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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→

ISRI’s PSI chapter opens 2020 scholarship application period

PSI plans to give $2,000 scholarships to nine students in 2020.Continue Reading→

A Closer Look at the Hotel Industry’s Eco-Friendly Push

If you’ve stayed in a hotel, inn, or resort in … The post A Closer Look at the Hotel Industry’s Eco-Friendly Push appeared first on Earth911.com.Continue Reading→

Los Angeles Times Knocks EPA’s Recycling Plan

In an editorial, the L.A. Times refers to the agency’s recently released action plan as a “woefully inadequate federal plan of action.”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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