Recycling: Page 154
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Penn State receives recycling award from NRC
The National Recycling Coalition recognized the university for its recycling efforts.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 14, 2014 -
Single-source sorting remains a challenge for recycling plants
Panelists at the 2014 Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference talked about some of the common challenges they face.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 14, 2014 -
Procter & Gamble increases sustainability goals
The company plans to reduce product packaging by 20% by 2020 and hopes to create packaging that is 90% recyclable.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 14, 2014 -
WTE, recycler partner to treat medical waste
Two FL-based firms are working together to expand into the liquid sterilization market.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 13, 2014 -
$50M recycling plant could lead CA city to 'Zero Waste' goals
The new materials recovery facility opens today in Sun Valley, CA.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 13, 2014 -
Dissolvable circuit boards may reduce e-waste
New developments in a technology that can dissolve the components in water have significant potential.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 13, 2014 -
Landmark large plastic recycling facility plans announced for IN
International Recycling Group will invest $70 million in renovation costs to open what developers call “the largest plastic recycling facility in the world."
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 10, 2014 -
Report: PET recycling hits record levels in the US
A new report finds that nearly 1.8 million pounds of post-consumer PET containers were recycled last year—a record-breaking figure.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 9, 2014 -
Mystery surrounds fatal shooting at CA recycling center
The owner of the Truxton Recycling center in Bakersfield, CA and his wife were involved in a fatal shooting at the facility.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 9, 2014 -
Documentary short sheds light on world's largest e-waste site
Regolith, a documentary film by Sam Goldwater, depicts the daily life of scrappers at Agbogbloshie -- a waste site in Ghana where a substantial volume of the world’s electronics end up.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 9, 2014 -
MD e-waste recycler touts proper recycling of electronics
Businesses are increasingly tapping into the e-waste recycling industry. But some are more invested than others in the proper handling and disposal of the hazardous waste.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 8, 2014 -
Fargo, ND eyes single-sort recycling collections
The Fargo City Commission will vote this month on expanding residential recycling collection to include single-sort pick-up.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 8, 2014 -
How two groups in Boulder, CO want to raise the business recycling rate
Eco-Cycle and the Boulder Chamber of Commerce want customers to pass out “cards” detailing how they perceive businesses are handling recycling.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 8, 2014 -
MA's new food waste ban: So far, so good
Only a few days into implementation of the statewide food ban in Massachusetts, a DEP official tours the state and touts the law's preliminary results.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 8, 2014 -
NIOSH: E-waste workers risk exposure to lead, cadmium
Research collected at various e-waste facilities showcase the health and safety risks to workers who process the materials.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 8, 2014 -
Startup aims to connect Indian waste pickers with US tech firms
An MIT grad discovered a way to partner with waste scavengers in Pune, India that connects US tech firms with recycled plastic filaments for use in 3D printers.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 7, 2014 -
Small businesses see potential in food waste collection, composting
A host of startups around the country have sprung up to fill the growing need to collect and recycle food waste.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 7, 2014 -
Battle heats up over MA bottle deposit proposal
Environmentalists and industry groups are exchanging questions about the accuracy of a television ad.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 6, 2014 -
NJ landlord sues recycling company, alleging 'environmental catastrophe'
A glass recycler in Camden, NJ is being accused of storing more than 20,000 tons of waste, prompting the warehouse’s landlord to file a lawsuit to pay estimated cleanup costs.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 3, 2014 -
U. of Tennessee boosts football game-day recycling
The university's recycling unit has increased efforts, leading to a diversion rate that is more than 50%.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 3, 2014 -
FL recycling company begins agricultural film reprocessing
Florida Agricultural Plastic Recyclers is in the midst of reprocessing agricultural film collected throughout the state.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Aluminum cans remain most recycled material in US
For the past three years, the recycling rate has hovered above 65%, with the rate in 2013 reaching 66.7%.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Novelis opens $258M aluminum recycling plant in Germany
The plant will be used to process scrap from throughout Europe.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 2, 2014 -
Civicorps recycling program expands after trash dispute settled
Participants in the program ccollect recycling and food scraps in Oakland, CA. After a waste dispute was settled, the nonprofit will expand its role to include commercial organic pick-up.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 2, 2014 -
More businesses in Austin now required to recycle
On Oct. 1, the first phase of a city ordinance went into effect that requires some businesses and hotels to recycle certain materials.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 2, 2014
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