Tag: PAPER

July 29, 2021

The UK based biotech company renders agricultural residue such apple skins, avocado peels and mango pips into paper packaging. Food waste has been a global issue for some time. Each year, about one third of food produced for consumption-approximately 1,3 […]

August 17, 2020

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS), the largest integrated manufacturer and marketer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America, has announced that its mill in Kingsport, Tenn. will stop producing printing and writing paper grades. Instead, the mill—which has sat idle since […]

March 5, 2020

Starting this week, Chinese importers can now apply for tariff exemptions for old corrugated cardboard (OCC) and other recovered fiber. The Chinese government will consider the exemptions on a company-by-company basis. This news follows tariff updates provided by the country […]

August 12, 2019

The Marquette County, Mich., Solid Waste Authority recently authorized the construction of a new $6.3 million recycling facility, which will be funded with loans and a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The facility will […]

March 25, 2019

Starbucks just announced it is testing a compostable cup in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Vancouver and London. The new cup looks like Starbucks’ current paper cup, but instead of a plastic liner inside, the compostable option has a biodegradable […]

February 22, 2019

Roughly 600,000 tons of paper beverage cups are used each year in the United States, and far too much of this material ends up in landfills. Now, South Dakota-based materials recovery facility Millennium Recycling, Inc. has added paper cups to […]

December 5, 2018

Approximately two million U.S. residents can now recycle hot and cold paper beverage cups thanks to a partnership with the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). By adding paper cups to its list of acceptable items for recycling, the city of Denver […]

December 4, 2018

Although it’s commonly thought that it’s too difficult or expensive to remove the plastic lining to recycle old coffee cups or that coffee contamination is too problematic, Starbucks has proven it could be done. This year, Starbucks sent 25 million […]

December 4, 2018

Ever since China tightened its restrictions on the materials it would accept, cities across the U.S. have been having trouble offloading various recycled materials. Take Des Moines, Iowa, for example, where about 20 tons of paper a day ended up […]

October 11, 2018

WestRock Company, provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, announced it will begin accepting mixed paper bales that contain paper foodservice packaging at its 100 percent recycled paperboard mills across the United States. Historically, paper-based foodservice packaging, which includes items […]

June 1, 2018

Recycling is in the dumps. The Chinese government’s decision to ban mixed plastic and mixed paper recyclables imports sent recycling markets into a tailspin. Media outlets are running stories of recyclables going to disposal instead of end markets. Worse yet, […]

May 17, 2018

About 85 percent of hospital waste is noninfectious, according to the World Health Organization, and a bulk of that is recyclable, yet most of these materials are either landfilled or burned. The waste is stockpiling because balancing patient safety, cost […]

May 15, 2018

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced that 65.8 percent of paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2017. “Paper recycling brings continued economic, environmental and social benefits to communities across the country,” said AF&PA President […]

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 3, 2018

In the basement of the Tenement Museum in New York City, two buildings that for decades saw some 7,000 immigrant occupants, workers have collected a sizeable archive of antique garbage, from a half-eaten bagel to an old box of cigarettes […]

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 […]

March 21, 2018

Li Ganjie, the Chinese minister of environmental protection, announced that imports of solid waste decreased by 12 percent in 2017 during a press conference. The decrease is in response to China’s National Sword Policy, which was enacted in 2017. During […]

March 20, 2018

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) has announced the creation of Organizations for Supply Chain Recycling (OSCR), a coalition made up of trade associations across several industries that will work to solve challenges currently facing the recyclable materials supply […]

March 9, 2018

The Ohio Recycling Coalition, a nonprofit recycling trade association based in Dublin, Ohio, has launched to provide business resource assistance for businesses focused on recycling, reuse, re-manufacturing and waste minimization. Renee Navarre, president and owner of EnviroSource Waste Solutions LLC, […]

March 8, 2018

A new survey conducted by the Carton Council of North America shows that 94 percent of consumers are supportive of recycling. Additionally, 74 percent believe that recycling should be made a priority, compared to 61 percent who believed as such […]