Recycling: Page 65
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Nestlé lays out first steps to making all product packaging recyclable by 2025
The company will begin phasing out straws, using more paper-based packaging and upping its usage of recycled PET this year.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 16, 2019 -
Permission granted by Strategic Materials
Strategic Materials teams up with North Carolina county to resurrect glass recycling
A new drop-off option, introduced after glass was cut from curbside programs, is expected to save Moore County money and generate cleaner material for Strategic's local processing operation.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 16, 2019 -
Wyoming city to maximize 50-year landfill capacity with full-cost accounting
Cheyenne's public works engineer told Waste Dive what the city hopes to achieve with a new solid waste plan that will be completed by Burns & McDonnell.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 16, 2019 -
New Massachusetts MRF opens in market with tight processing capacity
Backed by the owner of ABC Disposal Service, Zero Waste Solutions has the ability to handle 45 tons per hour and is said to offer a broader range of sorting capabilities than others in the region.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated May 20, 2019 -
New industry group pledges $1B to combat plastic pollution
More than two dozen global companies, including many of the world's largest plastic chemical manufacturers, have formed a nonprofit called the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.
By Rina Li • Jan. 15, 2019 -
New York governor pitches bag ban (again) and bottle bill expansion
Andrew Cuomo's upcoming executive budget is expected to include two notable recycling proposals, both with their own complex political factors.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 14, 2019 -
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Scrap Collector: 'Trump's Trash' and the Oakland Garbage Blitz
Plus: an NYC proposal aims for increased private waste industry oversight, and a nonprofit takes on Big Plastic.
By Rina Li • Jan. 11, 2019 -
Nevada recycling company appeals Waste Management monopoly protection
Reno-based Green Solutions Recycling is challenging the dismissal of a prior lawsuit, in part due to a dispute about how the state defines "recycling" itself.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated June 19, 2019 -
Deep Dive
6 key questions for the waste and recycling industry in 2019
We'll be keeping an eye on recycling, climate change, landfills, alternative technologies, corporate consolidation, labor issues and much more in the year ahead.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 9, 2019 -
Deltona, Florida suspends curbside recycling indefinitely
With processing costs from Waste Pro now twice as high as landfill disposal, and future market conditions uncertain, city staff recommended the move. Exclusive franchising is also under discussion.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 9, 2019 -
Albuquerque, New Mexico signs single-use plastic bag ban into law
The legislation, which originally included restrictions on single-use plastic straws and polystyrene containers, takes effect in January 2020.
By Katie Pyzyk , Rina Li • Updated April 24, 2019 -
Column
Much ado about pharma residue: EPA rule aims to end waste flushing
Healthcare providers managing hazardous pharmaceuticals will now be required to prevent waste from entering the environment. Rich Thompson breaks down what you need to know.
By Rich Thompson • Jan. 7, 2019 -
Opinion
How to plan for the best when faced with a worst-case scenario facility fire
Fire Rover’s Ryan Fogelman discusses the importance of planning, training and investing in the proper equipment to achieve the best possible outcome during a fire incident.
By Ryan Fogelman • Jan. 4, 2019 -
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Scrap Collector: Washington state to consider composting the dead, 40-year-old plastic Doritos bag found on beach
Plus: a recycling opportunity that'll thrill the goats in your life, and South Korea's plastic bag ban.
By Rina Li • Jan. 4, 2019 -
China details scrap metal import restrictions for July
Steel, aluminum and copper will be among the regulated recyclable materials, according to a joint announcement from multiple government agencies.
By Katie Pyzyk • Updated Jan. 8, 2019 -
Ocean Cleanup's $20M plastic-catcher breaks, founder vows 'troubles are solvable'
After less than three months in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" — during which it collected less material than hoped — the much-hyped prototype must now return to shore for repairs.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 3, 2019 -
Waste Management's 20-year path to 'moonshot' climate goal: cleaner fleet, more recycling
The company's 2018 Sustainability Report offers the most detailed plans yet on offsetting four times the amount of GHG emissions it produces.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 1, 2019 -
Taiwan has one of the highest recycling rates in the world. Here's how that happened.
By providing disincentives for discarding trash — and adding musical motivation — Taiwan has achieved a recycling rate many envy.
By Marcello Rossi • Dec. 28, 2018 -
Our 10 best stories of 2018
Catch up on some of our biggest stories involving Waste Management, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Rubicon Global, TerraCycle and, of course, China.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2018 -
After nearly 6 months without contract, ecomaine workers strike a contentious deal
Terms agreed to by the International Union of Engineers and the nonprofit WTE/recycling operator may come at the expense of deep division over new rotating shift requirements.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2018 -
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Scrap Collector: Microplastics found in Earth's deepest point, Philly cameras catching litterbugs in the act
Plus: rough sailing for ocean garbage collector, suspended Alabama workers reinstated after strike and the EU's latest push against plastic.
By Rina Li • Dec. 21, 2018 -
UK waste strategy calls for packaging EPR, widespread organics collection
The lengthy plan, billed as a path toward a more circular economy, includes a variety of strategies to reduce waste and improve recycling.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 19, 2018 -
Plastic bottle recycling rates slipped in 2017
New data from the Association of Plastic Recyclers and American Chemistry Council show PET and HDPE numbers both dipped in 2017, with lightweighting cited as a factor.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 18, 2018 -
Boston inches toward final 'zero waste' plan, eyes curbside organics pilot
While enthusiastic about the expansive scope of a new report, many advocates remain unhappy with the lack of specific "living wage" contract language for recycling workers.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 17, 2018 -
Permission granted by SWEEP
SWEEP standard — LEED for waste and recycling — releases ambitious proposal
After more than two years of work by many of the industry's biggest corporate and government players, the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol now has draft language ready for comments.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 17, 2018
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