price pains late in 2022

Published: February 27, 2023
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Executives expressed mixed opinions about whether commodity prices would increase or remain flat in 2023. | Courtesy of Republic Services

A late-year crash in commodity prices crippled what would have otherwise been a strong 2022 for some of the largest recyclables sorting and marketing operations in North America. 

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In My Opinion: EPR can shift recycling into high gear

Published: February 6, 2023
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Dylan de Thomas with The Recycling Partnership believes that EPR policies could help the U.S. achieve higher recycling rates. | vvoe/Shutterstock

The last several years have been a real roller coaster ride in the news for recycling, with the industry being called all manner of pejoratives, up to and including “dead.”

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Orgs oppose chemical recycling in New Mexico

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So far, 21 states have passed laws classifying chemical recycling as manufacturing rather than waste disposal, changing the emissions laws the processes are subject to. | Rosemarie Mosteller/Shutterstock

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Our top stories from January 2023

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An EU proposal to end plastics exports was of interest to our readers last month. | European Parliament Multimedia Centre

Readers clicked on coverage of an emerging glass market, cross-Atlantic plastic trade concerns, a newly formed family of recycling companies and more last month.

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Feds loan $2B to Redwood Materials to build facility

Published: February 21, 2023
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Redwood’s McCarran, Nev. campus will eventually produce about 100,000 metric tons of cathode active materials each year. | Allyson Kitts/Shutterstock

Redwood Materials has secured a major loan from the federal government, with some strings attached, to help build out its Nevada lithium-ion battery recycling campus.

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