Tag Archives: manufacturer

In other news: May 9, 2017

Posted on May 9, 2017

Market recovery is on display in a Colorado city, and a recycled-content manufacturer pledges major investments in the U.S.

Posted in In other news, News | Tagged bags, bans, government, landfills, legislation, manufacturer, MRFs, OCC, U.S. |

Sign up for free weekly updates

The latest recycling industry news

Contamination in one region’s commercial stream is 14%
Researchers have quantified contamination in the business recycling stream in the Portland, Ore. metropolitan area, providing data that can be used to make operational or outreach decisions.
E-scrap and textiles collection service launches in Philadelphia
Retrievr will begin collecting scrap electronics and used textiles from the porches of Philadelphia homes, after city officials selected the company to participate in a pilot project.
Industry council forms with eye on ‘meaningful change’
The Recycling Partnership is bringing together three dozen individuals from across the recycling value chain for some frank discussion about how to get more types of material consistently collected and moved to end markets.
Our top stories from May 2020
Articles about markets, markets and more markets drew clicks from our readers last month.
City finds alternative outlet for EnergyBag plastics
Boise, Idaho will send hard-to-recycle plastics to be used as fuel for a cement manufacturing operation in Utah, after being without a solid downstream market for more than a year.
Budget shortfalls threaten local recycling programs
It’s too early to say how big of a hole COVID-19 will punch in municipal budgets. But communities are already facing tough decisions about how to allocate limited resources, and in some cases, recycling isn’t making the cut.
Texas survey to generate data on recovered materials usage
Recycling stakeholders in the Lone Star State are preparing a plan that will point lawmakers toward strategies for boosting recycling.