Chinese authorities have released more specifics about which materials are likely to be affected by a proposed import ban on recovered materials. The action is expected to be implemented at the end of this year.
Chinese authorities have released more specifics about which materials are likely to be affected by a proposed import ban on recovered materials. The action is expected to be implemented at the end of this year.
One global group wants your eclipse glasses for reuse, and a paper recycling plant in Canada is parted out and auctioned off.
A bale of plastics No. 3-7. Source: Association of Plastic Recyclers.
The idling of a Baltimore-area plastic recovery facility is the kind of slowdown that’s expected in an innovative project showcasing a still-developing business model, according to a financial backer.
RES Polyflow’s Michael Dungan says fluctuating oil prices and developments in Asia will continue to affect pyrolysis companies, but he thinks a bigger issue may be a regulatory landscape that he believes is dated and detrimental to technology adoption.
A recycling company planning a new MRF in a Florida county has been denied a property tax exemption in part because the business was judged to be not innovative enough.
A joint-venture plastics recovery facility in Maryland will end operations in the coming days, citing challenges in the post-consumer plastics industry and pointing to a need to upgrade its equipment.
Rep. Ellison attends a zero waste fair in 2016.
Boosting recycling doesn’t just yield environmental and economic benefits, it also helps reduce the disproportionate burden of waste disposal on vulnerable populations.
Increasing incineration capacity across the pond has some recycling advocates concerned, and an Ohio municipality looks to return glass collection to residents.
The top recycling executive at Pratt Industries views China’s planned imports prohibition as a chance for the U.S. industry to clean up its stream.
Nobody enjoys learning their property has been towed, and the country’s third largest hauler is no exception. Waste Connections has filed a lawsuit against Rubicon Global, claiming it is hiring towing companies to remove its containers from properties in Texas.