China ban causes programs to cut collection
Municipal programs in the Pacific Northwest continue to feel the impacts of China’s import restrictions, and multiple local programs are...
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Pennsylvania ponders shift away from weight-based targets
Proposed legislation dramatically overhauls Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program, adding a point-of-sale fee on certain devices and making manufacturers financially responsible for...
China ban grabs attention in mainstream media
The upstream impacts of China’s import restrictions have been increasingly covered in national and local press, raising the level of...
Group ensures a Hollywood ending for used goods
A movie studio that paid $1,500 to purchase a chair will often want it gone as soon as the shoot...
South Carolina MRF project delayed by land issues
Site stability uncertainties are complicating a MRF construction project in Charleston County, S.C. The Post and Courier newspaper reports the...
Boosting multi-family numbers with mixed-waste sorting
In Toronto, as in other cities, multi-family residential recycling rates have been stubbornly lower than their single-family counterparts. As Canada's...
ReCommunity and City of Ann Arbor end legal fight
MRF company ReCommunity and Ann Arbor, Mich. have agreed to settle their legal dispute without an award of money to...
Lawmakers look to drain Pennsylvania recycling fund
State recycling money is on the chopping block in Pennsylvania, the latest arena in which legislators look to draw from...
Community Spotlight: Slow and steady breeds success as city’s program evolves
It can be difficult for a recycling program to implement major changes. Switching to single-stream, including more materials or removing...
Food scrap efforts developing in surprising locales
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that 40 percent of municipalities included in a research set have programs aimed at...
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