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,
Trump reinstates tariffs on steel, aluminum from Argentina and Brazil
The countries have been on a quota system for these shipments since August 2018.Continue Reading→
Ann Arbor, Michigan, moves to reopen MRF
City will work with nonprofit Recycle Ann Arbor to rebuild and reopen city’s MRF, which has been closed since 2016.Continue Reading→
San Francisco Struggles to Reach Zero Waste Goal
The city is far from achieving the goal it set 16 years ago to send zero waste to landfills by 2020.Continue Reading→
Santa Fe, N.M., Reopens MRF with New Contract
The MRF was idled in 2015 after the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency began a contract that shipped recyclables 65 miles away.Continue Reading→
PRC pop-up recycling events divert 170 tons of glass from landfills
Pennsylvania Resources Council launched the program in 2019 in response to changes in curbside recycling programs.Continue Reading→
New York group studies expansion of state’s bottle bill
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation analyzed the feasibility of expanding the bottle deposit system to include wine, liquor bottles.Continue Reading→
Stadler develops delabeler to address plastic sorting issue
Delabelers can significantly increase the output and purity rates of recycled plastic bottles, Stadler says.Continue Reading→
Coca-Cola, KAB Public Space Recycling Bin Grant Program application period opens
The program is funded through a $350,000 grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation to KAB.Continue Reading→
