Tag: business

May 25, 2018

Plastic recycling is failing to reach its full potential as low recovery rates of plastic waste, poor quality of recycled plastic and a lack of price incentives are holding back secondary plastic markets, according to a new report by the […]

May 21, 2018

China’s recent ban on the import of scrap materials and the resulting downturn in markets for some recyclables reinforces the importance of improving the quality of what is collected in residential recycling programs and ultimately sold into the open marketplace. […]

May 18, 2018

In response to China’s recently enacted waste import ban, contamination standard and one-month suspension on all U.S. scrap imports, the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) is calling for the U.S. to improve its poor recycling efforts. In a press release, NRC […]

May 15, 2018

Waste Management has announced the opening of its new Recycling Sun facility in Davie, Fla. The 15-acre, $14 million facility will recycle a mix of construction and demolition debris, household bulk waste and yard waste and process approximately 125 tons […]

April 20, 2018

Two years ago, Apple introduced Liam, an industrial robot with 29 arms designed to disassemble damaged and returned iPhones. Now, the company has unveiled Daisy, a new iPhone recycling robot that’s capable of taking apart 200 iPhones per hour and […]

April 19, 2018

How humans have dealt with the waste they generate has always been a societal issue; the advent of the history of modern solid waste management rose alongside the expansion of mass production of consumer goods that was integral to the […]

April 16, 2018

WestRock has expanded its recycling capabilities in Louisville, Ky., with the acquisition of QRS Recycling. QRS provides domestic solutions for pre-picked containers, paper and cardboard, metals, single stream and commercial dry waste. WestRock plans to consolidate its existing Louisville recycling […]

April 10, 2018

Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc., an innovative technology and integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company based in Atlanta, has acquired St. Ann, Mo.-based Environmental Trash Company (ETC). Meridian Waste will now provide waste and recycling services to approximately 2,000 commercial and […]

March 30, 2018

Last week, I was on the keynote panel at the Carolina Recycling Association’s Annual Conference and Trade Show. We were speaking about “The New Economics of Recycling.” As I noted in my presentation, the “new” economics of recycling are as […]

February 21, 2018

Last week, the Trump administration released a 53-page infrastructure plan, outlining its proposal for rebuilding America’s infrastructure. The proposed plan, which is one of the largest to be released by the White House, has some similarities to Australia’s infrastructure plan, […]

January 22, 2018

The federal government partially shut down on Saturday after the Senate blocked a short-term spending bill on Friday evening. During this shut down, the city will have access to revenues from local taxes, so services like trash collection won’t be […]

January 19, 2018

Managing recycling in a rural area is no easy feat. There are challenges to worry about like transportation and having enough material to make recycling a financially viable option as well as the difficult task of finding a home for […]

January 10, 2018

The city of Montgomery, Ala., has acquired the $37 million recycling facility formerly owned by Infinitus Renewable Energy Park (IREP). The city and IREP closed on a bankruptcy agreement on December 29, 2017, and had been locked in bankruptcy court […]

January 9, 2018

We attempt to provide some early thoughts on potential impacts, both direct and indirect, of the recently enacted tax reform law on the solid waste companies in this month’s edition of Business Insights. Although we expect to hear greater detail […]

January 3, 2018

The holiday season may have come and gone, but consumers and businesses are continuing to send massive amounts of cardboard boxes to recycling centers. This material uptick is due to a record online holiday shopping season. In 2017, Amazon shipped […]

January 2, 2018

Mountains of U.S. recyclables are piling up as municipal solid waste departments, haulers, recyclers and other stakeholders try to find new options for recyclable products. In July 2017, China registered with the World Trade Organization its intent to forbid 24 […]

December 5, 2017

The education programs and tours at the Kent County, Mich., Recycling and Education Center, a regional single stream recycling facility that accepts and processes recyclables from various counties, are more than a learning tool; they’re an experience. This is partially […]

November 30, 2017

In response to Salt Lake City’s new recycling ordinance that goes into effect on January 4, 2018, and requires all businesses and multifamily units to implement onsite recycling programs utilizing specialized bins provided by local solid waste haulers, Rocky Mountain […]

August 10, 2017

The operator of one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the Western U.S. will continue to run the plant, changing course about a year after a company executive said the facility was not economically viable. A spokesman for Talen […]