Data Corner: The importance of decoupling recycled and virgin plastic prices
Historically, recycled plastic resin and bale prices have closely tracked virgin resin pricing. High virgin resin prices create good times...
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Data Corner: Tracking the growing variety of products made with PCR
The Buy Recycled Products Directory, managed by More Recycling, showcases more than 200 items made using post-consumer resin that are...
Data Corner: Collection remains a deadly occupation
In mid-December, the U.S. Department of Labor released statistics on on-the-job fatalities for different sectors in the United States in...
SWANA tallies 52 industry on-the-job deaths last year
The number North American MRF workers killed on the job last year decreased, but the total number of garbage and...
Data Corner: Tracking the growing variety of products made with recycled plastic
The Buy Recycled Products Directory, managed by More Recycling, showcases more than 200 plastic items made using post-consumer resin that...
Survey shows US landfill tip fees decreased last year
Average landfill tip fees across the country dropped in 2020, although the eastern U.S. continued to see rising disposal costs....
Data Corner: Boosting diversion in the downtown core of one small city
Cities with thriving downtowns face multiple challenges regarding solid waste management, including space constraints, varying frequency of service needs, data...
Data Sort: A growing preference for segregated material among buyers
Recently released industry data indicates that at least 1.3 billion pounds of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic were recovered for recycling...
Data Corner: Stark market impacts on one provincial program
How much does recycling cost municipalities and producers in Ontario? The answer: Quite a bit more than it used to....
Collector deaths decreased in 2019
Forty-three garbage and recycling collection workers were killed on the job in 2019, fewer than the prior year but still...
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