Local Programs

A major southwest city is looking to develop a facility that will process the city’s mixed plastics stream through plastics-to-fuel...

Strategic Materials shut down its Franklin, Mass. facility last month, a development caused by the closure of a massive bottle...

The U.S. recycling market disruption from China's import restrictions has received mainstream media attention since the beginning of 2018. But...

In the midst of a recycling market downturn, a growing number of small municipal programs across North America are moving...

A shuttered mixed-waste processing site in Montgomery, Ala. will reopen to once again separate recyclables from garbage. The decision comes...

Four years ago, it became clear Montgomery, Ala. was going to be the testing ground for an updated approach to...

This story originally appeared in the June 2018 issue of Resource Recycling magazine. Subscribe today for access to all print content....

A mid-sized Colorado municipality has achieved enviable diversion results as its program has progressed for the past 25 years. One...

San Francisco has seen significantly more diversion from its curbside program since changing the standard sizes of recycling and garbage...

Sometimes a municipal recycling program’s biggest impact is abundantly clear. Just look at Tampa, Fla. The city has a revenue-sharing...