Guides encourage recycling mattresses, carpets to lessen landfill impact

Efforts by states to encourage recycling means opportunities in the industry.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 15, 2015

Chicago suburb adds curbside food waste collection in 2016

Highland Park is the second city in the IL, behind Oak Park, to offer composting.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 15, 2015

Recyclable coatings used more than wax on corrugated boxes: report

Recyclable alternatives are being found for packaging used for fresh and frozen foods.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 15, 2015

PET recycling rate steady while overall volumes increase: report

The U.S. market faces challenges like lower oil prices and consumers shifting from soft drinks to water.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 15, 2015

Florida city debates contract for textile recycling kiosks

Delray Beach commissioners are concerned about the effect that kiosks would have on nonprofits like Goodwill.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 15, 2015

Meet Totes McGoats: Niagara Falls' new recycling mascot

Since introducing the mascot, recycling in the city has grown from 4% to 23%. 

By Kristin Musulin • Oct. 15, 2015

4 new laws pushing California toward its 2020 recycling goal

Three new laws relate to recycling and composting, while one bans products that contain microbeads.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 14, 2015

The unbearable inevitability of recycling

Richard Fuller and Magdalene Sim of Great Forest, Inc. respond to reporter John Tierney's controversial views on recycling. 

By Richard Fuller and Magdalene Sim • Oct. 14, 2015

Virgin paper has 100x higher impact on climate than recycled paper: study

The SCS Global Services study is the first in the paper industry to use a new Life Cycle Analysis standard.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 13, 2015

ECO International agrees to dispose of 26M pounds of lead-containing glass

The former e-waste recycler had been piling up old CRT glass since the glass export market declined in 2010.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 13, 2015

Free Riders: Why you should care about "orphan" batteries in North America

Battery recycling programs are gaining traction, but some companies are choosing to do the bare minimum.

Oct. 13, 2015

Closed Loop Fund bashes New York Times recycling op-ed

Rob Kaplan, the company's managing director, posted a fact check of John Tierney's controversial 'Reign of Recycling' piece.

By Kristin Musulin • Oct. 12, 2015

New high-efficiency MRF will help meet California's 2020 diversion goals

The Monterey County facility can process more than 30 TPH of single-stream waste, 40 TPH of mixed waste, and 40 TPH of C&D materials. 

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 12, 2015

New glass labeling adhesive can mean cleaner recycling

Avery Dennison says its new technology reduces glass to landfill and contamination, with no change to the recycling process.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 12, 2015

Tucson recycling rate is high, but so is contamination

About 20% of what ends up in recycling bins should go in the trash.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 12, 2015

Tomra expands reverse vending machine recycling program

Carnegie Mellon has signed on to the college program that lets students earn rewards for recycling.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 9, 2015

Ferrous scrap recyclers face 25% price drop

Hopes are dimming for a rebound in the fourth quarter of 2015.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 9, 2015

High-tech 'dirty MRF' in Alabama temporarily closes

Infinitus Energy's $35 million Advanced Mixed Materials Recovery Facility harvested recyclables directly from garbage.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 9, 2015

U.S., Swiss companies join forces on plastics recycling

National Recovery Technologies and Buhler Sortex are looking to expand in Europe and North America.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 8, 2015

APBA fights to change California's plastic bag legislation

Voters will decide next year whether to repeal the plastic bag ban, but the American Progressive Bag Alliance is taking aim at who gets to keep the 10-cent fee.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 8, 2015

Q&A with John Tierney: Recycling was based on 'very mistaken projections'

Following his controversial New York Times piece 'The Reign of Recycling,' Waste Dive caught up with journalist John Tierney to ask what his ideal alternatives to recycling would be. 

By Kristin Musulin • Oct. 8, 2015

Researchers develop method to improve sorting of food-contact PET

A European research project has developed chemical markers that can differentiate between types of plastics in waste stream.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 7, 2015

Engineering students turn plastic into 3-D printer filament

The Arizona State University students' 3DCycler went from idea to product in less than a year.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 7, 2015

New recycling center will divert scrap carbon fiber from Washington landfills

The center will develop products out of scrap carbon fiber composite prepreg.

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 7, 2015

GameDay Recycling Challenge promotes waste reduction at college stadiums

Can any college or university top the Clemson Tigers' winning recycling effort last year?

By Linda Tufano • Oct. 6, 2015