Recycling news by topic
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Asia
- Tetra Pak launches carton recycling initiative in Vietnam
- Ohio chosen for Thailand company’s recycled plastic plant
- Nine Dragons building up infrastructure in SE Asia
Brand owners
- Judge dismisses claims against 7-Eleven’s recyclable labels
- Global company looks to recycling in ESG push
- Thermoform-to-thermoform bill draws mixed reactions
California
- California dangles cash carrot for cleaner PET bales, but few bite
- How SB 54 went from twice-failed bill to landmark EPR
- What MRFs can expect from California’s new CRV laws
Canada
- Canada eyes federal plastics registry, labeling rules
- Recycle BC reports jump in recovery rates
- Key recycled glass end user puts millions into pair of projects
Challenging materials
- Dow, WM team up on curbside residential film project
- The path to true sustainability
- ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell to bankroll plastic sorting center
Collection
- Dow, WM team up on curbside residential film project
- Thinking beyond curbside
- Northeast state funds organics-garbage ‘co-collection’ projects
Container deposits
- Oregon redemption center brings AI counting to consumers
- Data Corner: Impacts of full-service redemption centers in Oregon
- California governor signs bottle bill expansion, other bills
Contamination
- How a robot is solving San Antonio’s organics challenges
- Study: Cart tagging reduces contamination, for a cost
- Cart tags: A growing force in fight against contamination
Courts/lawsuits
- T-Mobile sues electronics recycling firm for over $6 million
- Judge dismisses claims against 7-Eleven’s recyclable labels
- Plaintiff drops case over Hefty Recycling bag marketing
Data
- Time to recalculate?
- Data Corner: Impacts of full-service redemption centers in Oregon
- Industry illness and injury rates hit record low in 2021
EPR/stewardship
- What’s the right role for chemical recycling?
- NRC panelists: Strong EPR requires reduction, transparency
- In My Opinion: EPR takeaways from OECD meeting
Europe
- Dow backs mechanical, chemical recycling expansions
- Industry group: Help us find the plastic bale volumes we need
- Aluminum giant reports recycling progress
Exports
- Fiber and plastic exports drop 8% and 22%
- Data Corner: The ongoing decline in US scrap plastic exports
- Data Corner: The new world order in recovered paper exports
Fiber
- Paper producers reflect on OCC prices, upcoming plants
- Time to recalculate?
- Editor’s Perspective: First look at a retooled paper mill
Glass
- EPA grants just under $1.2M to small recycling companies
- What MRFs can expect from California’s new CRV laws
- Texas recycler selects outfitter for San Antonio MRF
Industry groups
- What’s the right role for chemical recycling?
- Industry illness and injury rates hit record low in 2021
- NRC panelists: Strong EPR requires reduction, transparency
Legislation
- NRC panelists: Strong EPR requires reduction, transparency
- How SB 54 went from twice-failed bill to landmark EPR
- What MRFs can expect from California’s new CRV laws
Local programs
- How Phoenix fits into Balcones’ growth plans
- Oregon redemption center brings AI counting to consumers
- Power in posting
Markets
- Paper producers reflect on OCC prices, upcoming plants
- NERC: Blended average prices fell 40% in third quarter
- Higher plastic values alleviate some sting from fiber markets
Metals
- Sonoco upgrades machines, Novelis breaks ground
- E-scrap professionals share knowledge with wider industry
- Helpful history
MRFs
- How Phoenix fits into Balcones’ growth plans
- Oregon redemption center brings AI counting to consumers
- Industry illness and injury rates hit record low in 2021
Opinion
- First Person Perspective: How flexible packaging can fit into a modernized recycling system
- In My Opinion: EPR takeaways from OECD meeting
- In My Opinion: EPR needed for flexible packaging
Organics
- Northeast state funds organics-garbage ‘co-collection’ projects
- Why a waste district took the ‘waste’ out of its name
- Athens Services MRF set to bring on a $10M organics line
Plastics
- What’s the right role for chemical recycling?
- Dow, WM team up on curbside residential film project
- Editor’s Take: The problem with the Greenpeace data
Regulation/oversight
- Oregon MRF becomes first to achieve RIOS certification
- California dangles cash carrot for cleaner PET bales, but few bite
- Canada eyes federal plastics registry, labeling rules