Today, Penn Waste’s MRF in central Pennsylvania is a very different facility than it was three short years ago (or maybe they were long years, given the challenges the industry has seen of late).
Today, Penn Waste’s MRF in central Pennsylvania is a very different facility than it was three short years ago (or maybe they were long years, given the challenges the industry has seen of late).
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The U.S. and China have fired their latest salvo in their ongoing trade war, and this time tariffs have been applied to a number of additional U.S. recyclables.
A major Chinese fiber recycling company plans to purchase and restart a shuttered Kentucky pulp and fine paper mill.
A cable services provider is the latest company to sign a multi-million-dollar agreement to settle allegations of improper disposal of scrap electronics in California.
Researchers have calculated substantial upsides from making products out of recycled PET, HDPE and PP instead of prime plastics.
The Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center will help direct $5 million in loans to boost recycling through a partnership with the Closed Loop Fund.
The head of Waste Connections says the economics of recycling must change. Otherwise, companies’ sorting costs will further outpace the revenue they fetch from commodity sales.
Monterey Bay is known for its whales, dolphins, seals and other sea life. Accordingly, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is famous for its living kelp forest and early success in Great White Shark care.
But a nearby materials recovery facility has been preoccupied with a very different type of creature: owls. Continue Reading
The Max-AI system from BHS.
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Recycling equipment company Bulk Handling Systems recently announced two facilities – one already opened and another in the works – that will rely heavily on robotics and artificial intelligence.
