e-Stewards launches e-waste impact calculator app

The app measures and demonstrates the impact of electronic waste. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 17, 2014

TerraCycle's reality series renewed for second season

The TV show that follows the recycling company's employees has proved popular with viewers.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 16, 2014

PA Supreme Court will hear 'Right to Farm' biosolids case

The court will consider a suit that challenges the use of recycled biosolids on agricultural land.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 16, 2014

Minneapolis mayor pushes for expanded food waste recycling

The latest proposal hinges on an expansion of the current organic composting program.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 16, 2014

Company teams with NFL QB on recycling campaign

The recycling initiative features Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford challenging fans to send in videos showing unique ways of tossing plastic bottles into recycling bins.

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 15, 2014

Packaging group announces Foam Recycling Coalition

The group was formed after a study showed demand is rising for recycled polystyrene. 

By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 15, 2014

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