An industry training and awareness program focused on vehicle safety kicked off Monday, just weeks after a report showed that occupational deaths among collectors were on the rise in 2015.
An industry training and awareness program focused on vehicle safety kicked off Monday, just weeks after a report showed that occupational deaths among collectors were on the rise in 2015.
This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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Haulers in one Colorado city could be allowed to charge more for collection services due to falling recycling revenues, and Seattle considers changes to its plastic bag ban.
The small city of Rock Island, Ill. is making changes to its curbside recycling program, and the single-stream system will now include glass.
Dow Chemical Co. has developed an advanced barrier pouch that can be recycled through retail PE collection streams.
Waste pickers in Rio de Janeiro are playing a key role in recycling during the Olympics, and India is set to receive its first integrated vehicle recycling facility.
U.K. residents panic over contamination rates, and where you recycle that bottle differs greatly among countries.
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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