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,
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→
