CA Waste Management employees strike over healthcare, wages

Union workers in the recycling division at the waste and recycling firm’s facility in Oakland, CA are on strike over a contract dispute. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 29, 2014

Recleim, Pepsi Bottling Ventures ink recycling deal

The recycling services provider will handle the soft-drink bottler’s equipment recycling and processing at its facility in Graniteville, SC. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 29, 2014

Steel Recycling Institute names 25-year vet as new VP

Mark A. Thimons will replace Gregory Crawford as the new Vice President of the company. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 28, 2014

Sun Recycling opens new C&D recycling facility in FL

The company recycles up to 90% of the C&D waste it receives.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 28, 2014

Chicago Mayor Emanuel, DSS unveil carton recycling initiative

As part of a collaborative effort to increase the city's recycling rate, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Streets and Sanitation announced a new partnership with the Carton Council.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 28, 2014

TRDI hopes recycling survey will lead to better policy

The Texas Recycling Data Initiative aims to arm policy-makers with the enough info to effectively direct economic and environmental policies in the state.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 27, 2014

Earthwise Disposal names new VP of sales

The waste and recycling company named Ashley Sloterdyk as the vice president of the Des Moines, IA-based firm.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 27, 2014

BAN launches online e-waste trading platform

The eStewards Marketplace is a platform between businesses that encourages the trade of used electronics.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 27, 2014

ACH to expand Wisconsin polystyrene plant

The polystyrene manufacturer recycles 100% of its expanded polystyrene foam products. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 24, 2014

Researchers unveil novel tech that converts waste, old tires into fuel

A group of researchers discovered that it is possible to produce a petroleum alternative from organic waste and old tires. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 24, 2014

Labor Department: Record waste, recycling job growth in September

Employment in the waste and recycling field grew for the 8th consecutive month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 24, 2014

ISRI launches worker safety program

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries is launching the “Circle of Safety Excellence” initiative in an effort to increase workplace protections within the recycling industry.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 23, 2014

Minneapolis, MN recycling rate up almost 40%

The city reported a marked increase in the residential recycling rate after it implemented its single-sort program.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 23, 2014

Delaware agency orders compost recycler to cease operations

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control forced the recycling unit of a Wilmington composting facility to stop accepting all materials.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 23, 2014

Could prisons be an integral part of waste diversion?

One Vermont prison underscores the possibilities.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 22, 2014

Detroit plans to scrap its own copper, could yield up to $40M

The Motor City is looking to cash in on the large quantities of copper used in lighting fixtures installed throughout the city.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 22, 2014

Heritage-Crystal Clean acquires FCC Environmental for $89.3M

The CFO of the industrial oil recycler expects the acquired assets to bring in $19.14 million within the next year. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 22, 2014

Shipping group endorses rate hike for sending recyclables to China

TSA Westbound advises a price increase to transport metal, plastic, and recovered paper commodities into Asian ports, citing low demand and escalating shipping costs.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 21, 2014

Rumpke's OH recycling facility battles scourge of non-recyclables

Rumpke is begging customers to only place recyclables in the collection bin as the facility grapples with an inordinate amount of non-recyclables entering its new recycling plant.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 21, 2014

State EPA finds discrepancies in OH recycling facility plan

Numerous errors have prompted the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to request revisions to a five-year plan for the Medina County Solid Waste District. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 21, 2014

Holding company pays $525M for Aleris' aluminum recycling unit

Signature Group Holdings will acquire the aluminum recycling unit as it moves to take advantage of an automotive “mega-trend” in scrap alloy.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 20, 2014

Global Clean Energy, Liberty Tire Recycling team up to turn tires into fuel

Under the agreement, Global Clean will convert up to 800,000 tires into 1.5 million gallons of fuel.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 20, 2014

Hattiesburg, MS weighs ending curbside recycling

The town’s mayor said the costs of its recycling services are too expensive for the city to maintain over the next three years.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 20, 2014

E-waste recycling law triggers unmanageable costs for Illinois town

The Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act is inadvertently causing recycling centers in Normal, IL to end e-collection programs as the town struggles to keep them afloat.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 20, 2014

e-Stewards launches e-waste impact calculator app

The app measures and demonstrates the impact of electronic waste. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 17, 2014