A startup is partnering with municipalities to provide curbside collection of textiles and electronics, two streams rarely touched by traditional curbside haulers.
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A startup is partnering with municipalities to provide curbside collection of textiles and electronics, two streams rarely touched by traditional curbside haulers.
A major U.S. industry group has announced ambitious long-term goals related to the recycling of plastic packaging.
Collection-related fatalities made up nearly two-thirds of all waste and recycling industry deaths last year, according to figures from the Solid Waste Association of North America.
The refillable bottle produced by O-I is offered in two sizes. Photo courtesy of Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative.
A glass bottle reuse program in Oregon has taken major steps forward, with glass giant Owens-Illinois creating a standardized refillable bottle for breweries and long-term plans for a wash facility moving forward.
An industry-funded ocean plastics prevention initiative has received support from a number of new partners, including brand owners, a chemicals giant and an intergovernmental group.
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New York City is moving forward with a plan to shift the financial burden of garbage collection from taxpayers to ratepayers.
Six East Coast states experienced seven waste and recycling deaths in only the first week and a half of 2018, according to an industry group.
Bridget Anderson
New York City’s waste management systems have seen a lot of change since the 1800s, when all materials were loaded onto a barge, taken into the ocean and dumped overboard. That system is currently transforming once again.
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The U.S. PET bottle recycling rate dropped from 30.1 percent to 28.4 percent in 2016, as the volume of new containers placed onto the market continued to increase.
The U.S. plastic bottle recycling rate declined to 29.7 percent in 2016, continuing a downward turn that began a year earlier after more than two decades of solid growth.