MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The city of Minneapolis is getting out of the battery collection business. It’s following Hennepin County’s lead, by pushing …
Recyclable Sneakers You Won’t Believe Aren’t Real Leather
Few shoes are workhorses quite like plain white sneakers are: The kind you can throw on while you’re walking to the bodega, or wear to work, or walk …
Port Marlborough gets recycling into shipshape at Havelock Marina
A recycling hub has been installed at Havelock Marina as Port Marlborough gets its sustainability game into shipshape. The “comprehensive recycling …
EPA: US recycled less plastic in 2017
The plastics recycling rate decreased from 9.0% in 2015 to 8.4% in 2017, according to the U.S. EPA. The agency this month released national waste …
Survey results: Marquette County recycling
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) – Construction on a new single-stream recycling facility will begin in January, the Marquette County Solid …
Waste and Recycling Industry Backs $400 Million Infrastructure Bill
Major organizations representing the American waste and recycling industry have put their support behind a new bipartisan bill that would provide …
Shell starts recycling plastics in Louisiana
Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday it has started making petrochemical products from recycled plastic waste to eventually help combat the growing fears …
Waste Connections cites batteries in trash, recycling fires
A hole was cut in the side of this Waste Connections recycling truck so Vancouver firefighters could douse a fire in September 2018. (Photo courtesy of …
Taking Control of E-Waste
Sadoff E-Recycling and Data Destruction in Oshkosh recently entered the electronic recycling business three years ago. They are no stranger to …
Recycling sector needs waste treatment laws
Ukraine’s municipal waste is overflowing its landfills, while recycling has nothing but room for growth. Industrial waste is the much bigger problem, but …