Scrap Collector: Plastic’s ‘hidden’ climate impacts revealed
Plus: Six-foot-high pile of unopened Amazon Go meals and groceries discovered in Seattle landfill, and Philippines recalls ambassador to Canada over ongoing illegal waste standoff.Continue Reading→
Expanding capacity for residential mixed paper
North American paper mills are opening new facilities and increasing capacity to consume recycled fiber.Continue Reading→
US to lift steel, aluminum tariffs
Associations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico describe this as a victory for North American aluminum, steel.Continue Reading→
Aluminum end user boosts scrap consumption
The post Aluminum end user boosts scrap consumption appeared first on Resource Recycling News. Lower scrap aluminum prices helped improve profitability for aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis last year. The Atlanta-headquartered business’s overall product line was made up of 61 percent recycled content during the 2019 fiscal year. That was
Alb. NM Recycling Market Development Workshop
The Regional Recycling Market Development Workshop is less than 3 weeks away! Register TODAY to better understand what is required to develop local end-markets for collected recyclables and learn techniques on how to recycle right. Download the training agenda HERE Click HERE to register …Continue Reading→
ZWS opens new recycling facility
The 103,000-square-foot advanced recycling facility will accept residential and commercial waste streams as well as single-stream recyclables, commingled recyclables and source-separated recyclables.Continue Reading→
Trump Set to Increase Import Tariffs on Chinese Goods
The U.S. is expected to raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 to 25 percent beginning May 10.Continue Reading→
Indian organization seeks changes to copper scrap import standards
EEPC India requests standards similar to those implemented for importing ferrous scrap.Continue Reading→
NRC May 17th BOD Meeting
The NRC BOD will be holding its monthly meeting from noon to 2 p.m. ET on May 17th. Meeting agenda and materials can be found here. Register here for the meeting. All NRC members are invited to attend.
Scrap Collector: U.S. abstains from supporting Basel Convention plastics proposal
Plus, a New York town is fighting legal battle over transfer station’s feral cat colony and a U.K. waste and recycling company calls for ban on environmentally unsustainable items.Continue Reading→
