Recycling news by topic
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Asia
- South Korea to enact import restrictions
- Fiber end users continue to evolve with export markets
- China moves to relax recycled paper tariffs
Brand owners
- Group looks to build ‘critical mass’ around PP recovery
- Brand owner trials film-on-the-side curbside recycling
- How2Recycle hits milestone on label usage
California
- A look at recent food waste announcements
- How California is bringing on universal organics collection
- California accuses CVS of breaking bottle deposit rules
Canada
- Study explores province’s glass markets
- Rethinking responsibility
- Agreement will avert Quebec MRF closures
Challenging materials
- Downstream questions continue for EnergyBag
- How a recycler unraveled
- Group looks to build ‘critical mass’ around PP recovery
Collection
- Republic: COVID-19 brings ‘uncontrollable challenges’
- Virus leads to program changes across North America
- DSNY says 32 workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Container deposits
- California accuses CVS of breaking bottle deposit rules
- Deposits double for many drinks in British Columbia
- Ocean plastics expert talks policy initiatives
Contamination
- Nation’s capital tackles curbside contamination
- How to help West Coast cities? Target contamination
- Contamination fines gain steam around U.S.
Courts/lawsuits
- How a recycler unraveled
- Public agency agrees to settle in e-scrap case
- California accuses CVS of breaking bottle deposit rules
Data
- Data Corner: Squeeze tubes: A case study in adding a packaging type to recycling
- Range of stakeholders offer up industry analysis
- Data Corner: The latest container and packaging recycling rates
EPR/stewardship
- One state moves toward mandating solar panel recycling
- Packaging EPR legislation lands in New York
- Rethinking responsibility
Europe
- Dispatches from Europe: Packaging reuse in the spotlight
- Dispatches from Europe: A step to stem the plastic tide
- MRF provider rolls out robots on two continents
Exports
- Lockdowns and shipping strife snarl scrap exports
- Device resellers see ‘unprecedented demand’
- Coronavirus pandemic disrupts recycling sector
Fiber
- South Korea to enact import restrictions
- Company plans US recycled paper pulping facility
- Fiber end users continue to evolve with export markets
Glass
- State Association Voice: Event explores glass recycling issues
- Study explores province’s glass markets
- Push for regional resiliency
Industry groups
- How small businesses can access federal relief dollars
- Pandemic causes host of complications for industry
- SWANA: Fatalities continue ‘at unusually high levels’
Legislation
- How small businesses can access federal relief dollars
- A look at recent food waste announcements
- Packaging EPR legislation lands in New York
Local programs
- Republic: COVID-19 brings ‘uncontrollable challenges’
- Pandemic causes host of complications for industry
- State Association Voice: Event explores glass recycling issues
Markets
- Lockdowns and shipping strife snarl scrap exports
- Device resellers see ‘unprecedented demand’
- Virus leads to program changes across North America
Metals
- One state moves toward mandating solar panel recycling
- In Our Opinion: The right design for container deposits
- Experts react to China’s updated metals specs
MRFs
- Another AI-driven sorter hits the MRF market
- Waste Management and others see lift from fee-for-service
- Maintaining your edge
Opinion
- In Our Opinion: The right design for container deposits
- In My Opinion: What the last 20 years have taught me
- In Our Opinion: Collaboration will fuel recycling’s evolution
Organics
- A look at recent food waste announcements
- Range of stakeholders offer up industry analysis
- How California is bringing on universal organics collection
Plastics
- Pandemic causes host of complications for industry
- How a domestic outlet for bulky rigids was born
- Downstream questions continue for EnergyBag