Recycling news by topic
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Asia
- Study: Urban circularity requires tailored solutions
- ISRI recap: Exporters continue to face uncertainty
- Brands make sustainability moves, but use more plastic
Brand owners
- Brand owners set new five-year plastics targets
- Colgate-Palmolive will miss some 2025 sustainability goals
- Unilever misses recyclability goals, calls for policy action
California
- Full plastic bag ban passes California Senate
- Stakeholders react to CalRecycle director pick
- California recycler to pay back $140 million in fraud case
Canada
- BC leaders reflect on three decades of EPR
- Machinex debuts organics co-collection system
- INC-4 starts text negotiations, stalls on production
Challenging materials
- Renewal projects receive $50,000 each in DOE competition
- MRF battery fires burn ‘really fast’ and ‘really hot’
- Textile recycling is at a pivotal moment, experts say
Collection
- Oregon’s 2022 recovery tonnage misses goal
- Local groups add e-scrap recycling sites in Pennsylvania
- California releases deposit system update draft rules
Container deposits
- Iowa notched a 49% container recovery rate in 2022
- Policy Update: From coast to coast, bills move or die
- Policy and new programs tackle Iowa redemption deserts
Contamination
- Tech to spot hidden batteries draws $6.4M investment
- Smart bins target contamination at street level
- Closed Loop invests in aluminum-hydrogen tech
Courts/lawsuits
- Myplas settles eviction lawsuit as facility remains closed
- Nonprofit director sentenced for recycling grant fraud
- California recycler to pay back $140 million in fraud case
Data
- Oregon’s 2022 recovery tonnage misses goal
- New York recycling analysis finds plenty of data gaps
- Report: Canadian diversion rates stay steady in 2022
EPR/stewardship
- BC leaders reflect on three decades of EPR
- Policy Update: From coast to coast, bills move or die
- Packaging EPR success takes a diverse coalition
Europe
- Textile recycling is at a pivotal moment, experts say
- Lessons from France: Eco-modulated fees not used effectively
- Different PRO structures can achieve same result
Exports
- Fiber exports down 17% in first quarter, plastics flat
- Once a growing market, recycled pulp exports dry up
- Fiber exports drop 17%, plastic shipments hit record low
Fiber
- Amazon cutting out more flexible packaging
- As OCC continues to rise, end users up product prices
- Crossroads Paper is back, planning a mill in Nevada
Glass
- Glass end user O-I reports lower Q1 demand
- Major European glass recycler to buy Strategic Materials
- Survey: Residents expect glass recycling option
Industry groups
- BC leaders reflect on three decades of EPR
- Ten years in, Closed Loop Partners details its impact
- US Senate hearing dives into the impact of grants
Legislation
- Policy Update: From coast to coast, bills move or die
- Full plastic bag ban passes California Senate
- Packaging EPR success takes a diverse coalition
Local programs
- Iowa notched a 49% container recovery rate in 2022
- Oregon’s 2022 recovery tonnage misses goal
- Organics program leaders share lessons learned
Markets
- NERC: MRF bale values increased in first quarter
- Platform aims to scale up recycling sector digitization
- Haulers see stronger Q4, but lower full-year revenues
Metals
- Major UBC consumer benefits from recycled material use
- Chicago MRF installs robotics to target UBCs
- Federal funding boosts recycling operations
MRFs
- Balcones’ latest MRF features AI imaging and film vacuum
- NERC: MRF bale values increased in first quarter
- AMP using AI sortation tech to separate MSW, organics
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Data to Support Effective and Impactful Packaging Policy
- In My Opinion: Use IR detection to help prevent fires
- First Person Perspective: EPR can shift recycling into high gear
Organics
- White House releases national food waste plan
- AMP using AI sortation tech to separate MSW, organics
- US Senate hearing dives into the impact of grants
Plastics
- Amazon cutting out more flexible packaging
- Full plastic bag ban passes California Senate
- Packaging EPR success takes a diverse coalition
Regulation/oversight
- INC-4 starts text negotiations, stalls on production
- Colorado regulators suggest mid-range EPR scenario
- Colorado PRO revises EPR recycling scenarios