Tag: PAPER

February 28, 2018

Sappi North America, the Boston-based supplier of paper and packaging products, has joined national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership as a new funding partner. The company will fund the nonprofit’s efforts to increase materials recovery and reduce the creation of greenhouse […]

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 […]

December 14, 2017

Last month, Portsmouth, Va.’s contract with Recycling and Disposal Services ended, and the city opted to send glass, paper and plastic collected from residential recycling bins to Wheelabrator Technologies to be burned and transformed into steam energy for nearby Norfolk […]

December 11, 2017

The state of Colorado currently has a 19 percent diversion rate, and in an effort to increase that number, the state is participating in studies to identify materials and end markets for remanufacturing and looking for new opportunities to get […]

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 […]

December 1, 2017

The Alliance for Downtown New York, which has a mission to provide service, advocacy, research and information to advance Lower Manhattan as a global model of a 21st century Central Business District for businesses, residents and visitors, recently celebrated a […]

September 1, 2017

For the past decade, a life-cycle assessment (LCA) tool has been in development to help package designers and engineers incorporate environmental feedback in the early design phases. Today, the product has evolved into a vital part of a platform of […]