Glass continues to draw sharp focus in municipal programs across the country, as market realities, transport logistics and contamination form a barrier to cost-effective recovery.
Glass continues to draw sharp focus in municipal programs across the country, as market realities, transport logistics and contamination form a barrier to cost-effective recovery.
Houston council members approve a contract continuing curbside recycling but jettisoning glass, and newspapers resist joining British Columbia’s printed paper and packaging stewardship group.
A MRF worker saves the life of a kitten, and the trend of container lightweighting comes to glass.
A major industry merger lives on, but a mixed-waste MRF project in Ohio dies.
A town in Iowa looks to remove glass from its curbside stream, and a Southern California city renews a contract with Waste Management.
Despite packaging lightweighting, Canada boosted the amount of plastic it collected for recycling in 2014, and Houston installs 10 additional glass-collection bins.
The Windy City’s recycling rate sees another drop, and some residents are unhappy with the way Charlotte, N.C. wants OCC placed in the cart.
An initiative emphasizes the job creation that recycling can bring, and a San Antonio facility is again ordered to vacate its premises due to alleged violations. Continue Reading
A Canadian city drives its curbside contamination rates down, and a U.S. city increases recycling tonnages by 20 percent.
Ironically, ending curbside glass collection increases a Tennessee city’s glass recovery volumes, and a labor showdown in New York may be leading toward a MRF strike.
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