Local landfills are filling up and recycling could soon cost more as places to dump them disappear. America is a disposable society; plastic bottles, …
Fears Grow Among Valley Recyclers As China Denies US Recyclables
The trade conflict between the U.S. and China is heating up, and while tariffs on the steel and agriculture industries have taken center stage, the …
Top 50 Archive: Don’t look for the recycling police yet
It’s way past 1990 but here Nicholas Herrera drives a forklift load of bundled newsprint at Fairfield County Recycling Inc. in Stratford in 2010.
Recycling hauler threatens to end pickup if communities don’t pay more
New Bedford-based trash hauler ABC Disposal has threatened to stop collecting recyclables in five communities on July 1 unless they agree to cover …
What’s your recycling IQ? Lynn’s DPW will help you find out.
LYNN — The city’s Department of Public Works (DPW) is launching the Recycling IQ Kit on Tuesday, May 29. Its goal is to boost the quality of the …
Lafayette Parish school recycling program reduces 83 tons of waste
Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) recycled more than 80 tons of paper and plastic during the 2017-2018 school year. LPSS has 30 sites …
Outstanding Recycling Program Award presented to Camden Elementary
Roberts helped the school garner the PCSWD Business Recycling Grant last year and he and his students worked to make Camden Elementary and …
BCC scores well in waste reduction, recycling competition
BCC recently finished first in Massachusetts and third in the United States in the diversion category of RecycleMania, a waste reduction and recycling …
Researchers find new way to stimulate cellular recycling process
Brown University researchers studying the biology of aging have demonstrated a new strategy for stimulating autophagy, the process by which cells …
AF&PA: Paper recovery down due to drop in exports
Industry media outlets Waste Dive and Recycling Today reported the rate earlier this week. AF&PA has set a goal of hitting 70 percent recovery in the …