WestRock scales up foodservice packaging recovery
A major U.S. recycled paper end user will begin accepting fiber bales that contain foodservice packaging at its mills across...
Hard-to-Recycle Materials
Facility to install mixed-plastics sorting system
A Utah recycling company is targeting bales of resins Nos. 1-7, possibly filling a critical void in the plastics recovery...
Colorado MRF to sort single-use coffee cups
A Denver-area hauler and MRF operator will begin accepting coffee cups in the recycling stream from its commercial coffee shop...
Former QRS Maryland facility will not reopen
An idled plastics recovery facility (PRF) is being dismantled and its components sold, after efforts to reopen it for the...
Industry groups: EU regulation would end e-plastics recycling
A draft European Union law limits traces of a flame retardant in products to such a low level that it...
Counties and landlord battle over scrap electronics liability
When are local governments responsible to help pay for the cleanup of material they collected and sent to a recycling...
High-level deals bolster multi-layer film recycling tech
A global flexible packaging producer has partnered with a German recycling technology company to process multi-layer film scrap via a...
Toronto struggles to find a market for curbside foam
Canada's largest city conducted a pilot project last year to find a consistent outlet for densified foam polystyrene. The effort...
Toronto struggles to find a market for curbside foam
Canada's largest city conducted a pilot project last year to find a consistent outlet for densified foam polystyrene. The effort...
Recovering metal-LDPE mix from carton residue
After paper recycling companies extract fiber from cartons, they're often left with a plastic-aluminum mix that's sent to disposal. An...
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