By charging fees, Casella Waste Systems enjoyed year-over-year boosts in recycling revenue during the first quarter. The move blunted persistent market pain that’s been keenly felt by the company’s peers.
By charging fees, Casella Waste Systems enjoyed year-over-year boosts in recycling revenue during the first quarter. The move blunted persistent market pain that’s been keenly felt by the company’s peers.
Optical sorting technology is at the center of a patent infringement lawsuit between equipment suppliers Green Machine and Machinex.
As recovered fiber prices continue to fall, so have recycling revenues for North America’s largest garbage and recycling companies.
Waste and recycling collection deaths increased substantially in 2018, despite coordinated campaigns to reduce industry fatalities.
Local recycling programs develop differently, and effectively providing support involves meeting municipalities where they’re at. The Recycling Partnership is employing that mantra to boost the viability of materials recovery in California, Oregon and Washington.
U.S. exports of scrap paper and plastic continued to drop in February, marking the fourth straight month of declining shipments for both commodities.

Jerry Powell moderating a session at the 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show

Chris Cui on stage at the 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show.
Although the recycling relationship between the U.S. and China was hampered by scrap material restrictions, an expert says companies in both countries can help each other.

Equipment at the facility of polystyrene processor Agilyx, one of the companies mentioned in the Closed Loop Partners report.
At least 60 organizations are working to scale up depolymerization, pyrolysis and other emerging plastic processing methods. The North American market for the resulting products could top $100 billion annually.
The Chinese government last week issued its latest round of recovered paper import permits, approving 2.5 million tons.
