Recycling news by topic
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Asia
- China and Hong Kong issue new plastic import rules
- China ban spurs rise in plastic waste ‘criminal trends’
- Shipping shakeup continues as China’s extended ban nears
Brand owners
- Brand owner invests $30 million to bolster plastics recycling
- Five big brands averaged 8% recycled content
- Ocean plastics venture announces first investments
California
- Expansive plastic waste bill fails again
- California mandates recycled material in beverage bottles
- Letter from California: Recycling initiative seeks input
Canada
- British Columbia expands EPR and bottle deposit systems
- How do urban and rural recycling streams compare?
- Guide helps programs prepare for the unknown
Challenging materials
- Lithium-ion battery recycler to build New York facility
- Two paper mills begin accepting plastic-lined cups
- PreZero starts up California film recycling operation
Collection
- Midwest recycling operator expands with commercial plant
- Startup leverages cryptocurrency to push plastics recovery
- How pandemic has affected WM and Waste Connections
Container deposits
- California mandates recycled material in beverage bottles
- Oregon deposit return rate increased in 2019
- ‘There is no supply’
Contamination
- Study explores southeast state’s contamination rate
- How do urban and rural recycling streams compare?
- Contamination in one region’s commercial stream is 14%
Courts/lawsuits
- Details emerge on scope of Closed Loop CRT cleanup
- How a recycler unraveled
- Public agency agrees to settle in e-scrap case
Data
- Data Corner: Coming to terms with today’s packaging stream
- Study explores southeast state’s contamination rate
- Data Corner: Good news for recycled content around glass
EPR/stewardship
- British Columbia expands EPR and bottle deposit systems
- In Our Opinion: Undoing plastic bans is risky business
- An EPR evolution
Europe
- How manipulating micro-crystals may improve recycled aluminum
- EU stakeholders vow to hit 90% glass collection
- Dispatches from Europe: Packaging reuse in the spotlight
Exports
- China and Hong Kong issue new plastic import rules
- China ban spurs rise in plastic waste ‘criminal trends’
- Shipping shakeup continues as China’s extended ban nears
Fiber
- Scrap paper and plastic markets hit by confluence of forces
- Two paper mills begin accepting plastic-lined cups
- Recycled fiber end users put new focus on residential stream
Glass
- Processors open up on glass-sorting improvements
- EU stakeholders vow to hit 90% glass collection
- Data Corner: Good news for recycled content around glass
Industry groups
- Stakeholders roll out framework for US plastics sustainability
- Here are the latest film and non-bottle rigid recycling stats
- MRFs: Second quarter brings higher values and lower costs
Legislation
- Expansive plastic waste bill fails again
- California mandates recycled material in beverage bottles
- An ambitious recycling policy proposal could go local
Local programs
- The details on a MRF contract built for the current age
- How programs in NY, Texas and Colorado are handling COVID-19
- A local program leader’s long history of crossing racial divides
Markets
- Scrap paper and plastic markets hit by confluence of forces
- Post-consumer fiber bales increase in value
- Rare earth recycler draws $28 million in federal funding
Metals
- Lithium-ion battery recycler to build New York facility
- How manipulating micro-crystals may improve recycled aluminum
- Rare earth recycler draws $28 million in federal funding
MRFs
- Midwest recycling operator expands with commercial plant
- WM details sorting facility upgrades and plastics capacity
- The details on a MRF contract built for the current age
Opinion
- Letter from California: Recycling initiative seeks input
- In Our Opinion: Stay the course toward reusable packaging
- Editor’s Opinion: Time to take the hard steps of meaningful action on racial injustice
Organics
- Organic improvements
- A look at recent food waste announcements
- Range of stakeholders offer up industry analysis
Plastics
- Scrap paper and plastic markets hit by confluence of forces
- China and Hong Kong issue new plastic import rules
- Brand owner invests $30 million to bolster plastics recycling