Recycling news by topic
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Asia
- Nine Dragons building up infrastructure in SE Asia
- Details on Circulate Capital’s Indian plastics investments
- China confirms expanded import ban starting Jan. 1
Brand owners
- Greenpeace and Walmart continue renewed legal battle
- Keurig agrees to settle coffee pod recyclability suit
- Coca-Cola and others report using more recycled plastic
California
- Greenpeace and Walmart continue renewed legal battle
- Recycling labeling debate primed to heat up nationally
- Judge ends Greenpeace’s labeling suit against Walmart
Canada
- Province will broaden EPR to include more product types
- Canadian EPR program sees decline in recycling rate
- British Columbia EPR program hits 85% recovery rate
Challenging materials
- Igneo targets low-grade scrap electronics with $85M plant
- Partnership pushes growth for mixed-plastic user
- Handling a hazard
Collection
Container deposits
- Recycling company and manager plead guilty to fraud
- In My Opinion: Reward consumers to improve recycling
- Bottle bill update heads to Conn. governor’s desk
Contamination
- Cart tags: A growing force in fight against contamination
- Impactful outreach
- MRF operator: Lithium-ion batteries are ‘ticking time bombs’
Courts/lawsuits
- Greenpeace and Walmart continue renewed legal battle
- Keurig agrees to settle coffee pod recyclability suit
- Pace Glass, which had $90M processing plans, goes bust
Data
- US PET bottle recycling rate continues to sink
- Number crunch
- Report examines how to boost recycling markets in Texas
EPR/stewardship
- First Person Perspective: A new way forward for packaging EPR
- One concept, many details
- Province will broaden EPR to include more product types
Europe
- Aluminum giant reports recycling progress
- The latest MRF builds and retrofits across the globe
- US officials lay out Basel impact for plastic exporters
Exports
- Paper exports stable despite Chinese market exit
- The new export debate
- Amid shipping crisis, recycling loads often ‘first to get cut’
Fiber
- Accelerating demand drives Sustana acquisition
- Paper end users reflect on 2021 OCC price runup
- Recycled pulp plants planned for Southeast
Glass
- Pace Glass, which had $90M processing plans, goes bust
- O-I settles with regulators over glass facility pollution concerns
- Recycled glass end user expands to West Coast
Industry groups
- Coca-Cola and others report using more recycled plastic
- Northeast MRFs report skyrocketing bale values
- EPA publishes finalized National Recycling Strategy
Legislation
- First Person Perspective: Let’s enhance recycling as we enhance infrastructure
- Recycling labeling debate primed to heat up nationally
- One concept, many details
Local programs
Markets
- Paper end users reflect on 2021 OCC price runup
- Northeast MRFs report skyrocketing bale values
- With revenues soaring, WM and others invest in processing
Metals
- Aluminum can producers to lobby for deposit legislation
- Igneo targets low-grade scrap electronics with $85M plant
- Group seeks mining rules and support for recycling
MRFs
- Michigan MRF starts back up this month
- Two new MRFs open their doors
- Why carton recycling has stalled in one state