The bills enjoy support from multiple industry groups and members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. | SF/Shutterstock
Two bills dealing with the nation’s recycling and composting infrastructure have been reintroduced to Congress for a second year, drawing praise from several industry organizations. Continue Reading
The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) seeks to grow the UBC recycling rate to 90% by 2050. | Ji Jinn/Shutterstock
In endorsing a strategy to reduce greenhouse gases and limit global warming, aluminum producers say boosting UBC recycling rates will play a central role. Meanwhile, Novelis, the largest UBC recycling company in North America, provided updated details on its “green bond” spending. Continue Reading
An increased bottle recycling rate was driven mainly by PET bottles. | Nixx Photography/Shutterstock
The U.S. plastic bottle recycling rate was 28.2% in 2021, up 1 percentage point from a year earlier, according to an industry report released April 11.
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Speakers at the NERC Spring 2023 Conference offered advice on achieving diversity, equity and inclusion goals. | Light Spring/Shutterstock
Hard conversations, checking unconscious bias and letting employees drive change with leadership’s support are all vital to building more diverse workforces, experts recently explained.
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New Hanover County, N.C. will send paper cups to Sonoco’s recently upgraded paper mill in Hartsville, S.C. | Courtesy of Sonoco
A packaging industry group, local governments and a paper mill operator are working together to bring curbside paper cup recycling to programs throughout the Carolinas. Continue Reading
Steve Alexander of APR and Monica Medina of the U.S. State Department at the 2023 Plastics Recycling Conference. | Big Wave Productions and Resource Recycling, Inc.
The Biden administration envisions a global plastics agreement that requires each country to take steps to boost demand for recycled resin, including through use of public procurement policies and packaging standardization. Continue Reading
The average price of a ton of material in Q4 of 2022 was 28% less than in the previous quarter. | ADragan/Shutterstock
The blended average price of recovered material dropped again in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a recent market report. Continue Reading
Deaths related to mechanical incidents topped the list of causes for the first time since SWANA began collecting fatality data. | YES Market Media/Shutterstock
Waste industry worker fatalities rose to 46 in 2022, a nearly 65% increase over the prior year.
Many recycling experts see China’s imports curtailment as an opportunity to rebuild domestic recycling infrastructure. A recent workshop in Portland, Ore. fostered conversations on how to begin doing that in the Pacific Northwest, a region that has long been fairly export dependant.
An industry-backed demonstration project is taking place at a former Far West Recycling facility in Portland, Ore. | Jared Paben / Resource Recycling, Inc.
Aug. 1 kicked off public demonstrations of an effort to sort a variety of resins from loads of material otherwise bound for disposal. The goal is to develop a pool of data that can help guide future industry investments.
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