Electric and gas utility National Grid lobbied in opposition to legislation aimed at promoting renewable energy in Massachusetts, recent lobbying …
Young Americans Are the Biggest E-Waste Contributors — Here’s How to Recycle Electronics
When the prospect of recycling comes to mind, most people think of cardboard, cans, bottles, and paper. However, it’s a little known fact that one of the …
Plastek joins investors in $100M recycling startup
A startup recycling company with strong ties to the steel industry plans to build a $100 million plastics waste sorting plant in Erie, Pa., with investment …
Commissioners updated on landfill, recycling, sewer districts
“The first recycling dumpsters were placed at Lakengren yesterday. The remainder of them will either be replaced tomorrow or next Tuesday. We had …
Baltimore officials ask for patience as frustrations over delayed trash, recycling pickup mount
“Trash and recycling have been left out in the rain and are now contributing to unsanitary conditions in our neighborhoods,” he wrote. “We are seeing an …
ESA to launch battery recycling campaign
The campaign responds to the danger of discarding batteries in household waste or recycling bins, with around 25 per cent of all fires that occur in …
How a company is turning PET into durable asphalt
In 2017, Weaver began experimenting with using recycled polyester in G5 formulations, … Still, he argued the benefits of recycling PET into asphalt.
Here are the latest film and non-bottle rigid recycling stats
The amount of U.S. film and non-bottle rigids recycled decreased in 2018, but domestic processors took in more of the material, according to More …
UK recycling rate remains far behind Europe’s best recycling nations
However, when it comes to recycling this waste, Germany again sends the most amount of waste to be recycled (305kg per capita). The UK’s recycling …
Asian film processor details new ‘credit’ funding system
A film recycling company in Myanmar is among the first to take part in a global plastic credit system, which could direct financing from corporations to …