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
- Lawsuit over brand’s recyclability claims continues
- Report: Bottle bill states recycle more, provide models
- NY attorney general sues PepsiCo over river pollution
California
- California recycler to pay back $140 million in fraud case
- Stakeholders respond to California recyclability report
- SB 54 advisory board elects StopWaste director chair
Canada
- Ottawa grocers, other partners plan reusable packaging pilot
- Reusable packaging generating reports, action
- Panelists: Careful use of PROs can ensure efficient collection
Challenging materials
- MRF battery fires burn ‘really fast’ and ‘really hot’
- Textile recycling is at a pivotal moment, experts say
- Tech to spot hidden batteries draws $6.4M investment
Collection
- NY mayor cuts curbside e-scrap pick-up service
- Software brings efficient data to organics collection
- Republic extends plastics project to Indianapolis
Container deposits
- California recycler to pay back $140 million in fraud case
- EPR, bans and repeals: Bills introduced in 2024 legislatures
- California bringing refillable bottles into deposit system
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
- California recycler to pay back $140 million in fraud case
- Strategic emerges from bankruptcy with reduced debt
- Behind Strategic’s bankruptcy, interest rates and market shifts
Data
- Colorado shares needs assessment, modeling draft
- Report: Bottle bill states recycle more, provide models
- MRF and collection fatalities increase, but rate drops
EPR/stewardship
- Colorado PRO revises EPR recycling scenarios
- Ten EPR bills introduced in 2024 so far
- In Our Opinion: Coalitions: The EPR Differentiator
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 drop 17%, plastic shipments hit record low
- Paper and plastic exports continue to decline
- Virginia recycled pulp plant begins buying bales
Fiber
- ‘Continued strong demand’ driving recycled fiber market
- Corrugated box producer closes three facilities
- Fiber exports drop 17%, plastic shipments hit record low
Glass
- Strategic emerges from bankruptcy with reduced debt
- California bringing refillable bottles into deposit system
- Behind Strategic’s bankruptcy, interest rates and market shifts
Industry groups
- Colorado PRO revises EPR recycling scenarios
- Report lays out recycling history, ‘fraud’
- Stakeholders respond to California recyclability report
Legislation
- Right-to-repair bills active in a dozen states
- Ten EPR bills introduced in 2024 so far
- In Our Opinion: Coalitions: The EPR Differentiator
Local programs
- Colorado shares needs assessment, modeling draft
- Ottawa grocers, other partners plan reusable packaging pilot
- NY mayor cuts curbside e-scrap pick-up service
Markets
- Haulers see stronger Q4, but lower full-year revenues
- Commodity trading platform enters US and raises $20M
- NERC: Fiber makes up greater share of tons
Metals
- Novelis taking further steps to trade public shares
- Closed Loop invests in aluminum-hydrogen tech
- Group updates on UBC-sorting robot’s success
MRFs
- Why Glacier’s MRF robots drew millions in funding
- MRF battery fires burn ‘really fast’ and ‘really hot’
- Details on Oregon’s $150M trash-sorting MRF
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Use IR detection to help prevent fires
- First Person Perspective: EPR can shift recycling into high gear
- In My Opinion: EPR can shift recycling into high gear
Organics
- California’s composting mandate drives market growth
- Recycling industry makes announcements at COP28
- EPA grants accelerate organics, reuse systems
Plastics
- Fiber exports drop 17%, plastic shipments hit record low
- NY attorney general sues PepsiCo over river pollution
- Republic extends plastics project to Indianapolis
Regulation/oversight
- Colorado PRO revises EPR recycling scenarios
- Stakeholders respond to California recyclability report
- HDPE toothpaste tube recyclability claim questioned