Tools aim to foster better MRF contracts
A MRF and municipality may feel their contract is fair, until a dive in commodity prices or spike in contamination...
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COVID-19 cases disrupt more recycling programs
Coronavirus infections among workers have caused a MRF to shutter and delayed collection of recyclables elsewhere. The federal government and...
How do urban and rural recycling streams compare?
Officials in one area of Ontario dove deep into recycling stream composition data, producing results that informed a municipality's new...
More industry voices speak out on racial injustice
Recycling organizations, environmental advocacy groups and municipal programs are joining the call to oppose racism and work for systemic change....
MRF operator and public agency are at odds in Iowa
Plans to build a new publicly funded MRF in the Des Moines, Iowa area have drawn criticism from the region's...
The local approach
This article appeared in the May 2020 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. This is...
Industry council forms with eye on ‘meaningful change’
The Recycling Partnership is bringing together three dozen individuals from across the recycling value chain for some frank discussion about...
Budget shortfalls threaten local recycling programs
It's too early to say how big of a hole COVID-19 will punch in municipal budgets. But communities are already...
Coronavirus infections impact recycling operations
A MRF serving Calgary is back at half-capacity after workers tested positive for the coronavirus, and a local program in...
Recycling markets continued to challenge WM and others in Q1
Two years after China's imports ban upended material flows, recycling revenues are still falling for the largest waste and recycling...
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