Pace Glass Recycling, based in Long Island City, N.Y., is seeing some of the silver lining effects of the outbreak on the environment—a decrease in …

“While the electronics recycling industry has been deemed essential, social distancing is still critical to avoid the spread of the coronavirus,” said Steven …

But the financial market for recyclable materials has disappeared, he said, and the standalone recycling bins have become a target for illegal dumping.

When mechanical recycling is unable to treat the polymer waste, chemical recycling provides a unique opportunity to recycle ‘difficult’ waste streams and …

Usually, curbside recyclables are delivered to a MRF (materials recovery facility, or “murph”) where workers and machines separate the mixed materials …