Researcher invents compostable trash bags

A Virginia Tech professor has discovered that a plant-based material that is both biodegradable and inexpensive can be used to create plastic bags.

By Nicole Wrona • May 14, 2014

Sonoma, CA approves Republic MRF

The 20-year contract is worth approximately $547M for the recycling company. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 14, 2014

NASA funds 3D printing recycling experiment

The project has the potential to impact not only how astronauts deal with waste, but also waste storage requirements on Earth. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 14, 2014

PET washing facility opens in Portsmouth, NH

The first of its kind in the state, the new plant will allow Poly Recovery to double its processing capacity. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 13, 2014

Sims Recycling lays off employees in Dallas

The electronics recycler gave the pink slip to 45 employees due to poor financials.

By Nicole Wrona • May 13, 2014

VT requires battery manufacturer collection programs

The recently-passed bill is the first one of its kind mandating residential battery collections.

By Nicole Wrona • May 13, 2014

CO cardboard recycling mandate saves money

Fort Collins requires businesses to recycle corrugated cardboard, and local companies have found that their bottom lines have benefited. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 12, 2014

Minneapolis, MN: The latest 'Zero Waste' city?

Minneapolis is inching its way toward establishing itself as a "Zero Waste" city, implementing laws meant to increase its recycling rates. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 12, 2014

New e-waste recycling plant opens in Brooklyn, NY

The facility offers free "Recycle Boxes" with prepaid postage for companies to dispose of their used electronics through the mail. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 12, 2014

Largest composting facility in NY opens

The new food waste plant in Amboy accepts commercial and institutional waste from haulers and may eventually incorporate an industry training program. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 9, 2014

ISRI Panel: Progress in emerging e-waste markets

Recycling opportunities in emerging countries are expanding due to greater flexibility in regulations and growing industry support, according to ISRI panelists.

By Nicole Wrona • May 9, 2014

Artist arrested for stealing recycling bins

Stickers reading "Take Me" placed on recycling bins in Washington led to the arrest of two people who claim they were collecting the receptacles for an art project. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 8, 2014

ISRI announces new board

The new board was elected during the scrap trade association's 2014 annual convention in Las Vegas in April. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 7, 2014

Ontario city to process Detroit recyclables

Guelph, Ontario has formed a $300,000 per annum agreement with Rizzo Environmental Services to process Detroit's recyclables at a city-owned MRF in Canada.

By Nicole Wrona • May 7, 2014

CT waste and recycling bill passes

The legislation will overhaul the current waste management system, putting an emphasis on recycling and reusing materials instead of incinerating or landfilling them. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 7, 2014

Nine corporations form $100M recycling fund

A group of nine behemoth corporations have created a joint fund to increase recycling rates and promote recycling among other companies.

By Nicole Wrona • May 6, 2014

Federal government moves to establish e-waste rules

According to Triple Pundit, the US federal government is the biggest producer of electronics waste in the nation, and the new General Services Administration rule seeks to address that volume. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 5, 2014

IN town privatizes recycling services

Republic Services will now handle recycling collection for Hammond, IN, in a city effort to save money and increase recycling rates.

By Nicole Wrona • May 5, 2014

Novelis announces recycled aluminum "Evercans"

The aluminum manufacturing company has created a beverage can made from 90% recycled materials that can be broken down and recycled "infinitely."

By Nicole Wrona • May 2, 2014

Rats take over shuttered PA recycling center

A closed recycling plant has a large population of rodents living on the site, creating a nuisance for residents living nearby.

By Nicole Wrona • May 2, 2014

FWRA releases guide to food waste reduction

The Food Waste Reduction Alliance has produced documents outlining practical ways companies can reduce food waste, with a focus on transforming waste into energy.

By Nicole Wrona • May 1, 2014

World's largest tire recycling facility to open in TX

European company Genan Inc. will open the $140 million plant in Houston. The facility will be capable of recycling up to 10 million tires annually.

By Nicole Wrona • May 1, 2014

CT bill promotes recycling instead of incinerating

In an editorial piece published by The Courant, the author outlines the benefits of a proposed bill that would recycle waste instead of turning it to ash.

By Nicole Wrona • April 30, 2014

Report: European C&D waste recycling could hit $24B

Analysts predict growing construction and demolition waste will skyrocket, creating a huge growth opportunity for the recycling market.

By Nicole Wrona • April 30, 2014

Arcade game promotes recycling in Bangladesh

In an effort to get Dhaka, the sprawling city in Bangladesh with an overwhelming trash problem, to consider recycling, Coca-Cola made recycling fun by building an arcade game powered by a Coke bottle instead of money.

By Nicole Wrona • April 30, 2014