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California deposit expansion spurs glass pilot projects

Published: May 13, 2025
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Napa Recycling will begin collecting glass separate from other single-stream recyclables at restaurants and other businesses, in a pilot project aimed at increasing the quality and value of its marketed glass. | Photo courtesy Napa Recycling

A pot of money created when California added wine and spirits bottles into its container redemption program is being used to fund glass recycling pilot projects, including a commercial collection program in the heart of wine country.

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Experts share safety tips after ‘disconcerting’ fatalities

Published: May 13, 2025
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The safety-focused summit came after the latest federal data showed a backslide in waste and recycling industry safety. | M2020/Shutterstock

As recycling companies seek to improve workplace safety amid an industry-wide increase in on-the-job fatalities, experts at a recent industry summit advised managers to focus their attention on — and for top executives, even to attend — the regular pre-shift safety meetings.

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MRF upgrades, openings announced across US

Published: May 13, 2025
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WM, Republic and a city in Virginia announced upgrades and plans for new MRFs. | Ken Wolter/Shutterstock

The mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia, announced a new MRF with artificial intelligence-powered sorting. Meanwhile, Republic Services announced a new facility near St. Louis, Missouri, and WM completed improvements to an MRF in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Haulers discuss weather, tariff impacts in Q1

Published: May 6, 2025
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Winter weather and tariffs were top of mind for five of the largest publicly traded garbage and recycling companies in North America in the first quarter of the year. | Republic Services

Bad weather in parts of the country weighed on leading recycling companies’ first-quarter earnings, their leaders said, but overall they saw revenue increases. Continue Reading

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Top stories from April 2025

Published: May 6, 2025
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In April, readers clicked on stories about the expansion and implementation of extended producer responsibility laws for packaging and paper, as well as a story on commodity pricing.

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CalRecycle to fund mixed plastics facility, other projects

Published: May 6, 2025
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A secondary sorting facility pulling deposit containers out of mixed plastic bales was awarded funding from the state of California. | Hiv360/Shutterstock

California’s state recycling agency will provide $10 million toward a facility sorting plastics with resin codes 2-7, additional multimillion dollar grants for several major MRF retrofits, and a handful of smaller awards for localities to install recycling collection containers. Continue Reading

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Michigan hits record recycling rate, awards millions in grants

Published: May 6, 2025
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The state awarded nearly $12 million in grants for recycling infrastructure, including money to buy reverse vending machines. | Dennis MacDonald/Shutterstock

Michigan residents recycled more than 25% of household packaging materials in fiscal 2024, setting a record for the fourth consecutive year and leading officials to predict the state will meet its 2029 goal of a 30% recycling rate. Continue Reading

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