Tag: recycling industry

October 4, 2018

Over the past 12 months, the waste and recycling industry has experienced 366 reported fires in both the U.S. and Canada. Based on reasonable assumptions, we can extrapolate that 1,800-plus facility fires have occurred in the past 12 months, which […]

June 21, 2018

More and more residents and businesses are stepping up to divert more materials from landfill, but what they are tossing into recycling bins isn’t always recyclable. Mixing these nonrecyclables in with recyclables leads to contamination, which ultimately leads to materials […]

March 26, 2018

In response to China’s announcement that it intends to impose a 25 percent import tariff on aluminum waste and scrap, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) released the following statement: “In 2017, the United States exported more than $1.1 […]

September 29, 2017

As Hunger Action Month ends, let’s examine current food wastage statistics and activities to see where there is momentum, where it leads and the opportunities it passes by. As an end-of-pipeline solution, the waste and recycling industry recognizes the value […]

September 28, 2017

The waste and recycling industry best practices for data security include having telematics data transferred directly to proprietary servers and accessed through online portals. Now that the waste and recycling industry is knee-deep in the adoption of new technologies, especially […]

September 15, 2017

Waste360 recently spoke with Repenning about how Los Angeles plans to turn its franchise system into a model program and how the city is working to reach its goal of achieving zero waste by 2050. Los Angeles, one of the […]