Canadian startup chops to it on wood recovery
Around 100,000 chopsticks are discarded in Vancouver, British Columbia every day, and that fact has led to a unique line...
Organics
Public action’ essential for successful curbside programs, experts say
If a municipal recycling program wants to increase its performance, local government engagement is needed. Several program leaders made that...
Washington, D.C. exploring curbside compost program
Curbside organics collection could be a key component of Washington, D.C.'s strategy to reach an 80 percent diversion rate. A...
Court filing targets planned WM facility
A legal petition filed last week claims a mixed-waste processing facility being built by Waste Management in California could harm...
Minnesota report shows transitional year for data collection
Minnesota is on track to improve the accuracy of its annual recycling and waste management data reporting, so its recent...
RR Exclusive: Waste Management builds trash-sorting MRF near Oakland
An organics-focused operation in California estimated to cost more than $120 million will extract recoverable material from municipal solid waste. But...
In other news: April 4, 2017
Chicago wants to better educate residents of a neighborhood posting a 6 percent diversion rate, and two reports calls on...
Going the distance
This story originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....
Composters unite to combat contamination
Materials recovery facilities have long been vocal about the impacts they're seeing from a shifting waste stream. A new group...
Looking for the right recipe
This story originally appeared in the January 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....
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