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Last year, Constellium used a greater weight of recovered material in its aluminum products and Ball used more recycled content in its cans. | Kwangmoozaa/Shutterstock
Two huge consumers of recycled aluminum from used beverage cans recently published sustainability reports noting progress in their efforts to use more recycled metal.
Steve Alexander of APR and Monica Medina of the U.S. State Department at the 2023 Plastics Recycling Conference. | Big Wave Productions and Resource Recycling, Inc.
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
Opponents of the bill argue chemical recycling is a form of incineration; supporters say it will create jobs and help address plastic waste. | 9DreamStudio/Shutterstock
A bill extending a deadline for a potential chemical recycling pilot project in Illinois is reigniting debate over how to regulate chemical recycling.
An artist’s rendering of WM’s upcoming Florida facility. | Courtesy of WM
WM says its major MRF project north of Miami is set to be completed in early 2025.
The closure leaves 116 people without jobs. | Courtesy of Google Streetview
Packaging and industrial products company Sonoco has shut down a Kansas mill that consumed OCC, according to local news reports.
The average price of a ton of material in Q4 of 2022 was 28% less than in the previous quarter. | ADragan/Shutterstock
The blended average price of recovered material dropped again in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a recent market report. Continue Reading
Paper markets are a mixed bag, with some producers completing or nearing completion on new mills and others wrestling with flagging sales. | Huguette Roe/Shutterstock
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.