US tallies higher paper recycling rate in 2021
The U.S. paper and OCC recycling rates for 2021 were 68% and 91.4%, higher than the previous year, the American...
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Significant fines follow worker’s death in baler
The federal government is fining a St. Louis recycling facility $261,000 after an employee was crushed to death in a...
Paper recycling sits at center of evolving EPR debate
Municipal recycling advocates and the fiber manufacturing industry are at odds over a producer responsibility proposal in Colorado, underscoring a...
Chinese paper giant will up intake of OCC in Wisconsin
ND Paper is boosting its appetite for recovered fiber bales by engaging in a machine conversion project at a Midwest...
US fiber exports rebound after two years of declines
Scrap fiber exports to China collapsed in 2021, but the rest of the world more than made up the difference....
Residential access to paper recycling stays strong in US
About 94% of U.S. residents had either curbside or drop-off recycling service for at least one type of paper last...
The details behind WM’s Continuus deal
Within three years, Waste Management could be sending 150,000 tons of mixed paper and plastic each year to a factory...
Paper processor plans $267 million pulping plant in Virginia
Celadon Development Corporation announced plans to expand its North American footprint with a recycling and production facility in Virginia to...
Paper giants make moves around recycled feedstock
Pratt Industries recently broke ground on its sixth 100% recycled paper mill, and Graphic Packaging is close to opening its...
New Jersey passes sweeping recycled-content bill
New Jersey's legislature will send the governor a bill requiring post-consumer content in plastic containers and bags as well as...
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