A nationwide campaign for standardized recycling labels on collection bins has received $50 million in donated ad space from some of the largest media groups in the country.
A nationwide campaign for standardized recycling labels on collection bins has received $50 million in donated ad space from some of the largest media groups in the country.
Keep America Beautiful, which runs America Recycles Day and other initiatives, is closing its Washington, D.C. office and consolidating staff in Connecticut. Two leaders from the organization’s recycling arm are exiting as part of the shift.
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Municipal programs are often short on funds, and it’s easy for recycling outreach to fall on the back burner amid budget constraints. East Hartford, Conn. recently took action on the issue by partnering with a plastics industry initiative.
Numerous studies in 2016 pointed to the need for better recycling outreach. Continue Reading
This Saturday, April 22 marks Earth Day, an event that was first celebrated in the U.S. 47 years ago. Industry entities are marking the occasion with efforts that range from impactful to flat-out quirky.
This story originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of Resource Recycling.
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The product stewardship group at the center of British Columbia’s recently reshaped curbside program has taken on a new moniker.
Chicago wants to better educate residents of a neighborhood posting a 6 percent diversion rate, and two reports calls on Michigan lawmakers to take steps to boost recycling.
Some lawmakers say it’s time to update Pennsylvania’s 30-year-old recycling law, and an Indiana elementary school wins the Recycle-Bowl competition.
Personal care product company Garnier is working with TerraCycle and a nonprofit group to help consumers keep plastic out of the trash stream.