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In 2019, recovered fiber exports from the United States experienced their largest year-over-year decline on record. U.S. scrap plastic exports...

RRS analyzed the various pieces that contribute to processing costs for materials recovery facilities: fixed costs, variable operating and maintenance...

The U.S. recycling rates for both PET bottles and all plastic bottles have fallen slightly, according to two reports released...

The overall U.S. recycling rate was 35.2% in 2017, but underneath that number is a more complicated picture of material-specific...

The impact of the seismic shift in recycling markets over the past two-and-a-half years can be clearly seen in the...

The national recycling and composting rate has inched above 35%, according to the U.S. EPA. The agency this month released...

The graph below shows the downstream trends for four major plastic resins collected for recycling in the U.S. and Canada...

Some of the largest publicly traded garbage and recycling companies got pinched by recycling markets during the third quarter. Others...

Last month's youth-led demonstrations indicate citizens around the world are going to demand real action around emissions in the decades...

The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum cans sits just below 50%, according to an industry group. The consumer recycling rate...