Glass bottle manufacturer Owens-Illinois will close its plant in Atlanta, citing the costs of necessary capital investments and the continuing decline of …
In My Opinion: A business case for deposit return
In an effort to reduce litter and increase recycling, more and more jurisdictions are turning to deposit return systems for the recovery of beverage …
City of Oshkosh garbage, recycling pickup delayed one day for Memorial Day
OSHKOSH – There will be no garbage or recycling collection Monday in the city in observance of Memorial Day. Collection for the rest of the week will …
ISRI: Tariffs would ‘irreparably’ harm recycling industry
China supplies components for a lot of equipment used in the U.S. recycling industry, meaning tariffs on Chinese imports would be felt across many …
CCIC inspections resume and other National Sword updates
Recyclables landfilled: Nearly two dozen operators handling recyclables in Oregon have requested permission to dispose of those materials since the …
Market disruption prompts switch to dual-stream
As Resource Recycling recently reported, although New Jersey was less reliant on China for its downstream markets, when the West Coast began …
Breast Cancer Cells Use In-House Recycling To Survive After Spreading
Researchers from the National Cancer Insitute have discovered a new way by which breast cancer cells lie dormant after spreading, before starting to …
UK’s Recycling Technologies signs £50m offtake deal with InterChem
BARCELONA (ICIS)–UK chemical recycling start-up Recycling Technologies has signed an offtake deal with traders InterChem which will sell all the …
Waste Industries Merges with Alpine Waste & Recycling
Waste Industries has finalized its merger with Alpine Waste & Recycling, a non-hazardous solid waste collection and recycling company based in …
Cary Paying More for Recycling Due to Global Demand
Cary, NC – The Town of Cary used to get a rebate for recyclables sent to local plants but a change in import policy from China now means the town …