Can trendy restaurants elevate composting into the mainstream?

The nation’s organics recycling rate could grow significantly as more cities adopt food waste recycling laws and chefs work to make zero waste popular.

By Nicole Wrona • March 11, 2015

Scientists unveil process to recycle rare earth metals from lightbulbs

Researchers unveiled a new process that allows for the successful removal and reuse of europium and yttrium.

By Nicole Wrona • March 11, 2015

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The Rise of Recycling AI

Artificial intelligence has become increasingly common at MRFs, in collection trucks and even as a tool for consumer education at the point of generation.

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New recycling law causing concern for VT's solid waste industry

With a statewide recycling ban set to begin on July 1 in Vermont, some solid waste districts are looking for exemptions.

By Nicole Wrona • March 11, 2015

Researchers improve uses for fish, plant waste

Scientists have devised a method that extracts valuable materials from salmon and rapeseed waste to add nutritional benefits to various products.

By Nicole Wrona • March 11, 2015

Alleged environmental violation prompts complaint against RI scrap recycler

The director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the state attorney general filed the complaint.

By Nicole Wrona • March 10, 2015

E-waste recycling in Westchester County, NY, grows

New York state’s new electronic waste law went into effect Jan. 1.

By Nicole Wrona • March 9, 2015

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