The UN’s top environmental scientist tells a group assembled in Kenya that biodegradable plastics are a false solution to the marine plastics problem, and a Dutch city uses a full suite of technology to optimize its collection routes.
The UN’s top environmental scientist tells a group assembled in Kenya that biodegradable plastics are a false solution to the marine plastics problem, and a Dutch city uses a full suite of technology to optimize its collection routes.
Garbage and recycling haulers had the fifth-highest death rate of all civilian occupations in 2014, with 27 people losing their lives, updated federal statistics show.
This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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This story originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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Even in this era of fake news, people haven’t grown distrustful of their community’s recycling system, a study indicates.
Houston’s move to remove glass from the curbside stream kills a planned multi-million-dollar industry investment there, according to an executive at glass processing company Strategic Materials.
Saying a material can’t be thrown away isn’t a guarantee it will be recycled. That’s a takeaway from the cardboard landfill ban Fort Collins, Colo. imposed in 2013.
A city in Tennessee wants to get glass out of its single-stream system, and a Hawaiian county eliminates several recycling programs.
Hundreds of thousands of Texans could lose curbside recycling service if the Houston City Council rejects a new contract with Waste Management.