That’s largely due to new regulations out of China, the world’s largest buyer and processor of recycled materials. Earlier this year, it responded to a market glut by tightening its acceptable contamination levels for mixed paper 10-fold, from 5 percent to 0.5 percent. It’s a threshold American recycling …
Minot recycling plant loses legal battle
MINOT, N.D. – A Minot-area recycling plant will not be able to take its case against the city of Minot to trial, after a district judge upheld a request from …
OUR OPINION: Everyone should be recycling
While there are many who take recycling seriously and care about their impact on the environment, there are others — many others — who apparently …
Squeeze tube recycling trial starts in Coquitlam
This month, Recycle BC is embarking on a quest to see if residents are willing to recycle these sorts of tubes and if they can get them clean enough for …
Scott County residents invited to take recycling survey
The Waste Commission of Scott County and Personal Marketing Research is conducting a follow-up survey about recycling. Four hundred residents of …
CARE Names 2017 Person, Recycler of the Year
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), the non-profit organization charged with advancing market-based solutions for carpet recycling and landfill …
Groveland police helping Scouts with recycling event Saturday
GROVELAND – The Groveland Police Department will be among those taking part in Saturday’s Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts’ electronics recycling …
Westchester County Announces 50 Percent Recycling Rate in 2017
This rate matches the County’s recycling performance for 2016, ensuring that Westchester continues to perform at the top in all environmental …
VLCC recycling faces capacity crunch in ‘year of the tanker’
Given a recycling yard is booked up for a minimum of about seven months to dismantle a VLCC, Baig tells TradeWinds that a capacity crunch could be …
China import ban threatens European recycling strategy
A decision by China to ban the import of international-flagged ships for scrapping has raised serious concerns over how owners, especially in Europe, …