A rendering of the planned Millville Plastics facility in New Jersey.
A $20 million New Jersey plastics recycling facility is in development, and project leaders say it will process roughly 100 million pounds of scrap plastics per year for sale into a variety of end markets.
The 2018 spending bill approved by lawmakers and signed by the president last week contains good news for the U.S. EPA and its recycling-related programs: The agency avoided significant budget cuts that were proposed last year.
The Closed Loop Fund will loan up to $5 million in Connecticut this year to improve recycling infrastructure.
A shuttered Alabama facility that was built to separate recyclables from trash could reopen in October, and city leaders are leaning toward trying the mixed-waste approach again.
Li Ganjie, China’s minister of environmental protection
China’s top environmental official has quantified the reduction in scrap materials flowing into the country as a result of recent restrictions. He also spoke publicly about the market fallout and the criticism China has received for enacting its reforms.
Parties working to reopen an idled plastics recovery facility in Maryland are going back to the drawing board after a possible investor withdrew from talks.
The Home Depot will pay nearly $28 million in a California settlement involving disposal of household hazardous waste, electronics, batteries and intact customer information.
Last year presented an upheaval in the global recovered plastics market, and the impacts continue to roll in. Three experts recently shared their thoughts on the specific causes of the volatility.
Struggles at facilities on both sides of the country demonstrate how local programs can be left in the lurch when nearby sorting capacity constricts.
Materials diversion was celebrated around the world on Sunday, when the first Global Recycling Day was observed with events in several cities and statements released online.