Data Corner: The recycling revenue slide for nation’s largest processor

The post Data Corner: The recycling revenue slide for nation’s largest processor appeared first on Resource Recycling News. The impact of the seismic shift in recycling markets over the past two-and-a-half years can be clearly seen in the quarterly recycling revenue numbers of Waste Management, which operates roughly 100 materials recovery

Opinion: Let’s remake plastic

The Every Bottle Back initiative seeks to unite the public, nonprofit and private sectors to improve PET bottle recycling.Continue Reading→

Companies plan to invest $300M in domestic paper recycling

The post Companies plan to invest $300M in domestic paper recycling appeared first on Resource Recycling News. A technology company and investment firm say they will develop two North American facilities processing more than 800,000 tons per year of mixed paper and OCC into recycled pulp and paper. The project, led

A closer look at container and packaging recycling rates

The post A closer look at container and packaging recycling rates appeared first on Resource Recycling News. The overall U.S. recycling rate was 35.2% in 2017, but underneath that number is a more complicated picture of material-specific recovery. The recycling rate for containers and packaging was 50.1% in 2017. That was

NERC reports drop in value of recovered materials

The post NERC reports drop in value of recovered materials appeared first on Resource Recycling News. The blended value of a ton of recyclables in the Northeast U.S. has dropped by about one-fifth, a MRF survey shows. The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) reports the average value of a ton of recyclables,

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