One report indicates that buyers in China are desperately seeking domestic sources of recovered paper. Meanwhile, low-value plastics are flooding the European market, but processors there have limited ability to handle those loads.
California lawmakers have sent the governor a bill mandating that carpet stewards achieve a 24 percent recycling rate and discouraging the use of incineration. Meanwhile, carpet makers are sticking with their beleaguered stewardship group, instead of submitting alternative collection and recycling plans.
Real Alloy is restarting an idled aluminum recycling plant in Kentucky because of increased customer demand and a new contract.
Pennsylvania’s recycling stakeholders lobby to protect tens of millions of dollars in recycling money from being diverted, and a New Jersey company is fined after the death of an employee.Features from the August 2017 print edition:
- Buying in
- Community Spotlight: How one SoCal beach town takes on diversion challenges
- Data Corner: How the US and EU stack up on pricing
- In My Opinion: Bringing nuance to the numbers
- MRF of the Month: Eureka Recycling, Minneapolis
- Picking dignity
- Step by step
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The world’s largest retailer underreported the number of containers it distributed over a three-year period in California, leading to $7.2 million in unpaid deposits to the state. The balance was paid in full late last year after it was revealed during an audit.
Anti-incineration activists have released a report criticizing efforts to burn waste in the U.S., calling them misguided attempts to achieve sustainability.