Recycling news by topic
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Asia
- Plastic industry’s $1B waste effort begins to outline projects
- China moves closer to complete import ban
- Ocean plastics venture announces first investments
Brand owners
- Ocean plastics venture announces first investments
- Group looks to build ‘critical mass’ around PP recovery
- Brand owner trials film-on-the-side curbside recycling
California
- West Coast study: Recycling zeal doesn’t erase contamination
- California bottle makers boost consumption of recovered glass
- A look at recent food waste announcements
Canada
Challenging materials
- E-scrap and textiles collection service launches in Philadelphia
- City finds alternative outlet for EnergyBag plastics
- Details emerge on scope of Closed Loop CRT cleanup
Collection
- E-scrap and textiles collection service launches in Philadelphia
- Recycling markets continued to challenge WM and others in Q1
- State provides funding for 20 recycling projects
Container deposits
- One state moves to restart container deposit program
- COVID-19 damages supply chain for deposit materials
- First Person Perspective: Container deposits can drive recycling – but program design is key
Contamination
- Contamination in one region’s commercial stream is 14%
- Software brings waste audit results into real time
- West Coast study: Recycling zeal doesn’t erase contamination
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
- US paper recycling rate drops slightly
- Data Corner: The historic fall of fiber exports
- Software brings waste audit results into real time
EPR/stewardship
- In Our Opinion: Undoing plastic bans is risky business
- An EPR evolution
- Roundup of reactions to the pandemic
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
- Data Corner: The historic fall of fiber exports
- Scrap exports continue to drop this year
- China moves closer to complete import ban
Fiber
- US paper recycling rate drops slightly
- OCC supply shortfalls drive up prices
- Data Corner: The historic fall of fiber exports
Glass
- California bottle makers boost consumption of recovered glass
- COVID-19 damages supply chain for deposit materials
- Curbside glass end market plans large expansion
Industry groups
- Industry council forms with eye on ‘meaningful change’
- Plastic industry’s $1B waste effort begins to outline projects
- Feds publish virus safety guidance for waste industry
Legislation
- How firms are faring as they look for paycheck loans
- How small businesses can access federal relief dollars
- A look at recent food waste announcements
Local programs
- Industry council forms with eye on ‘meaningful change’
- Budget shortfalls threaten local recycling programs
- Coronavirus infections impact recycling operations
Markets
- Industry council forms with eye on ‘meaningful change’
- OCC supply shortfalls drive up prices
- GFL releases first-quarter earnings
Metals
- Aluminum company reports slightly lower scrap usage
- One state moves toward mandating solar panel recycling
- In Our Opinion: The right design for container deposits
MRFs
- Coronavirus infections impact recycling operations
- Maximize your retrofit
- Recycling markets continued to challenge WM and others in Q1
Opinion
- In Our Opinion: Undoing plastic bans is risky business
- First Person Perspective: Container deposits can drive recycling – but program design is key
- Editor’s Analysis: The collateral damage in ‘Plastic Wars’
Organics
- A look at recent food waste announcements
- Range of stakeholders offer up industry analysis
- How California is bringing on universal organics collection
Plastics
- City finds alternative outlet for EnergyBag plastics
- Plastic industry’s $1B waste effort begins to outline projects
- Takeaways from TerraCycle’s earnings report