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Anonymous GPS tracking now a regular feature of BAN's e-Stewards program
All e-Stewards certified facilities — domestic and international — may now randomly receive devices with trackers.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 21, 2016 -
UPDATE: San Antonio shuts down Ascent Recycling following more violations
The city says Ascent violated terms of a Sept. 28 compliance agreement based on two inspections from Oct. 8 and Oct. 17.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 21, 2016 -
New owners plan to revive Entropex recycling facility in Canada
Low oil prices put Entropex into receivership, but the new owners say they can make it work with a new approach.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 20, 2016 -
UPDATE: Ann Arbor, MI to reimburse ReCommunity additional $426K for new baler
This brings the total reimbursement to $542,835, which is still short by almost $40,000 according to costs cited in July.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 20, 2016 -
Uzer's barcode-scanning trash can aims to transform traditional waste disposal
The can, dubbed "Eugene," also comes with an app that allows user to track how much waste they've created.
By Kristin Musulin • Oct. 19, 2016 -
Deep Dive
5 charts that explain why more recycling efforts may not result in zero waste
Data shows that the U.S. may be missing the mark when it comes to reducing and reusing.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 19, 2016 -
APR sets its sights on small plastic that may be slipping through the cracks
The Association of Plastic Recyclers plans to make recovery of containers smaller than three inches a priority.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 19, 2016 -
UPDATE: SWANA releases report showing benefits of WTE ash recycling
The report makes a case for metal recovery from ash playing a role in meeting zero waste goals.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 18, 2016 -
Ontario's first polystyrene foam densifier aims to greatly reduce truck traffic
Funded by members of the Canadian recycling industry, this technology can compress 35 to 40 truckloads of foam into one.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 18, 2016 -
Proposed bill would mandate commercial organics recycling in New Jersey
The bill calls for a Food Waste Recycling Market Development Council to also be formed.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 17, 2016 -
Plastic bottle waste raising red flags in Canada, UK
Separate reports from across the Atlantic make the case that too few of the bottles are being properly recycled.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 17, 2016 -
San Diego not ready to recycle polystyrene food containers
The city accepts expanded polystyrene packaging, but sees food contamination in containers as being too costly.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Toronto officials tired of coffee pods, even the compostable ones
The chair of the city's public works committee has asked for a study about reducing the amount of pods in landfills.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
APR: US PET bottle recycling rate dipped in 2015; it could have been worse
After weighing the factors, the industry sees this as a stabilization, not a decline.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Florida city and new MRF on opposite sides over glass recycling
Fort Walton Beach will no longer accept glass in its recycling bins and believes the new ECUA MRF will eventually do the same.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Deep Dive
9 unique, imaginative and futuristic references to trash in modern pop culture
From dystopian worlds overtaken by landfills to more realistic tales of sanitation workers, pop culture references give the waste industry a presence in media.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
The e-waste nightmare of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 recall
The resources used to make 2.5 million devices will likely go to waste, but there are valuable repair lessons to be learned.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Bottle caps on or off? New UK recycling guidelines aim to resolve contamination confusion
The effects of these guidelines will be of interest in the US, where contamination is still a factor in most recycling programs.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 12, 2016 -
$1M Lowe's donation supports Keep America Beautiful community projects
Since 2011, the company has provided $5.4 million in funding hundreds of local cleanup projects.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 12, 2016 -
Can trash cans that look like giant coffee cups boost recycling?
The nonprofit Hubbub is launching its #1MoreShot campaign in Manchester today with the goal of collecting 20,000 cups.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Recycling Partnership funds new carts, education and outreach for St. Paul
The city will roll out single-stream carts to more than 78,000 households with the grant.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
USDA: Bioplastics creating economic benefits and reducing emissions
The report shows an added value of $393 billion from the overall biobased products industry.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Due to low participation, Texas city to replace Recyclebank program
Fort Worth will divert money from the program to a new effort aimed at boosting commercial recycling.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Sponsored by Call2Recycle
Vermont single-use battery collections up 3000% after new law goes into effect Jan. 1
Making battery collection more accessible and commonplace is a necessary aspect in ensuring that recycling single-use batteries becomes second nature.
Oct. 11, 2016 -
California city finds creative ways to address state organics goals
Manteca is in the process of using fuel credits for road maintenance and building a natural gas station for its collection fleet.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 10, 2016
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