Local program leaders discussed their challenges during an online industry gathering last week. | Michael Vi/Shutterstock
Last week, the Solid Waste Association of North America held its annual Wastecon event online. Not surprisingly, much of the talk during virtual sessions focused on the pandemic. But other topics got their due as well.
Nexus Fuels uses pyrolysis technology to convert a mix of post-consumer plastics collected at the curb into chemical and wax products. | Nexus Fuels
For the past two years, difficult-to-recycle plastics have been collected in Cobb County, Ga. through the Hefty EnergyBag program. A downstream processor recently described what happens to that material.
Details on advancements in robotic sortation for recycling facilities garnered attention last month. | Courtesy of AMP Robotics.
Articles covering extended producer responsibility policy, recycling and trucking markets, and technology installations drew our readers’ interest last month.
Revolution’s washing process produces recycled plastic that’s clean enough for very high levels of PCR in thin film.
Revolution is different from many plastics reclaimers in that it’s both a plastics recycling company and a product brand owner – or rather a collection of brand owners.
Data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that waste generation per person has nearly doubled since 1960.
The state of New York will provide funding to create a Center for Glass Innovation. | Torychemistry/Shutterstock
A government grant will support a collaborative project to bolster end markets for recycled glass and improve the quality of the glass stream throughout New York.
PRI is the latest company to open North American capacity for e-plastics. | Courtesy of Plastics Recycling, Inc.
Indianapolis-based Plastic Recycling, Inc. has expanded with a project that underscores the opportunities and complexities in recycling plastics from scrap electronics.
