The steel and engineering sectors could be reinvented as high-value industries based on recycling and renewable energy, a conference organised by …
New recycling program begins in Sutton
Sutton residents are being asked to consider putting textiles into one of these bins instead of trash to help promote a new recycling program. Three of …
Your recycling gets recycled, right? Maybe, or maybe not
Plastics and papers from dozens of American cities and towns are being dumped in landfills after China stopped recycling most “foreign garbage,” …
Pesticide Container Recycling Event Planned
A pesticide container recycling event is scheduled for 7:30. a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 25-29, at the Central Transfer Station, 1411 S.
Why Vietnam is shutting out scrap plastic
As Plastics Recycling Update reported last week, key Vietnamese ports will stop accepting scrap plastic for four months beginning in late June.
Factors behind a painful year for plastics recycling
An Ontario group recently looked at market factors shaping the domestic plastics recycling industry in 2017, and it offered predictions about where …
‘Mild’ chemical recycling process for PLA developed
Plastics Recycling Update in late 2016 reported efforts were afoot to try to boost recycling of the plastic, but significant barriers remained.
Recycling issues not new for municipalities
Bradford Township’s issues with recycling are nothing new for that municipality, or for many places where the honor system is used for compliance.
Recycling is equally cool and necessary
Recycling in Denton is actually pretty easy. For those of us who don’t live in houses and have the luxury of curbside pickup, there are three drop-off …
What you should and shouldn’t recycle in Austin
How much thought do you put into what you throw in that blue bin? Recycling can be a little more complicated than it seems. If it’s not done right, you …