TRP report calls for unified recycling process
The latest State of Recycling report says sustained investment and aligned outcomes are necessary to maximize results.
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Metallium makes progress in advanced metal recovery tech
The company is working to make its electrical pulse-based technology commercially viable.
Reworld reports increased e-scrap volumes
The New Jersey-based company separated and processed 6,000 tons of metals from discarded electronics at its Philadelphia EcoWorld facility.
Mexican Coke bottler to invest $1bn in ops this year
Arca Continental, the second-largest bottler in Latin America, will spend about half the money in the US and South America,...
MRF of the Moment: Targeting fibers and films in commercial and multi-family streams
A new materials recovery facility in San Diego is sorting single-stream material from commercial and multi-family sources. Fibers and films...
Wide world of plastics recycling: Dec. 20, 2016
A European bottler is putting a twist on bottled water, and a U.K. plastics recycling company strikes a deal to...
Fatalities rise in the waste and recycling industry
The number of deaths among refuse and recyclable materials collectors went up last year. According to the U.S. Bureau of...
Plastics recycling plant death ruled accidental
The death of a worker at a Plastic Recycling Inc. facility in Indianapolis has been deemed an accident, according to...
Michigan-based Plastipak buys distressed UK reclaimer
One of the largest blow molders in the U.S. has purchased one of Europe's largest bottle reclaimers. Michigan-based Plastipak has...
The desire to increase organics recovery is there, but is it doable?
A report from the National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) studies organics in the waste stream. The report was written...
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