A leader at the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) explains the group’s strategy for covering diversity, equity and inclusion issues. | Indypendenz / Shutterstock
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A leader at the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) explains the group’s strategy for covering diversity, equity and inclusion issues. | Indypendenz / Shutterstock
RESIN8 aggregate, which is used in concrete products. | Courtesy of CRDC Global
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste will provide a low-interest loan to fund the expansion of a company that recycles low-grade plastics into an aggregate used in concrete products.
British Columbia will include fuel canisters in the province’s EPR program in the coming years. | Timothy Yue / Shutterstock
The British Columbia government released a five-year plan for adding mattresses, electric vehicle batteries, fuel canisters and other materials into the province’s extended producer responsibility law.
A bill approved by California legislators has substantial implications for how common plastic packaging items are labeled, and it could have significant recycling implications across the nation in the coming years. | Feoktistoff / Shutterstock
Producers would need to meet strict criteria to use the “chasing arrows” symbol on their plastic packaging in California under a bill approved by lawmakers last week. An industry group says the move will harm polypropylene recycling.
Over the last month, all common grades of curbside fiber saw modest pricing gains. But plastic values were mostly flat, and PP dropped over 10%.
Several factors are contributing to price increases within the wider aluminum market. | Darrenp / Shutterstock
A year ago, some aluminum end markets were slowing purchases of the material. But demand has steadily increased throughout 2021, bringing welcome pricing for the municipal recycling sector.
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Sycamore International’s new solar panel array. | Courtesy of Sycamore International.
A longtime recycling expert analyzes census data to help predict future recycling industry trends. | Grzejnik / Shutterstock
The release of the U.S. census for the decade of 2010 to 2020 points to important ways municipal recycling initiatives will change in the coming years. An assessment points to five key trends that will affect materials recovery efforts.