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Local officials and property managers can use The Recycling Partnership’s tools to better communicate acceptable materials and proper diversion practices to multi-family residents. | jamesteohart / Shutterstock
The Recycling Partnership has launched a digital resource offering a variety of free customizable outreach materials to help recycling coordinators boost materials recovery at apartment and condo complexes.
Recovered fiber exports jumped from 7.4 million short tons in the first half of 2020 to 9.0 million short tons this year. | Sreytoch Lann / Shutterstock
Recovered fiber exports increased significantly during the first six months of 2021 compared with the same period last year, with a spike in material moving to India and Thailand. Plastic exports were steady year over year.
Oregon will establish a producer responsibility program for packaging, printing and writing paper, and food serviceware. | Jacquie Klose / Shutterstock
Oregon will overhaul components of its recycling system and will make packaging producers partially responsible for funding recycling of their products. It’s the second U.S. state to approve such a law.
During the second quarter, Waste Connections’ recycling business brought in $41.5 million in revenue, up by 105% year over year. | Ralf Geithe / Shutterstock
Waste Connections recycling revenues more than doubled in the second quarter, driven by higher recovered material prices and volumes.
News of a lawsuit against TerraCycle and brand owners was of interest to readers in July. | photo_gonzo / Shutterstock
Our coverage of a TerraCycle lawsuit grabbed lots of reader attention last month. Stories on Maine’s EPR law and a new Pratt paper mill were popular as well.
In Olympia, Wash. program officials have worked to bring the local recycling contamination rate below 8%. | Courtesy of city of Olympia, Wash.
Grand Rapids, Mich. and Olympia, Wash. were honored for their recent work significantly limiting contamination and boosting their residential recycling programs in other ways.
Pratt has announced plans for a 450,000-square-foot paper mill and a 700,000-square-foot adjacent corrugating plant. | Mark Agnor / Shutterstock
Pratt Industries and Kentucky state officials on July 29 announced the company will build its sixth 100% recycled paper mill in the U.S. The project will break ground next year and is slated to start up in fall 2023.
GFL is one of several major waste and recycling haulers that recently reported quarterly results.| Advantage Photography / Shutterstock
Markedly higher commodity prices continue to provide big year-over-year boosts in revenue for the largest publicly traded haulers in North America.
A study from GAIA found that, in five selected cities, only 24% of PET, HDPE and PP was getting recycled. | Meg Wallace Photography / Shutterstock
A study published by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives pins low recycling rates in U.S. cities squarely on hard-to-recycle plastics that are collected through curbside programs.