New Polymer Offers Closed Loop Recycling to Automotive Industry

Axion Polymers has added a polymer derived from end-of-life vehicles to its range of 100% recycled polymer materials.

By Sean Griffey • April 12, 2012

Seattle considers every-other-week trash pickup

City officials in Seattle are pondering the possibility of switching garbage service to every-other-week in an effort to save money and increase recycling, the Associated Press reported. The move would save the city about $6 million annually, and it would possibly keep 1,400 tons of waste ...

By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012

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Navigating Modern MRF Operations

Recycling facility operators are increasingly investing in new technology to keep up with evolving regulations and customer demands.

By Waste Dive staff

New SITA Plant to Recycle 40,000 TPA of Road Sweepings

The company said that it is now estimates that 98% of the road sweepings entering the plant will be recycled. 

By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012

Scotts Aims for 50% Reduction in Landfill Waste Weight by 2018

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. plans to reduce its waste by weight sent to landfills by 50 percent and include 30-percent recycled and renewable content in packaging by 2018.

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Dead man found on Waste Management conveyor

A dead body was discovered on April 9 on a conveyor belt at a Reno, Nev., recycling plant.

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Carpet recycling plant in Washington state ablaze

Washington carpet recycling facility was the scene of two-alarm blaze

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

New single-stream plant in Concord, N.H., on hold

The prospects of a single-stream recycling plant in Concord, N.H., just got dimmer. 

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Gold buyers, recyclers plan merger

NTR Metals and Ohio Precious Metals have merged to create a company that will sell about 10% of the world's recycled gold.

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Chicago to Expand Recycling Citywide in 2013

Mayor pledges that the Chicago will provide citywide recycling in 2013.  

By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012

Calif. deaths "a wake-up call" for composters

A California agency handed down stiff penalties six months after two men lost their lives at a composting operation.

By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012

Ohio man gets prison for failing to clean up illegal landfill

An Ohio man accused of running an illegal landfill and not cleaning up the site after being ordered to do so was sentenced to three years in prison

By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012

Wisconsin Starts Appliance Recycling Program

A Wisconsin public energy program has launched an appliance recycling program for consumers and opened a new recycling facility for the project. 

By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012

Casella in negotiations to sell Waste-to-Energy facility and buy landfill

Casella Waste is in negotiations with a city in Maine to sell a waste-to-energy facility and buy a landfill.

By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012

Access to Plastics Recycling Rises to 95% in Canada

Updated figures that show over 95% of Canadians now have access to plastic recycling

By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012

Waste Management quantifies energy value in trash

Waste Management Inc. recently estimated the $12.3 billion it gets for hauling trash to landfills may be worth more than $40 billion a year in energy. 

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Australia to take comprehensive review of waste-to-energy technology

Report  will review different technologies used in Europe, US, and Japan. 

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Contenur Wins Side Loading Bin Contract in UAE

Spanish bin manufacturer, Contenur has signed a contract to supply side loading containers to United Arab Emirates (UAE) waste management firm, Bee'ah. Contenur said that its CCL 2400 containers have already been on the streets of Sharjah - one of the seven emirates that make up the UA...

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Fairfax, Va., to get recycling bins in parks

Recycling bins and dumpsters will be placed at several Fairfax, Va., parks that are used heavily for athletic activities. 

By Sean Griffey • April 2, 2012

Majoring in Recycling

Universities and waste and recycling organizations have teamed up on several fronts. 

By Sean Griffey • March 31, 2012

Looking at the Recyclebank and Waste Management partnership

Waste 360 looks inside the Recyclebank and Waste Management partnership.

By Sean Griffey • March 31, 2012

New recycling center approved in New Jersey

Burlington County to build $9.1 million single-stream recycling facility.  

By Sean Griffey • March 30, 2012

Spokesman: Republic willing to negotiate with strikers

Republic Services Inc., in response to Teamster dissatisfaction in four markets, is indicating the company is ready to resume negotiations to settle labor strife.

By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012

Republic worker strike spreads to Seattle

The garbage worker strike initiated by Teamsters in Mobile, Ala., in opposition to labor law violations by Republic Services has spread to Seattle, Wash. 

By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012

Cleveland fires waste-to-energy consultant

Cleveland officials fired a consultant tasked with designing a $180 million waste-to-energy plant after finding drafts containing errors and incorrect calculations.

By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012

EPA fines N.H.'s CSG Holdings Inc.

CSG Holdings Inc. of Columbia, N.H. faces a possible fine of up to $532,500 from the U.S. EPA for allowing polluted stormwater and process water from its mining facility to flow into nearby waters, the agency said.

By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012