This article appeared in the June 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Continue Reading
This article appeared in the June 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Continue Reading
The upcoming Resource Recycling Conference will feature a number of emerging voices, a sign of management evolution in the industry. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling
Over the past five months, I’ve been deep in planning mode, doing my best to pull together a compelling agenda for the 2023 Resource Recycling Conference, taking place the week after next in Orlando, Fla.
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Before commercializing its fire- and mold-resistant construction board, Xeriant plans to secure financing and expand its production capabilities. | Courtesy of Xeriant
Material development company Xeriant is putting the finishing touches on its recycled composite construction panel, which it hopes will “disrupt” the building industry. Continue Reading
A rendering of one of four Blue Polymers plants that will be built in various regions of the U.S. | Courtesy of Republic Services
Republic Services is moving deeper into plastics processing, launching a $350 million joint venture with a global polymers firm Ravago to produce recycled pellet at four U.S. facilities. Continue Reading
The board represents a variety of backgrounds and interests, with members coming from industry, manufacturing, environmental groups and municipalities. | Alexander Lukatskiy/Shutterstock
Leaders from Alameda County, Waste Connections and Talco Plastics are among the stakeholders that will oversee California’s extended producer responsibility program for packaging and paper.
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NOVA Chemicals’ film recycling facility will occupy 450,000 square feet of a 1.7-million-foot building in Connersville, Ind. | Courtesy of NOVA Chemicals
Plastic resin giant NOVA Chemicals will build a large PE film recycling facility in Indiana. The facility will be operated by film specialist Novolex. Continue Reading
The Container Recycling Institute and Reloop released a study showing that deposit return systems do not have a negative effect on beverage sales. | Zety Akhzar/Shutterstock
A study looking at two decades of beverage sale trends around the world found that there was no decrease in sales when deposit return systems went into effect or were expanded. Continue Reading
