Recycling news by topic
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Asia
- Largest shipping company won’t take recyclables to China
- China vows to further slash imports while approving permits
- Another major shipping line ends scrap service to China
Brand owners
- Five big brands averaged 8% recycled content
- Ocean plastics venture announces first investments
- Group looks to build ‘critical mass’ around PP recovery
California
- Judge’s ruling means plastics initiative likely going to voters
- Data Corner: Good news for recycled content around glass
- West Coast study: Recycling zeal doesn’t erase contamination
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
- PreZero starts up California film recycling operation
- What industry learned from flexible film recycling effort
- E-scrap and textiles collection service launches in Philadelphia
Collection
- How pandemic has affected WM and Waste Connections
- COVID-19 cases disrupt more recycling programs
- E-scrap and textiles collection service launches in Philadelphia
Container deposits
- ‘There is no supply’
- Bottle deposit programs continue to reopen
- One state moves to restart container deposit program
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
- EU stakeholders vow to hit 90% glass collection
- Dispatches from Europe: Packaging reuse in the spotlight
- Dispatches from Europe: A step to stem the plastic tide
Exports
- Largest shipping company won’t take recyclables to China
- China vows to further slash imports while approving permits
- Another major shipping line ends scrap service to China
Fiber
- Largest shipping company won’t take recyclables to China
- Pandemic pricing
- How pandemic has affected WM and Waste Connections
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
- Environmental group takes aim at chemical recycling of plastics
- Retailers look to ‘reinvent’ single-use plastic bags
- How a packaging firm ensured its PET canister’s recyclability
Legislation
- Judge’s ruling means plastics initiative likely going to voters
- Recycling policy is back after COVID-19 hiatus
- Plastics recycling bill introduced to Congress
Local programs
- A local program leader’s long history of crossing racial divides
- Mixed-waste facility’s future uncertain after closure
- Community Spotlight: Small Texas city rolls with COVID-19 and continues program evolution
Markets
- Republic talks MRF investments and COVID-19 impacts
- Pandemic pricing
- How pandemic has affected WM and Waste Connections
Metals
- Equipment upgrades drive greater UBC recovery
- Aluminum company reports slightly lower scrap usage
- One state moves toward mandating solar panel recycling
MRFs
- Republic talks MRF investments and COVID-19 impacts
- Mixed-waste facility’s future uncertain after closure
- Equipment upgrades drive greater UBC recovery
Opinion
- In Our Opinion: Stay the course toward reusable packaging
- Editor’s Opinion: Time to take the hard steps of meaningful action on racial injustice
- In Our Opinion: Undoing plastic bans is risky business
Organics
- A look at recent food waste announcements
- Range of stakeholders offer up industry analysis
- How California is bringing on universal organics collection
Plastics
- Environmental group takes aim at chemical recycling of plastics
- Retailers look to ‘reinvent’ single-use plastic bags
- Largest shipping company won’t take recyclables to China