Contamination

A new report from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) examines the role penalties and education play in...

The recycling program in Atlanta, Georgia, is a work in progress that has seen significant successes, including doubling its recycling...

Effective recycling programs rely heavily on human behavior, which can be very hard to change. But developing a targeted strategy...

A young technology company's imaging system combines cameras, X-rays and artificial intelligence to allow recycling facility operators to peer into...

Consumer education is a traditional way to reduce contamination, but the founder of startup MyMatR is combining it with AI...

Closed Loop Partners invested in a company that uses contaminated aluminum to create hydrogen fuel and a raw material used...

In a follow-up to previous research, the Foodservice Packaging Institute performed an audit of food residue on residential recyclables, finding...

Georgia-Pacific's Juno Technology is testing out plant locations and partnerships through a Seattle pilot project. 

For perhaps the first time, an AI-equipped robot is removing contaminants from the organics stream headed to composting. Composting company...

Leaving "oops" tags on contaminated recycling carts and providing positive feedback to those with clean carts is one of the...