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...
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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...
How one community cleaned up its glass act
An area of Ontario has been able to significantly cut down on tonnages of recovered glass it sends to disposal,...
Earnings drop at Sims Recycling Solutions
Sims Metal Management’s global e-scrap business saw depressed profits last year, and its U.S.-based electronics recycling operations lost money. Lower...
APR breaks down demand for recovered polypropylene
Major consumer brands say they could use nearly 300 million pounds of post-consumer polypropylene for non-food-contact applications over the next...
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