To keep up with the top export destinations for U.S.-sourced recyclables, Resource Recycling examined the latest shipping data from the U.S. Census …
Recycled paper pulp facing tariff threat
China is proposing tariffs on U.S. pulp made from recycled paper, a material that has received recent attention as a potential export to China to replace …
A Twist On Recycling: Retailers Rebuying Their Merchandise For Resale
There’s a new trend in product recycling being pioneered by companies like IKEA, The North Face and Patagonia, which are buying back their used …
What a robot does for one Midwest MRF
Crews installed the SamurAI robot at Lakeshore’s single-stream Heartland Recycling Center near Chicago in May. The company first announced the …
What’s the best way to get Americans to actually recycle?
In 2010, Pepsi set a goal: The company wanted to help raise the recycling rate for drink containers in the U.S. from around 38% to 50%. The company …
Your recycling is worth less than it used to be. Here’s why.
Last week, Oyster Bay officials faced increased recycling costs when Winter Bros. Hauling notified the town it would suspend its contract, in which it …
Plastic Bags, Batteries Causing Big Problems For Recycling Centers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Whether or not an item should go into the curbside recycling bin often varies by company, but a few common incorrectly …
Mystery as more than 40 industrial sacks of recycling line east Bristol street
Residents of an east Bristol neighbourhood have been left bemused after dozens of large bags full of recycling were left on a street. More than 40 …
City curbside recycling ends
Management from Republic Services, the city’s garbage and recycling operator since 2010, announced at Monday’s Kankakee City Council meeting …
Overnight fire at Niagara Falls recycling facility continues to burn
The call came in at just after 10 p.m. Monday for a fire at a recycling facility at 1505 College Ave., near Highland Avenue, according to the Niagara …