Local Programs

New York City's waste management systems have seen a lot of change since the 1800s, when all materials were loaded...

Several years of lagging recovered material totals have led leaders of Oregon's e-scrap program to slash weight targets for manufacturers...

The recycling chief at Waste Management recently reflected on the company's ongoing efforts to clean up the material stream. The...

Los Angeles is slated to implement its franchise zone system for commercial haulers next month, but a lawsuit filed last...

Funding for a North Carolina recycling support program has been restored in the state House of Representatives' budget proposal, a...

If a municipal recycling program wants to increase its performance, local government engagement is needed. Several program leaders made that...

Curbside organics collection could be a key component of Washington, D.C.'s strategy to reach an 80 percent diversion rate. A...

As more and more communities switch to single-stream recycling collection to increase participation and material volumes, a New Jersey city...

Ann Arbor, Mich. may be trucking its single-stream material to a materials recovery facility in Ohio for the foreseeable future. That's...

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