Major organizations combat recycling confusion with commercials, programs

Recycle Across America, Keep America Beautiful, and the NWRA are all implementing programs to clear up confusion about recycling. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 18, 2015

Chattanooga glass ‘recycling’ is actually going to a landfill

The glass that Chattanooga, TN residents throw into their 96-gallon single-stream recycling containers is going to the landfill due to Orange Grove Center’s inability to sort the broken glass.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 18, 2015

Residents adjust to new waste and recycling program in Aurora, IL

The Chicago suburb rolled out its new trash and recycling program on July 6 and, despite complaints, residents are beginning to get used to it.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 17, 2015

Ohio company sues Mississippi DEQ over hazardous waste site

U.S. Technology Corp. filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and two of its employees of concealing problems at a hazardous waste recycling site in Yazoo City, MS.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 17, 2015

Indiana county may cut recycling sites due to lack of funding

The Floyd County Solid Waste Board in Indiana will meet Aug. 18 to consider closing all but one recycling drop-off site by the end of the month.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 14, 2015

WestRock agrees to buy paper recycler, renewable energy company for $289M

WestRock anticipates that the purchase of SP Fiber Holdings Inc. and its 48% interest in Green Power Solutions of Georgia (GPS) will grow its earnings in 2016.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 14, 2015

Safeway joins Oregon Food Bank to combat food waste

Safeway grocery joined Oregon Food Bank’s list of partners that donates food that is close to its sell-by date, but is still fit to consume.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 14, 2015

FBI investigates Creative Recycling’s bankruptcy case

As the result of a bankruptcy hearing in Tampa, FL, the FBI will pay for and take over more than 100 boxes of documents that Tampa-based Creative Recycling Systems abandoned at a storage facility.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 13, 2015

German metals recycler MAIREC to open South Carolina plant

Metals recycler MAIREC, based in Alzenau, Germany, is investing $4.6 million to establish its first U.S. recycling operation in South Carolina.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 13, 2015

Pennex Aluminum triples the size of its Ohio plant

Wellsville, PA-based Pennex Aluminum Co. opened a $38 million expansion at its aluminum extrusion and fabrication facility in Leetonia, OH.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 12, 2015

Master plan aims for zero waste in Amherst, MA

The Amherst, MA Refuse and Recycling Committee will present a solid waste master plan to officials that recommends reducing the amount of trash thrown away and moving toward a zero waste philosophy.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 12, 2015

Alpine Waste adds Golden, CO to service operations

Alpine Waste & Recycling signed a five-year deal, starting Aug. 31, to provide Golden, CO with waste hauling and its single-stream Altogether Recycling services.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 12, 2015

South Carolina fines Sonoco $230K over unpermitted landfill

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has fined Sonoco for violating the state’s Solid Waste Policy and Management Act.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 12, 2015

Minneapolis begins first phase of food scrap recycling

Minneapolis rolled out a program for residents to collect and recycle food scraps and other compostable items in order to reduce waste in the city’s landfill.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 11, 2015

Seattle volunteers to sort marine waste from Alaska

A barge filled with marine debris collected from the shores of Alaska and British Columbia arrived in Seattle, where volunteers will decide what can be recycled and what must be taken by train to a disposal site in Oregon.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 10, 2015

Curbside glass recycling spreads across Utah neighborhoods

Curbside glass recycling is now available, for an $8 monthly fee and $45 startup fee, to the Emigration Canyon, Canyon Rim, and Olympus Cove neighborhoods outside of Salt Lake City, UT.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 10, 2015

‘Zero waste’ efforts extend life of San Diego landfill by 8 years

Mayor Kevin Faulconer said the Miramar landfill, the city’s only active dump, is projected to remain viable through 2030, eight years beyond the projected 2022 date. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 7, 2015

Polartec has recycled its billionth PET bottle

Lawrence, MA-based fleece maker Polartec said it has recycled its billionth polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle, allowing the company to make millions of fleece jackets.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 7, 2015

Scrap metal exports drop 4.7% due to strong dollar

Scrap metal exports from the United States dropped 4.7% by volume in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 7, 2015

Detroit Lions team up with Repreve for second year

Unifi’s Repreve will once again partner with the NFL team as its official sustainability partner.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 7, 2015

North Carolina county recycles 20% more after single-stream switch

Recycling jumped 20% after the solid waste department in Mecklenburg County, NC converted from dual-stream recycling to a single-stream sorting system.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 6, 2015

SWANA, CRRA partner to offer ‘zero waste’ certification

The leading waste management associations announced a partnership to develop and offer a Zero Waste Principles and Practices course and certification program throughout the United States and Canada. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 6, 2015

Proposed recycling fee in Fort Collins, CO will not move forward

The Fort Collins City Council won’t hear a request to allow haulers to charge a temporary recycling fee, but will review the “pay-as-you-throw” structure in the fall.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 5, 2015

Nova Scotia county wins grant to recycle foam

Colchester County will upgrade its recycling facility to accept polystyrene foam, thanks to a grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition in Falls Church, VA.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 4, 2015

Complaints about recycling pickups decrease in Arkansas county

Waste Management is improving recycling pickup in Pulaski County, AR since more than 2,200 complaints have been filed in 2015 alone. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 4, 2015