The change will be accompanied by a consumer education campaign. | Natalya Bond/Shutterstock
Over 1 million Chicago-area residents are now able to put paper cups in their curbside recycling bins. Continue Reading
The change will be accompanied by a consumer education campaign. | Natalya Bond/Shutterstock
Over 1 million Chicago-area residents are now able to put paper cups in their curbside recycling bins. Continue Reading
Mazza’s bagging line can produce 25 to 30 bags per minute, according to a company representative. | Courtesy of Mazza Recycling
Mazza Recycling increased its capacity to bag mulch and, in tandem, started offering its own line of bagged mulch products made from scrap wood. Continue Reading
A story digging into how decisions about accepted materials lists are made drew our readers’ attention last month. | Nate Samui/Shutterstock
Stories about extended producer responsibility programs, inspiring behavior change, MRF fires and more drew the most clicks last month. Continue Reading
Firefighters tend to a blaze at a Casella recycling facility. | Boston Fire Department
A large MRF in Milwaukee and a commercial recycling facility in Boston caught fire last week, resulting in major facility damage at one and two hospital visits at the other. Continue Reading
A faulty floor drain at the Old Town, Maine pulping facility led to the discharge of over 1,000 gallons of 50% sodium hydroxide solution into the Penobscot river. | Satur/Shutterstock
A U.S. subsidiary of Nine Dragons has been ordered to pay just over $100,000 after its Maine paper mill leaked over 31,000 gallons of pulping chemicals into a river in 2020 and 2022. Continue Reading
This article appeared in the May 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.
