EPA could fine battery recycler $37.5K per day, per violation

The Environmental Protection Agency found over 30 violations to California's Clean Air Act committed by Exide Technologies. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 28, 2014

Buffalo recycling rate half national average

The local recycling program has stagnated, and will continue to languish unless the city makes strategic changes to improve the rate.

By Nicole Wrona • May 28, 2014

Recology unveils Seattle MRF

The company anticipates processing over 90,000 tons of recyclables annually at its new materials recovery facility.

By Nicole Wrona • May 28, 2014

EPA's Food Recovery Challenge adds new participants

The nationwide program helps business who wish to enroll in food waste programs connect with resources. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 27, 2014

Coachella, CA may restrict green recycling facilities

In a town heavy with landscaping businesses, the city council must determine how to deal with the large volume of discarded palm fronds (and other green waste materials). 

By Nicole Wrona • May 27, 2014

App connects consumers to discounted food

Apps are increasingly becoming a way to divert food waste from landfills, and PareUp is getting in on the action. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 27, 2014

Deception uncovered at Santa Fe landfill

Curbside recyclables that were intended to be processed at a warehouse facility were allegedly disposed of at the Caja Del Rio landfill instead.

By Nicole Wrona • May 23, 2014

OH town expands curbside recycling services

Pickup will be free of charge — and may double town recycling rates. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 22, 2014

Coffee company uses recycling stations to increase diversion

Farmer Bros. established a goal of zero-waste by 2015, and is partnering with GreenDrop Recycling Stations to achieve it. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 22, 2014

Dell announces two recycled materials partnerships

The company aims to use the new collaborations to reach its goal of having 50 million pounds of recycled-content plastics in its product line by 2020. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 21, 2014

Sims sells UT recycling assets to Western Metals

Sims Metal Management has sold a shredder facility and feeder yard to the biggest scrap provider in the Rocky Mountain region.

By Nicole Wrona • May 20, 2014

Pomona, CA may enact moratorium on waste, recycling businesses

Due to community concern, the Pomona City Council is considering three solutions to establish regulations — one of which is halting operations at local facilities. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 20, 2014

Largest Chinese compounder opens recycling subsidiary

The company expects to play a top role in China's restructured recycling market due to its resin technology and size. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 20, 2014

College startup partners with landlords to establish apartment recycling

Many apartment complexes in Provo, UT don't provide recycling for residents, but a student-run startup is trying to change that.

By Nicole Wrona • May 19, 2014

Recycled textiles will fund charity services

Uniform manufacturer Cintas is donating textile waste materials to non-profit Know Hope, who will recycle the uniforms into reusable bags. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 19, 2014

New app helps consumers reduce food waste

Imagine the Tinder for organics. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 16, 2014

Group forms to increase recycling rates

The partnership will focus on programs that include four key elements of successful recycling. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 16, 2014

Scandanavia collects highest volume of e-waste in Europe

But e-waste markets are shrinking overall — a reduction that starts at the manufacturing level. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 16, 2014

Country's largest MRF opens in Brooklyn

Sims Municipal Recycling expects to handle the entire city's curbside recycling collections at the new facility. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 15, 2014

Rumpke announces Dayton, OH recycling plant expansion

VP Mike Bramkamp says the new Dayton model could serve as a template for other regional facilities. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 15, 2014

Medina County, OH and recycling provider in heated dispute

The county has requested that Envision Waste turn over its operating cost records. Envision calls the timing of the request "questionable."

By Nicole Wrona • May 15, 2014

Researcher invents compostable trash bags

A Virginia Tech professor has discovered that a plant-based material that is both biodegradable and inexpensive can be used to create plastic bags.

By Nicole Wrona • May 14, 2014

Sonoma, CA approves Republic MRF

The 20-year contract is worth approximately $547M for the recycling company. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 14, 2014

NASA funds 3D printing recycling experiment

The project has the potential to impact not only how astronauts deal with waste, but also waste storage requirements on Earth. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 14, 2014

PET washing facility opens in Portsmouth, NH

The first of its kind in the state, the new plant will allow Poly Recovery to double its processing capacity. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 13, 2014