Humans produce 300 million tons of plastic waste every year – which is roughly equivalent to the combined weight of all humans living right now.
Scientists Say They’ve Cooked Up an Endlessly Recyclable Plastic
Plastics aren’t recycled nearly as much as we’d like them to be, but a team from Berkeley Lab has developed a method to hopefully make that process …
Recycling Partnership opens 2019 grants
The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, opened up grant applications for the 2019 Residential Curbside Recycling Cart Grant program, …
AMP Robotics Launches New AI Guided Dual-Robot System for the Recycling Industry
(“AMP”), a pioneer in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and robotics for the recycling industry, today announced the launch of its new AMP Cortex™ dual-robot …
Electronics, lightbulbs and more to be accepted at Recycling Drop-Off
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Yampa Valley Sustainability Council’s Community Recycling Drop-Off is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the …
Lawsuit alleges recycling equipment patent violation
Optical sorting technology is at the center of a patent infringement lawsuit between equipment suppliers Green Machine and Machinex.
Our top stories from April 2019
A recycling expert has offered up criticisms of British Columbia’s extended producer responsibility system for printed paper and packaging.
Casella reports better recycling numbers as Advanced slides
By charging fees, Casella Waste Systems enjoyed year-over-year boosts in recycling revenue during the first quarter. The move blunted persistent …
Production of recycling-friendly paper liner scales up
Two fiber packaging companies are ramping up production of a recycling-friendly coating for use on foodservice packaging. Commonly used coatings …
How recycling robots have spread across North America
Resource Recycling took at look at what problems the emerging technology is solving for customers, where robots are being installed, how much they …