Would TPP trade deal boost plastics recycling?
It's election season, and one hot-button issue is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which aims to significantly boost trading relationships between...
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In other news: Oct 12, 2016
Worldwide PC shipments have taken another hit, an indication of the shifting e-scrap stream in the years to come. In...
Improving EPS recycling in one Alberta city
Adding a thermal densifying unit helped improve the economics of expanded polystyrene recycling in Cochrane, Alberta. It increased the density...
Is plastics recycling worth it? Check the new ISRI Scrap Yearbook
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its annual Scrap Yearbook, a statistical and comprehensive publication regarding the...
Q&A: Waste Management’s CEO digs deep into the material stream
Waste Management's CEO, David Steiner, follows up his Resource Recycling Conference keynote address with a deeper dive into questions surrounding...
PetroChem Wire: Recycled HMW HDPE price drops reflecting scrap oversupply
Recycled HMW HDPE prices for both pellet and flake were down last week reflecting an oversupply of HMW scrap drums...
The View from ISRI: It’s time to bury the landfill option for CRTs
Robin Wiener Even after being in the scrap recycling industry for over 25 years, I am still amazed at how...
PetroChem Wire: PET prices respond to high imports
Prices for recycled PET are under downward pressure due to lower prime PET prices, which in turn reflect plentiful PET...
Improving glass recycling is a group effort
How can recycling programs across the country efficiently recover glass and overcome challenges in the value chain? Several stakeholders delved...
Helping cities and MRFs find common ground on contracts
When it comes to materials processing contracts, the debate is often framed in black and white: taxpayers versus shareholders battling...
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