Glass

A materials recovery facility spent $671,000 to buy and install glass cleanup equipment, which is generating $296,000 in annual savings....

Three optical sorters and a variety of screening technologies form the upgraded backbone of a recently re-opened California MRF. Mid...

Many municipalities struggle to find downstream uses for recovered glass, but one study offers a bit of hope for a...

A comprehensive industry study has put a dollar amount on what U.S. materials recovery facilities and their municipal partners are...

This story originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....

An industry group has launched an online survey asking municipal and state governments, MRFs and glass companies about their local...

This story originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....

A woman is fined for trying to recycle cardboard, and a beer company creates sand from used bottles. New Zealand:...

Ironically, ending curbside glass collection increases a Tennessee city's glass recovery volumes, and a labor showdown in New York may...

A Canadian city drives its curbside contamination rates down, and a U.S. city increases recycling tonnages by 20 percent. Contamination reductions:...