UberRECYCLE offers pickup in troubled Beirut

Uber and its partners in Beirut will pick up recyclables for free through Aug. 4 in response to a crisis that has left trash piled up in cities across Lebanon. 

By Linda Tufano • July 30, 2015

Lead exposure from electronic recycling is an 'emerging health concern'

The risk of lead poisoning from recycling old electronic equipment is a widespread problem, especially for the children of recycling facility workers.

By Linda Tufano • July 29, 2015

Stanford University program aims for higher recycling rate

The California university is changing its "Deskside Recycling Program" to align with the state's recycling goal of 75% by 2020.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

New Brunswick may become last Canadian province to recycle electronics

New Brunswick has proposed a program that would make it the final province in Canada to recycle electronics waste.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

PAYT program saves Massachusetts town $51K

Hanson, MA has reduced its solid waste by 64%, more than doubled its recycling rate to 38%, and saved $51,000 in disposal fees after one year of its pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) program.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

Recycling, shredding plants provide work for developmentally disabled

The nonprofit Vintage Support Group Inc. in Belleville, IL plans to open its fourth recycling and shredding site. All of the group's sites are staffed by people who have developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries.

By Linda Tufano • July 28, 2015

Massachusetts' CHaRM facility will allow for easier recycling

The town of Saugus, MA is building a Center for Hard to Recycle Materials that will take in items such as electronics and unrecyclable plastics year-round.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

Clear trash bags to be enforced in parts of Nova Scotia

As Seattle fights trash-snooping, the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is switching to clear trash bags to assure that residents are complying with recycling and composting rules.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

Residents evacuated after Texas recycling plant fire

About 50 residents of Rio Grande City, TX were evacuated from their Las Lomas neighborhood Saturday evening due to a massive fire at the Fiber Management of Texas paper recycling plant.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

New sensor-based sorting will address recycling challenges

Tomra Sorting has developed an Autosort flake sorter, capable of identifying and sorting materials as small as 2 mm.

By Linda Tufano • July 27, 2015

Boston Public Market to donate and compost leftover food

Food vendors at the market, set to open July 30, can donate leftovers to two food rescue groups, while scraps will be composted. 

By Linda Tufano • July 24, 2015

New Indiana recycling facility will collect 'problem waste' year-round

The Miami County Council approved a new 4,300-square-foot recycling facility that will let residents drop off hazardous chemicals, electronics, tires, and other problem waste year-round.

By Linda Tufano • July 24, 2015

Santa Fe outsources sorting, expands recycling

The city's Solid Waste Management Agency has entered a contract with Friedman Recycling, allowing the agency to outsource sorting and collect more revenue.

By Linda Tufano • July 23, 2015

Unifi breaks ground on $10M expansion of Repreve Recycling

The Greensboro, NC-based manufacturing company is beginning an 85,000-square-foot expansion of its Repreve Recycling Center in Yadkinville, NC.

By Linda Tufano • July 23, 2015

Curbside glass recycling will return to parts of Kansas

Deffenbaugh Industries is beginning a pilot program to recycle glass curbside in two neighborhoods of Prairie Village, KS, with a possible citywide rollout next year.

By Linda Tufano • July 22, 2015

ReCommunity rebuilds Michigan MRF after fire

The Charlotte, NC-based recycling company and its public sector partner will rebuild a materials recovery facility in Southfield, MI that burned in 2014.

By Linda Tufano • July 22, 2015

CalRecycle appoints new director

California appointed Scott Smithline director of CalRecycle as the state takes aim at 75% recycling by 2020.

By Linda Tufano • July 22, 2015

Chicago's partial ban on plastic bags starts Aug. 1

Some say retailers are exploiting a loophole in the law by introducing thicker, "reusable" plastic bags.

By Linda Tufano • July 21, 2015

NYC restaurant owners petitioning foam ban

The owners are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to reverse the ban on foam food-service products that went into effect July 1.

By Linda Tufano • July 21, 2015

Can Vermont rely on its residents to recycle?

Statewide recycling became mandatory on July 1, but what happens if residents and haulers don't comply?

By Linda Tufano • July 21, 2015

Offer could help Omaha switch to recycling carts

A pro-recycling group is offering Omaha a no-interest loan to cover the upfront cost of switching from recycling bins to carts. 

By Linda Tufano • July 20, 2015

Phoenix invests $13M to turn trash into products

The city's $13 million innovation campus encourages market-ready businesses to turn the trash into resources.

By Linda Tufano • July 20, 2015

WV county could end recycling over rate hike

Cabell County, WV may end recycling because provider Rumpke wants to double its cost.

By Linda Tufano • July 20, 2015

Santa Fe officials, residents at odds over trash hauling, recycling plan

Residents have been very vocal in resisting the county's plan to select a hauler by bidding process.

By Deborah Barrington • July 17, 2015

IL governor signs electronics recycling bill

Could the bill only be a stop gap to the shortcomings of the e-waste recycling program?

By Isabella Alvarez • July 16, 2015