Contamination

Facing ever-increasing pressure to deliver a cleaner stream to processors, cities across North America are turning to curbside inspection of...

This article appeared in the May 2021 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   It...

The city of Tulsa, Okla. was forced to redirect its residential recycling stream to a waste-to-energy plant after an improperly...

Education campaigns may improve curbside recycling practices for residents who produce average or low amounts of contamination, but they may...

A Connecticut judge last month ordered a public authority to pay Republic Services damages in a MRF operations contract dispute....

MRFs in Florida have historically landfilled about one-quarter of the weight that comes in the door, according to a study...

MRFs in Florida have historically landfilled about one-quarter of the weight that comes in the door, according to a study...

Officials in one area of Ontario dove deep into recycling stream composition data, producing results that informed a municipality's new...

Researchers have quantified contamination in the business recycling stream in the Portland, Ore. metropolitan area, providing data that can be...

A data collection and analytics platform is helping a California university improve its landfill diversion. In recent weeks, the platform...