Each winter, golf fans turn their attention to a notable tournament near Phoenix. And in recent years, host Waste Management has used the event as a chance to highlight opportunities in materials diversion.
Each winter, golf fans turn their attention to a notable tournament near Phoenix. And in recent years, host Waste Management has used the event as a chance to highlight opportunities in materials diversion.
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About 85 percent of mixed paper and OCC exported out of California has been bound for China in recent years, and as the Asian behemoth closes its doors to some of those imports, the state’s recycling industry is feeling the hit.
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For North America’s largest garbage and recycling companies, 2017 overall was a good year in recycling. That being said, the fourth quarter was a bad one for the industry.
Keep America Beautiful, which runs America Recycles Day and other initiatives, is closing its Washington, D.C. office and consolidating staff in Connecticut. Two leaders from the organization’s recycling arm are exiting as part of the shift.
Two recently released reports provide snapshots of film and non-bottle rigid plastics recycling. The material types have seen collection gains but processing challenges.
A legislative effort to update Iowa’s bottle bill has failed, as state lawmakers declined to send it out of committee for further consideration.
A $24 million operation designed to sort single-stream material, mixed waste and C&D debris has opened on the California coast.
Once upon a time, you collected waste door to door and hauled it to the city dump near the town limits.
