Two weeks ago the leaders of the industry met in New Orleans at the seventh-annual Resource Recycling Conference to connect, learn and engage with recycling’s most pressing issues. And Resource Recycling’s Jared Paben was there to photograph the festivities. Continue Reading
More than 500 industry professionals converged on Minneapolis last week for the 2017 Resource Recycling Conference. Staff photographer Jared Paben captured the action.
The slideshow below offers a collection of photos from the week. Hover over a photo to bring up arrows that allow you to advance through the sequence, or view the album on Flickr.
Financial assistance from The Recycling Partnership will again afford dozens of recycling professionals the opportunity to deepen their industry connections this fall.
Industry professionals from around North America gathered in St. Louis last week, and our photo slideshow offers a glimpse at the action.
Recycling facilities are encountering both good and bad news on the fiber-market front: OCC prices have increased substantially, but mixed paper slipped further into the negatives.
How2Recycle announced that all PP tubs, trays, bottles and cups will now be labeled with the organization’s “check locally” label. | Josep Curto/Shutterstock
Changes in U.S. recycling programs led the How2Recycle labeling initiative to downgrade recyclability classifications for non-bottle rigid PET containers and certain PP products, potentially impacting recovery of those materials.
The legislation includes a national bottle bill, which experts say would significantly boost the container recycling rate. | Orhan Cam/Shutterstock
Two Congressmen today introduced a comprehensive waste management and recycling support bill. This week, they shared details about the legislation and expressed optimism that it will garner bipartisan support.
The ISRI Board of Directors will consider the new specifications during its winter meeting on Feb. 21. | Thanatos Media/Shutterstock
Recycling coordinators, MRFs and others tend to refer to material in different ways. Draft specifications from an industry group aim to help put all parties on the same page.
So far this year China has approved 3.5 million short tons of recovered fiber for import. | luca pbl/Shutterstock
China recently issued its third round of recovered fiber import permits for 2020, and the volume being allowed in this round is far less than what was approved previously.
This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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