Hard-to-Recycle Materials

California’s carpet recycling rate has improved for the fifth consecutive year, with Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) citing financial incentives,...

Members of the nonprofit Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers discussed the increasing use of film plastics, and the difficulties in recycling...

An executive from U.S. textile manufacturer Unifi explored the challenges facing textile recycling and gave a glimpse of what to...

Since forming in 2022, the PET Recycling Coalition has worked to increase PET bottle recycling rates and access to curbside...

Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology are developing a high-speed automated system to disassemble and recycle clothing.

After years of collecting textiles from households, Ridwell is now asking customers to self-sort the items into re-wearable and recyclable...

Cathode ray tube devices, long the major headache material for the electronics recycling industry, continue to make up less and...

The city of Omaha recently added paper take-out cups to its list of accepted items for recycling, with locally owned...

Many MRF operators cite batteries as their greatest challenge, and for good reason. Fires at waste management facilities have been...

As recycling companies seek to improve workplace safety amid an industry-wide increase in on-the-job fatalities, experts at a recent industry...