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BAN launches new verification initiative
The new “Performance Verification” aims to ensure that members of the e-Stewards program are in compliance with standards via unscheduled visits.
By Nicole Wrona • March 9, 2015 -
Waste Management latest member of Recycling Partnership
The waste and recycling company is the newest member of the group aiming to improve curbside recycling recovery efforts across the country.
By Nicole Wrona • March 9, 2015 -
Your bathroom bottles want to be recycled, new ads claim
The spots seek to expand consumer awareness.
By Randy Lilleston • March 6, 2015 -
Inventor of coffee pod speaks out against its non-recyclability
The popular disposable pods are not fully recyclable, prompting many critics, including the inventor, to speak out against their continued use.
By Nicole Wrona • March 6, 2015 -
Johnston, RI, has little incentive to recycle
Could the benefits of hosting a landfill be hurting the town’s diversion rate?
By Nicole Wrona • March 6, 2015 -
Plastics recycling association defines key issues facing industry
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers plans to target several aspects of plastics recycling through a concerted effort devised by the group’s members.
By Nicole Wrona • March 5, 2015 -
Ohio EPA, county solid waste district launch glass recycling initiative
The state agency granted funds totaling $23,798 to the Montgomery County Solid Waste District in an effort to promote a glass recycling project in Dayton, OH.
By Nicole Wrona • March 5, 2015 -
Winters Bros. acquires Long Island assets from Progressive Waste
The deal provides the company with an opportunity to expand its operations.
By Nicole Wrona • March 4, 2015 -
Nepal cracks down on Mount Everest waste
The volume of climbers is prompting concern about human waste left behind on the trek to reach the peak.
By Nicole Wrona • March 4, 2015 -
Utah community hopeful for curbside recycling program
Elected officials in Washington County, UT, voted to start negotiations with a local hauler, Dixie Waste.
By Nicole Wrona • March 4, 2015 -
Ohio pushes drive to collect recycling data
The program is an effort to understand recycling by businesses and address their needs.
By Nicole Wrona • March 4, 2015 -
Learn from the label: P&G joins How2Recycle program
The company will first roll out the instructive labels on its Dawn dishwashing liquid packaging.
By Emily Peiffer • March 3, 2015 -
Waste Management shuts down public recycling center in CO
However, the commercial portion of the facility will remain open.
By Nicole Wrona • March 3, 2015 -
TX collected 25M pounds of e-waste for recycling in 2014: Report
Nearly 100 manufacturers participated in the state program, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
By Nicole Wrona • March 2, 2015 -
Recleim opens flagship recycling center in SC
The new facility uses a closed-loop process to handle the 1.4 million appliances it is expected to process annually.
By Nicole Wrona • March 2, 2015 -
Republic Services acquires Iowa City recycling company
The waste firm will take over City Carton Recycling's contract with the town until June.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 27, 2015 -
Seattle food waste laws create surge for local composting business
Cedar Grove is busier than ever, but the company remains on edge about receiving contaminated scraps due to the substantial number of participants recycling food for the first time.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 27, 2015 -
CA port workers end strike, but recycling industry still hurting
West Coast exports in 2014 plummeted 12% compared with figures from 2013.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 27, 2015 -
Rigid plastic recycling triples between 2007 and 2013
During the seven-year study, 2013 saw the only rate dip, which was likely the result of China's strict "Green Fence" scrap import policy.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 26, 2015 -
Post-consumer plastic film recycling on the rise
The American Chemistry Council reported that 2013 saw the highest rate since the study began in 2005.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 25, 2015 -
Greenwood Global announces new Tuskegee, AL, recycling facility
The recycling firm intends to begin operations at the Alabama site by spring, then expand into other states soon after.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 25, 2015 -
Caraustar finalizes Newark Group acquisition
The deal will provide the recycled paper manufacturer with the opportunity to expand and increase its growth potential.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 25, 2015 -
Upstate Shredding makes move to acquire Metalico
Adam Weitsman, the CEO of the scrap metal firm, currently holds an 11.7% stake in his competitor and submitted a public proposal to buy out the remaining shares.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 24, 2015 -
AL town eyes single-stream to increase recycling rate
The mayor of Fairhope, AL, hopes the new co-mingled program will contribute to the town's goal of reducing the volume of waste it delivers to the landfill.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 24, 2015 -
CA works to reduce food scraps from waste stream
AB 1826, a state law taking effect in 2016 that requires businesses and apartment buildings to recycle organics, is just one of many initiatives in California aimed at improving its recycling rate.
By Nicole Wrona • Feb. 24, 2015
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