With 14 robots connected to 10 vision systems, Single Stream Recyclers (SSR) in Sarasota, Fla. has more robots under one roof than any other MRF.
A Florida company leveraging 14 robotic sorters is among the first recycling facilities to use the technology on fiber lines, boosting the value of paper bales.
The Recycling Partnership tool provides a geographical picture of which regions are well-served with recycling infrastructure.
For the first time, a comprehensive map of municipal materials recovery facilities across the country has been compiled and released for public use.
If GFL’s initial public offering is approved by regulators, the company would become the fourth largest publicly traded waste and recycling business in North America. | Philip Lange/Shutterstock
Waste giant GFL Environmental has filed for an initial public offering, aiming to raise up to $2.4 billion. The company also released recycling-specific financial figures.
Waste Management’s quarterly recycling revenues dropped 27% year over year | Ken Wolter/Shutterstock
North America’s largest garbage and recycling company experienced deepening pain from depressed recycling markets during the third quarter.
Republic Services’ recycling business brought in $68.6 million in revenue during the third quarter, down 10% year over year. | Resource Recycling file photo
Some of the largest publicly traded garbage and recycling companies got pinched by recycling markets during the third quarter. Others got flat-out hammered.
Plastic-sorting robots are just the latest upgrade for Recology’s San Francisco MRF. | Courtesy of Recology.
A West Coast operator installed four artificial intelligence units at its high-tech San Francisco MRF. A company manager explained how the machinery is working in conjunction with optical sorters to boost recovery and reduce contamination.
It may have low-tech lines and buildings going back four decades, but the dual-stream MRF in Berkeley, Calif. produces clean material that meets the demands of buyers today.
A former MRF manager is accused of stealing over $500,000 in commodity sales revenues. | Billion Photos/Shutterstock
A former MRF employee in Florida was charged with theft and fraud after selling recyclables and allegedly pocketing the money. The situation is one of at least two recent MRF fraud investigations.
A partisan City Council dispute in San Diego threatens a contract with the city’s MRF operator, and Montgomery, Ala.’s mixed-waste MRF is on the way to reopening.
