Recycling: Page 77
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Next steps on measurement reform: more collaboration, possibly accreditation
Following up on a recent reader poll, Waste Dive checked in with the Measurement Matters Summit organizer about how the conversation moves forward on standardized reporting.
By Cole Rosengren • March 19, 2018 -
UPDATE: New Mexico city narrows list of recyclables while awaiting new contract terms
The South Central Solid Waste Authority, which services Las Cruces, is asking residents to voluntarily focus on recycling just five categories.
By Cole Rosengren • March 19, 2018 -
Q&A
Waste Management's Bell on the tough job of MRF sorters and life after China
Waste Dive spoke to Brent Bell, Waste Management's head of recycling, about developing commodity markets, temp worker safety, automation, landfill economics and much more.
By Cole Rosengren • March 14, 2018 -
Massachusetts glass woes deepen as state approves disposal
Waste Management and Casella have 90-day disposal waivers. Others are finding markets, but don't expect them to last for long.
By Cole Rosengren • March 14, 2018 -
Idaho city will pay to keep recycling — to a point
The Twin Falls City Council formally approved a plan to recycle materials whenever the cost is under $100 per ton.
By Cole Rosengren • March 13, 2018 -
Report: Global construction waste will almost double by 2025
Lack of recycling standards worldwide is one of the hurdles the construction waste market is facing in its efforts to reduce the amount of material that ends up in landfills.
By Kim Slowey • March 13, 2018 -
Canada's environment minister wants to make plastic waste a global issue
The June G7 Summit in Quebec is seen as an opportunity to advance the country's waste reduction agenda.
By Cole Rosengren • March 12, 2018 -
Austin, TX-based Smarter Sorting hits $5M in seed funding
The company's platform helps HHW facilities more quickly and efficiently determine what to do with collected materials.
By Cody Boteler • March 12, 2018 -
Report: UK overstated its plastic packaging recycling rates
The overestimation may have caused the U.K. to miss its EU recycling targets.
By Katie Pyzyk • March 9, 2018 -
Stifel's Hoffman talks tax cuts and recycling economics
"We spent the last 20 years addicted to this," said Hoffman about the expectation that everything can be recycled. "We have to have an honest conversation."
By Cole Rosengren • March 8, 2018 -
SWANApalooza: How the industry is (and isn't) adapting, post-China
The Denver conference's opening keynote panel included thoughts from the EPA, Waste Management and local governments about where the industry is headed next.
By Cole Rosengren • March 7, 2018 -
Report: United States Postal Service falls short of recycling goals
A report from the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General found that the agency achieved only 16% of its trash reduction goal.
By Cody Boteler • March 7, 2018 -
UPDATE: Kent County, MI issues RFI for new 'sustainable business park'
The Michigan county is looking for "innovative" solutions to hit its 90% diversion target by 2030.
By Cole Rosengren • March 6, 2018 -
Courtesy of Casella Waste Systems
Casella talks Northeast expansion, 'historically low' recycling markets
Following the pattern of its larger competitors, the Vermont-based company is seeing growth for its solid waste business but expects recycling headwinds to continue.
By Cole Rosengren • March 5, 2018 -
The Recycling Partnership details results from 3 pilot cities
The nonprofit's 2017 work in Atlanta, Denver and Chicago helped build on existing educational tactics for urban areas with a focus on contamination.
By Cole Rosengren • March 5, 2018 -
Bottle plant closure causes glass recycling 'domino effect' in Massachusetts
Due to the loss of this key market for Strategic Materials, some municipalities have lost an outlet for their material and the state is working to avoid disposal.
By Cole Rosengren • March 2, 2018 -
China places battery recycling responsibility on car manufacturers
China is making car manufacturers responsible for what happens to lithium batteries once they're no longer in use in hopes of protecting its environment.
By Cody Boteler • March 1, 2018 -
EPA previews what's next for Sustainable Materials Management program
The agency plans to release its 2015 Facts and Figures report later this year, update WARM in 2019, pursue new work around recycling contamination and much more.
By Cole Rosengren • March 1, 2018 -
New York lawmakers again introduce legislation for a statewide bag ban
Bills have been introduced in New York to impose a statewide ban on plastic bags. At the same time, lawmakers in Utah are considering a preemption bill.
By Cody Boteler • Feb. 28, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Recycle Across America: Standardization, not education, can fix contamination
"We need to make it easier for the public to start recycling right ... But until we fix that public experience at the bin, we're at risk of losing recycling," Executive Director Mitch Hedlund told Waste Dive.
By Cody Boteler • Feb. 28, 2018 -
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NRC wants to 'rejuvenate and reanimate' state recycling market development
The first of multiple regional events has been scheduled in Portland, OR for April 4, with a goal to facilitate new discussions around expanding domestic infrastructure.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 27, 2018 -
Advanced CEO: Business will improve in 2018; recycling prices won't
The company did well in its full year of being publicly traded — including 14 acquisitions — and is optimistic about how tax cuts will boost waste volumes.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 26, 2018 -
Recycling pressures continue in Oregon; bigger cities holding out on changes
The state is still issuing disposal concurrences, and local programs are still being reduced, but the Portland region's Metro government isn't ready to alter course.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 23, 2018 -
Port of Rotterdam signs agreement for plastic recycling project
The sustainability initiative has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and, if successful, could inspire U.S. projects.
By Jennifer McKevitt , Shefali Kapadia • Feb. 21, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Rubicon's sustainability VP talks contamination, markets and circular economy
Waste Dive recently spoke to David Rachelson about the company's new "RUBICONMethod" for setting up and maintaining successful commercial recycling programs.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 21, 2018
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