Recycling: Page 100
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Survey: US residents still confused about veracity of basic recycling facts
A survey released by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries asked what people thought of both true and false statements.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 4, 2017 -
2 Texas cities must send recyclables to landfill after Republic facility fire
A Dec. 28 fire has likely destroyed the company's recycling facility in Plano, TX.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 3, 2017 -
New Orleans suspends glass collection after one year
Low participation rates kept the program from ever regaining viability after Hurricane Katrina.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 3, 2017 -
Waste Connections of Tennessee to suspend glass recycling in 5 cities
Doug McGill, the company's municipal marketing manager, said the change will "preserve the overall integrity of our recycling program."
By Kristin Musulin • Dec. 28, 2016 -
Arizona city residents receive chance to become 'master recyclers'
A new six-week course from Flagstaff will teach residents the ins and outs of waste in an effort to improve recycling rates.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 23, 2016 -
Massachusetts commercial food waste ban has generated $175M in economic activity
Growth trends are clear, though some haulers say this was part of a larger cultural trend that had already been occurring.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 22, 2016 -
Northern Colorado communities seek new ways to combat high recycling costs
Low commodity prices have forced some cities to close their programs and look at privatization options.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 22, 2016 -
Novelis hits company record with 53% of aluminum inputs recycled
This marks a steady increase in the company's use of recycled content as it works toward 2020 sustainability goals.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2016 -
Study: 22M pounds of plastic debris enter the Great Lakes each year
The new Rochester Institute of Technology study is one of the first comprehensive looks at this domestic issue.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2016 -
Apple AirPods may be newest nightmare for electronics recyclers
Electronics repair firm iFixit said the inclusion of lithium-ion batteries will make these devices challenging for recyclers.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2016 -
Philadelphia mayor creates 16-member 'zero waste' cabinet
The committee has six months to present a plan for increased waste diversion and litter management.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2016 -
Indiana recycler charged with multimillion-dollar fraud for sending e-waste to landfills
The owner of EnviroGreen Processing had allegedly been mismanaging electronic waste for more than a decade.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 20, 2016 -
Challenges of hospital plastics recycling include contamination, low commodity values
Waste Management, Lakeshore Recycling and others experimented with sorting such waste from five Chicago hospitals.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 20, 2016 -
Report: Wisconsin's electronics recycling program needs an update
The annual E-Cycle Wisconsin report noted an increase in tonnage collected, though highlighted the need to capture newer devices.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 20, 2016 -
Report: Raising NYC recycling rates could create thousands of new jobs
The Transform Don't Trash coalition makes an economic case for increasing residential and commercial diversion rates.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 19, 2016 -
UPDATE: Nonprofits push back against curbside textile recycling program in Austin, TX
Some charities are concerned they will lose means of operation due to the city's new deal with Simple Recycling.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 19, 2016 -
Eureka Recycling receives $9.9M investment from Closed Loop Fund
The Twin Cities-based company will use the money to expand its single-stream MRF.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 19, 2016 -
UK recycling rate drops slightly for first time since 2010
The rate dipped to 44.3% in 2015, driven largely by lower performance in England.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 16, 2016 -
UPDATE: Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project approved by Santa Barbara Council
The California city will pay $9 million per year to send 75,000 tons of waste to the site.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 16, 2016 -
Waste Management highlights focus on GHG reduction in 2016 Sustainability Report
"...We’ve perhaps lost sight of the concrete environmental impacts that come from recycling," wrote CEO Jim Fish in response to the report.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 15, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Inside ecomaine: The nonprofit taking a unique approach to managing Maine's solid waste
Waste Dive toured ecomaine's facilities in Portland to get an inside look at the services it provides to its 57 member communities.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 14, 2016 -
State of Curbside Report: Single-stream, carts lead to highest-performing recycling programs
The new report from the EPA and The Recycling Partnership analyzed 465 various municipal recycling programs.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 13, 2016 -
Knoxville, TN to stop curbside glass collection in 2017
Following a number of cities, Knoxville has decided that commingled glass collection is no longer profitable.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 13, 2016 -
Vermont solid waste district votes to close its MRF
The vote comes a little more than 20 years after the county decided to begin recycling and may be indicative of a larger change in Vermont.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 13, 2016 -
Sponsored by Call2Recycle
Why accessibility is vital to driving recycling behavior
Battery recycling behavior is driven in a large part by accessibility, or convenient access to drop-off locations.
By Carl Smith, LEED® AP, CEO / President, Call2Recycle, Inc. • Dec. 13, 2016
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