The National Recycling Coalition gave 10 organizational and individual awards this year, including one to a woman who played an instrumental role in reinvigorating the organization. The coalition has also elected a new slate of board members.
The National Recycling Coalition gave 10 organizational and individual awards this year, including one to a woman who played an instrumental role in reinvigorating the organization. The coalition has also elected a new slate of board members.
Wyoming is renowned for its cowpokes, but the results from a recent aluminum recycling competition show students in the state also excel in another type of roundup.
When the National Recycling Coalition recently awarded three $1,500 scholarships to sustainability-minded college students, the group carried on a tradition that’s now two decades in the making.
At last week’s ISRI2016 show, awards were given out to industry leaders at the twilight of their recycling careers as well as those who have yet to enter high school.
The Nebraska Recycling Council has a new executive director, and she is looking to continue the organization’s focus on extending education and outreach resources to programs around the state.
A report from plastics industry group NAPCOR indicated the U.S. PET bottle recycling rate was 28.9% in 2018, down from 29.2% in 2017. | pook jun/Shutterstock
The U.S. recycling rates for both PET bottles and all plastic bottles have fallen slightly, according to two reports released by industry groups.
A grant initiative announced this week is making $1.5 million available for qualifying municipalities across Michigan. | KyleHohler/Shutterstock
Detroit and other Michigan municipalities will bolster their recycling efforts this year thanks to grant funds from public and private sources.
A survey of over a dozen Northeast MRFs showed a decrease in the value of a ton of recyclables in the third quarter. | Benjamin Clapp/Shutterstock
The blended value of a ton of recyclables in the Northeast U.S. has dropped by about one-fifth, a MRF survey shows.
The RECYCLE Act is the second federal recycling grants bill to be introduced in the last week. | nate samui/Shutterstock
Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have introduced another bill that creates a federal recycling grants program.
