Minnesota report shows transitional year for data collection
Minnesota is on track to improve the accuracy of its annual recycling and waste management data reporting, so its recent...
Organics
RR Exclusive: Waste Management builds trash-sorting MRF near Oakland
An organics-focused operation in California estimated to cost more than $120 million will extract recoverable material from municipal solid waste. But...
In other news: April 4, 2017
Chicago wants to better educate residents of a neighborhood posting a 6 percent diversion rate, and two reports calls on...
Going the distance
This story originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....
Composters unite to combat contamination
Materials recovery facilities have long been vocal about the impacts they're seeing from a shifting waste stream. A new group...
Looking for the right recipe
This story originally appeared in the January 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....
Grant watch: Jan. 9, 2017
Oregon awards $1.2 million to support materials diversion efforts, and California makes $24 million available to propel organics processing facilities....
Why are recycling rates slipping on the West Coast?
Western states are often seen as trendsetters in materials recovery. But the latest figures from that part of the country...
The pillars of organics recovery, part 3
Editor’s note: To add to the recycling industry’s dialogue about food-scrap management, we are presenting a lengthy perspective on the...
The pillars of organics recovery, part 2
Editor's note: To add to the waste and recycling industry's dialogue about food-scrap management, we are presenting a lengthy perspective...
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