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California’s 2024 carpet recycling rate exceeds annual goal

Published: September 16, 2025
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The market for recycled carpet in California continues to scale, boosted by supplemental subsidies and infrastructure improvements. | FrankHH/Shutterstock

California’s carpet recycling rate has improved for the fifth consecutive year, with Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) citing financial incentives, including grants, as a key driver of the continued growth. Continue Reading

Interstate Waste buys North Atlantic in Connecticut

Published: September 23, 2025
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Interstate Waste Services bought North Atlantic Waste & Recycling, extending its reach across central and southern Connecticut and advancing a strategy centered on rail and recycling. | Dr. Pixel / Shutterstock

Interstate Waste Services has expanded its Connecticut operations with the acquisition of North Atlantic Waste & Recycling, a family-owned hauler formerly known as Country Disposal. Continue Reading

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Iowa firm recycles wind turbine blades into concrete

Published: September 23, 2025
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Renewablade in Iowa is turning old wind turbine blades into precast concrete blocks, barriers and bunkers after years of trial and development. | Ultramansk / Shutterstock

After years of research and trial runs, an Iowa recycling company has begun turning retired wind turbine blades into precast concrete products. Continue Reading

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Major glass end user shuts down Oregon bottling plant

Published: August 5, 2025
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O-I glass cullet for recycling in Portland, Ore.

O-I will close the only bottling plant in Oregon, ending a local end market for recycled cullet. | Photo by Jared Paben

A Portland, Oregon glass bottling operation that uses high levels of recycled glass cullet will shut down as part of owner O-I’s wider move to reduce costs and consolidate capacity. It comes after a few years of starts and stops at the plant due to regulations and demand. Continue Reading

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State law, local ordinance and the question of alignment

Published: June 26, 2025
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Person with food scraps for composting.

Coloradans are working to implement a series of recycling-related policies, which sometimes support and sometimes oppose each other. | Gargonia/Shutterstock

When it comes to recycling, most policy is set at the state level — but not all of it. When city ordinances, state law and a governor’s priorities all interact, it can be a recipe for both significant change and serious complexity. 

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Colorado Summit for Recycling taps trending topics

Published: June 17, 2025
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Plastics wait to be washed, ground and used as a concrete additive at a local startup, Surpstone. Attendees toured several local businesses using recycled materials. | Marissa Heffernan / Resource Recycling

Extended producer responsibility, community engagement and chemical recycling were all hot topics for Colorado service providers, business owners and municipal representatives at a recent conference.  Continue Reading

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California advisory board examines barriers to EPR

Published: May 30, 2025
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The report touches on five main topics: recyclability of covered materials, compostability of covered materials, reuse and refill and other source reduction systems, cost coverage for local jurisdictions, and plastic leakage into the environment. | Ratchat/Shutterstock

Members of the California extended producer responsibility for packaging advisory board have identified dozens of barriers to implementation and offered up possible solutions in a recent report.

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MRF updates: An opening in NJ and a closure in MO

Published: April 29, 2025
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Interstate Waste Services’ new facility has an annual capacity of 215,000 tons, the company said. | Courtesy of Machinex

Two U.S. MRFs have been on opposite ends of good and bad fortune this month, with a new $30 million facility opening in North Arlington, New Jersey, two days after a 23-year-old MRF was destroyed by a tornado in Columbia, Missouri.  Continue Reading

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Kentucky Recycling Coalition takes shape

Published: April 22, 2025
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The newly formed Kentucky Recycling Coalition plans to start a summit, do a membership drive and ultimately improve recycling access across the state. | Aspen Rock/Shutterstock

After several years of work, Kentucky is no longer the only state in its region without a state recycling organization. The new Kentucky Recycling Coalition wants to increase access, update a statewide sustainability plan and build up membership. Continue Reading

Missouri details state facility recycling data

Published: April 1, 2025
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During the fiscal year, state employees recycled 12.9 million pounds of materials, generating $83,326 in revenue for Missouri’s recycling fund and avoiding $716,065 in landfill fees. | Roman Zaiets/Shutterstock

The Missouri state recycling program generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenue and saved the state hundreds of thousands in waste disposal fees, according to a recent report. Continue Reading

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