New York City’s initiatives to improve residential recycling have made plenty of headlines of late, but a recent report is urging Big Apple leaders to focus more on the commercial sector.
New York City’s initiatives to improve residential recycling have made plenty of headlines of late, but a recent report is urging Big Apple leaders to focus more on the commercial sector.
New York City’s commercial sector generates more waste and has a lower diversion rate than previously thought, according to an advocacy group that used Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain previously undisclosed government documents.
Over the last few years, the concept of a “circular economy” has gained increased momentum and attention, becoming a buzzword in policy and business circles in Europe and around the world.
Oregon, the first state to launch a beverage container deposit program, will also be the first in the U.S. to increase its deposit amount.
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) recently released a comprehensive study on the availability of recycling in America to help promote change among industry players.
The Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling started as a report to examine recycling acceptance rates for certain types of packaging. That narrow focus morphed into a comprehensive study regarding the larger issue of recycling accessibility in America.
Glass recycling in Georgia has taken a beating in the public eye as of late, with some programs pushing to remove bottles and jars from curbside carts and media reports questioning glass recycling’s value.
North America’s two largest garbage and recycling companies say recovered materials values increased during the second quarter, giving them revenue boosts.
Food processors, farms and municipalities all have felt pressures to send less organic material to landfills. They could eventually get help from a startup in California that is turning organics into biodegradable plastic.
Legislative reform on waste diversion in Ontario has been a long time coming. Continue Reading