The recycling industry must make large-scale facility investments to adapt to the fast-changing world of materials recovery, according to a longtime MRF consultant.
The recycling industry must make large-scale facility investments to adapt to the fast-changing world of materials recovery, according to a longtime MRF consultant.
Import duties have taken effect on machinery, components and billions of dollars of additional products shipped to the U.S. from China.
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The Chinese government has announced key policies in recent weeks, including a plan to ban all recovered material imports by 2020. In the U.S., Waste Management offered details on the impact of National Sword thus far.
Canadian companies Emterra Group and Merlin Plastics are deepening their ongoing partnership, with an eye on the evolving world of corporate sustainability.
During their regular schedule, employees of the MRF near High Point, N.C. work on one shift during daylight hours, sorting and baling residential recyclables.
RRS conducted a survey sponsored by the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) to collect information about North American composters that accept food scraps.
The chart below displays the average capacity of these composters by the type of processing system they employ.
Both size and system variance may be linked to feedstocks processed, community needs, local policy and funding available, as well as geographic factors.
Data Corner is compiled monthly by recycling consultancy RRS.
This article originally appeared in the June 2018 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.