If Australia treated recycling waste like iron ore or coal the nation could be … could get as much as $156 a tonne if the recycling was sorted better.
Revolve Recycling closes and lays off employees
Before its closure, Revolve Recycling was working to increase its ability to process mixed plastics. | Setthayos Sansuwansri/Shutterstock.
Canadian plastics recycling decreased in 2017
Canada recycled less plastic in 2017 than it did the year before, with decreases in recovery of films, non-bottle rigids and bottles, according to an …
Greasy pizza boxes, plastic bags hurting Treasure Coast recycling efforts, officials say
On any given day on the Treasure Coast, someone invariably tosses a plastic bag filled with used water bottles into a recycling cart, thinking he’s …
Binning broken recycling box ‘dreadful and ironic’
A woman was told to dump her broken council recycling box because it “couldn’t be recycled“. Harriet Jany, from Chippenham, requested a …
Huntsville needs space between garbage, recycling bins
Huntsville, Ala., is asking residences to separate their trash bins from their new recycling bins so collectors can make pickups easier and neater.
Land sale could offset cost of recycling center relocation
Jackson County hopes to offset the cost of moving its Dillsboro recycling center with proceeds from selling a piece of land in Sylva that has been …
Recycling bad habits costing Australia $324 million
Australia is squandering $324 million a year in value through a poor recycling system where even well-meaning households are forced to put glass, …
Richmond County joins recycling campaign
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County is joining a statewide effort to educate the public on the importance recycling and how to do it correctly by getting …
Issues Of The Environment: The Challenges Of Recycling Glass
Glass is one of many materials that can and should be recycled. In this week’s “Issues of the Environment,” WEMU’s David Fair talks with Ypsilanti …