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...
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California lawmakers advance pair of plastics-recycling bills
The California legislature passed a bill requiring beverage companies to publicly report the amount of post-consumer PET they use. And...
Plastics recycling technology roundup: Sept. 1, 2016
An improvement in virgin feedstocks allows better performance in recycled-content HDPE products, and two companies cooperate to supply a continuous...
Recycled content in cardboard boxes is up
The amount of recycled content in cardboard boxes hit 48.4 percent in 2015, according to the Corrugated Packaging Alliance. That...
EPS recycling group delivers $29,000 grant
In one section of Georgia, it's getting easier to recycle a variety of polystyrene products. The Center for Hard to...
Midwest polystyrene recycling service shuts down
A Chicago man who who provided a free polystyrene collection service has been forced to end operations. According to a...
Wide world of recycling: Aug. 16, 2016
Waste pickers in Rio de Janeiro are playing a key role in recycling during the Olympics, and India is set...
Study finds half of U.S. is automatically enrolled in curbside recycling
The Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling started as a report to examine recycling acceptance rates for certain types of...
Trex slows its recycled plastics business
Composite lumber manufacturer Trex is reducing the amount of recycled polyethylene it buys and sells, even while the company continues...
Market conditions force closure of reclaimer Entropex
Entropex, one of North America's largest plastics reclaimers, has laid off employees, ceased operations and will be put up for...
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