Meal kits not sitting well in plastics recovery chain
Meal kits delivered straight to your doorstep are marketed as providing fresh, healthful food in a convenient way. But they...
Plastics
Summer doldrums hit the recycled packaging market
As the weather heats up, sellers of recovered plastic and aluminum packaging are seeing flat to weaker pricing for their...
The ordinance era
This story originally appeared in the June 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. ...
The big upsides from breaking down bales
Greg Janson of plastics reclaimer QRS Recycling knows all too well what happens when material suppliers aren’t informed about load...
Paper and PET prices rise while HDPE falls
The national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles has been rising steadily since January. On Jan. 3, the national...
Bag-in-bag curbside recycling targeted with outreach effort
The City of Calgary's curbside recycling program has accepted plastic bags since it was rolled out in 2009, but it...
Going beyond collection
Are PET thermoforms that are placed in curbside bins actually making it to market? A trade group looks into that...
June value of recovered packaging is mixed
Operators of residential recycling programs report up-and-down pricing moves for recovered plastic and aluminum packaging. With temperatures improving and can...
Q&A: Why Ziploc is pushing its own system of film recovery
For years, the plastics recycling sector has aimed to keep plastic film out of curbside bins and carts, in an...
MRF of the Moment: Upgraded facility opens in California
Three optical sorters and a variety of screening technologies form the upgraded backbone of a recently re-opened California MRF. Mid...
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