MRF battery fires burn ‘really fast’ and ‘really hot’
At a recent forum in Oregon, facility operators described their experiences dealing with lithium-ion battery fires, detailing the associated costs...
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A closer look at Oregon’s $150M trash-sorting MRF
An upcoming facility in Lane County, Oregon, will process mixed waste, commingled recyclables and organics and is projected to boost...
AMP rebrands with a focus on supplying entire facilities
After 10 years supplying materials recovery facilities with innovative robotics equipment, AMP Robotics has dropped the latter part of its...
Details on Oregon’s $150M trash-sorting MRF
An upcoming facility in Lane County, Oregon, will process mixed waste, commingled recyclables and organics and is projected to boost...
Recology upgrades MRF serving Northern California
A $35 million materials recovery facility that opened this week in Sonoma County promises to more than double the processing...
Closed Loop acquires Midwest Fiber Recycling
Circular Services, the operating group of Closed Loop Partners, acquired Midwest Fiber Recycling for an undisclosed amount.
Group updates on UBC-sorting robot’s success
A recycling robot installed at a California MRF has recovered an average of 1,565 UBCs per day since it was...
Oregon approves first set of EPR rules
Of the states that have passed extended producer responsibility laws for packaging, Oregon just became the first to approve a...
New funding, a merger and more MRF news
Sims and Balcones have merged, and an Arizona MRF is back four years after it was gutted in a fire.
EPA studies costs of recycling programs, awards grants
The U.S. EPA is sponsoring a study of the costs and benefits of municipal recycling programs, and at the same...
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