The push to cut fiber from California’s EPR program
Nearly a dozen legislators signed a letter asking to remove fiber from California's proposed extended producer responsibility bill, as it...
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US scrap paper exports sink slightly as plastics drop sharply
U.S. exports of recovered fiber held relatively steady during the first quarter of 2022, but scrap plastic shipments plunged by...
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...
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...
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