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  • Veolia opens its first plastic sorting facility

    The new facility in England can sort up to 55,000 tons of plastic a year.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Nov. 1, 2012
  • Residents reject Ill. transfer station in favor of a recycling center instead

    While residents are still worried about the lowering of property value, they are more open to a recycling center being built than a transfer station.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 31, 2012
  • Trendline

    Navigating Modern MRF Operations

    Recycling facility operators are increasingly investing in new technology to keep up with evolving regulations and customer demands.

    By Waste Dive staff
  • Recycling electronics as easy as adding hot water

    Researchers in the UK have developed a way to recycle electronics that is as easy as making a cup of tea. 

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 30, 2012
  • Mandatory commercial recycling starts in Eureka, California

    As a part of an ongoing mandate to increase landfill diversion, businesses must now recycle as well.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 29, 2012
  • Navy sending old mattresses to be recycled

    Instead of throwing thousands of old mattresses into a landfill, the U.S. Navy realized recycling them is cheaper.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 29, 2012
  • Hospital turns food waste to plant food

    With a few machines, all of the hospitals food waste can be converted to plant food in just 12 hours.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 26, 2012
  • First recycling program set up in the U.S for respiratory inhalers

    More than 100,000 inhalers are expected to be collected in the first year alone.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 25, 2012
  • General Motors zeros in on zero waste goals

    The company announced they are now generating $1 billion from reusing and recycling products.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 22, 2012
  • Organic waste recycling startup launches aggressive crowdfunding campaign

    By receiving donations from the community, a local startup is trying to make D.C. greener.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 22, 2012
  • West Virginia recycling center might reopen with help from Draw Enterprises

    The center closed earlier this year following financial problems, but the county might have another chance to keep recycling going.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 19, 2012
  • NextLife Recycling opening recycling headquarters in Arkansas

    This step is the first of three to create a closed-loop plastic recycling and production facility.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 19, 2012
  • PET Resin Association develops new way to judge recyclability of plastics

    The association claims their new model provides a more realistic and effective method for assessing recyclability.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 18, 2012
  • Ski resort in Arizona recycles sewage water into fake snow

    While water recycling is immensely important, especially in a state such as Arizona, many are not convinced this is good idea. 

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 18, 2012
  • Website launched to help ease impact of phone waste

    The launch of the iPhone 5 is expected to force millions of aging phones to either be thrown away or hopefully, recycled.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 17, 2012
  • Improperly disposed of materials fuel large chemical fire in New York

    Smoke could be seen from blocks away as firefighters desperately fought a raging chemical fire.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 17, 2012
  • Alberta research group expands biorefining-recycling patent into U.S. market

    Technology developed in Alberta, Canada, is making its way to the U.S. to deal food and animal waste.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 16, 2012
  • Company in California praised for Styrofoam recycling program

    The non-biodegradable, petroleum-based product is normally a waste nightmare, but not for Burrtec Waste Industries.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 16, 2012
  • Verizon reaches goal of collecting 1 million pounds of electronic waste

    To keep up momentum, the company pledges to collect another million pounds by 2015. 

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 15, 2012
  • Organics recycling facility to be built in South Carolina

     The new facility will be the seventh organic recycling plant for McGill Environmental Systems of N.C. Inc.  

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 15, 2012
  • New tools being developed to recycle flat screen TVs

    Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind., is working on a way to safely recycle flat screen TVs before they become obsolete.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 12, 2012
  • Increased demand of flat-rolled aluminum incites Novelis Inc. to triple capacity

    Expansion plans include a new plant in Germany and South Korea.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 11, 2012
  • Plastic bottle recycling rate continues to climb

    As more consumers in the U.S. are educated about recycling, the level of participation continues to rise.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 11, 2012
  • Partial grave marker for six-month-old found in recycling bin

    Police are searching for anyone who might know where the headstone belongs.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 11, 2012
  • Two giant slugs made from plastic bags race to city church

    An art festival in France features two giant slugs made from more than 40,000 colored plastic bags. 

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 9, 2012
  • Delaware woman killed by out of control forklift at recycling plant

    An Eastern Metal Recycling customer was crushed when a forklift at the facility rolled out of control.

    By Shauna Blackmon • Oct. 9, 2012