UK's only diaper recycling plant closes

The facility's Canadian-owned company offered a brief explanation for the closure.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 22, 2013

Fire strikes 100,000 lbs. of plastic in Ontario

The recycling facility incident spawned a pillar of smoke visible throughout the city.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 22, 2013

China’s 'Green Fence' slashes plastic imports

The China General Administration of Customs released the first numbers on recycling imports.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 21, 2013

Houston plans $7.6M curbside recycling expansion

Thousands of homes will receive curbside recycling and thousands more will move to single-stream recycling.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 21, 2013

Coca-Cola, U. of Exeter to research the truth about recycling habits

Twenty families in the UK and France will be studied to find why people aren’t recycling as much as they say.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 21, 2013

In first year, Vermont e-waste program beats goal by 45%

The state collected over 4.8 million pounds of electronics.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 20, 2013

Connecticut Senate passes mattress-recycling bill

After now passing the House and Senate the bill is only waiting on a signature from the governor.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 17, 2013

Recycler to get thousands of pounds of food to Ohio pantries

Illinois-based recycler Go Green is donating money to feed hungry Ohioans.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 17, 2013

Dirty diaper pile-up sparks waste dilemma in Portland, Ore.

The reduction of waste collection in Portland is blamed for the diaper pile up in recycling bins.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 16, 2013

Sims to landfill low-value inventory as part of overhaul

After being caught for being overvalued, Sims is taking steps to reign in their profile.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 16, 2013

Atlanta sees 55% rise in recycling

By switching to larger carts, Atlanta is recycling and earning more.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 15, 2013

Law saves 100M lbs. of e-waste from being landfilled in Wis.

Since a ban on e-waste in landfills came out, Wisconsin residents are doing better about proper disposal.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 15, 2013

Mayor wants to slash government car allowances to pay for recycling in La. city

The mayor doesn’t want to ask taxpayers for any more money.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 14, 2013

$11.4 billion in recyclables get landfilled every year

Recyclables end up in the trash every day.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 14, 2013

Fire at Rumpke recycling plant sends two to hospital

The fire caused $300,000 worth of damage in less than an hour.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 13, 2013

Salem, Mass. makes recycling mandatory

The city voted to mandate recycling to save the city money and landfill space.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 13, 2013

Study: Up to 80% of UK businesses don’t recycle

As the rest of Europe flies by with high recycling rates, the U.K. is seemingly left out of the race.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 9, 2013

NYC launches e-waste collection program

Larger apartment complexes will now be able to safely dispose of e-waste right outside their door.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 9, 2013

New thin-film recycling method could overhaul collection process

Trex has found a way to make plastics hauling quick and easy.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 7, 2013

Delaware agency shuts down debris recycler

After 22 violations, the Department of Natural Resource and Environmental Control is shutting Mike Davidson Enterprises down.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 6, 2013

North Dakota becomes 49th state to implement scrap laws

Scrap metal sellers will have to keep record of their customers to help cut back on scrap metal theft and fraud.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 3, 2013

Conn. may get first mattress recycling legislation in U.S.

Next week the bill will go to the State Senate.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 3, 2013

Maryland county seeks to repeal part of bag tax law

Stores who make less than 2% of their revenue from the sale of food don’t think they should have to pay the bag tax.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 2, 2013

Why did this Illinois city see a 30% recycling spike?

By doing one simple thing, Plainfield, Ill. saw a surge in the recycling rate.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 2, 2013

Waste Management suspends progress on recycling plant

The new recycling plant would recycle as much as 400 tons of material a day but residents still oppose it being in their backyard.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 1, 2013