Back to Top

Tag Archives: collection

Bottle cap effort highlights recycling as pollution solution

Published: July 11, 2022
Updated:

by
Students in Conn. with collected bottle caps.

Connecticut students collected nearly 4 tons of bottle caps for recycling through a collaborative effort. | Courtesy of SoundWaters

Connecticut middle school students, with help from processor UltraPoly and other entities, recently collected 2.5 million plastic caps and recycled them into end products as part of a lesson on microplastics.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , |

Industry group: Help us find the plastic bale volumes we need

Published: June 21, 2022
Updated:

by
Bales of plastics for recycling.

A European analysis shows 9 million metric tons of discarded plastic was collected for sorting, out of 30 million produced in 2021. | Muhammad Azman/Shutterstock

European plastic recyclers are struggling to get enough material, even as exports of plastics decline and values rise.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , , |

COVID-19 hurt TerraCycle’s recycled materials sales in ’21

Published: May 24, 2022
Updated:

by
TerraCycle logo on-screen.

As of Dec. 31, TerraCycle US has over 150 brand-sponsored national recycling programs in 48 states. | photo gonzo/Shutterstock

TerraCycle US continued to rake in more money from companies paying it to operate mail-in recycling programs, but it incurred steeper losses doing the actual recycling of plastic and other materials.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , |

US plastic recycling numbers continue to fall

Published: April 26, 2022
Updated:

by
PET bottles collected for recycling.

Broken down by scrap type, a study found that bottles, non-bottle rigid plastics and other plastics all saw declines individually in 2020. | TeuNg StyLe/Shutterstock

The U.S. is processing more of its scrap plastic domestically, but the overall weight of plastic recycled in 2020 dropped just under 6% from 2019, according to an annual industry report.

Continue Reading

WM details shifts in recycling stream and end markets

Published: October 19, 2021
Updated:

by

Waste Management’s overall recycling collection dropped slightly from 2019 to 2020. | Courtesy of Waste Management

A report from Waste Management describes how the pandemic shifted the composition of the curbside stream from paper to plastic last year. The document also provides insights into the company’s domestic market expectations and recycling investments. 

Continue Reading

Midwest recycling operator expands with commercial plant

Published: September 15, 2020
Updated:

by
Quincy Recycle's Green Bay facility

Quincy Recycle plans to start up the 64,000-square-foot facility early next year.

Quincy Recycle has opened its eighth recycling facility to handle material from back-of-house commercial and industrial settings, underscoring opportunity in these areas despite a pandemic-driven decline in commercial material generation.

Continue Reading

Posted in Top stories | Tagged , |