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Public Utilities, Waste Management

Recycling Markets Stumbling in Our Shapeshifting Economy

August 15, 2022

Via: Waste360

No one should be surprised at the up and down prices for our recyclables. After all, they are commodities subject to the economy’s ups and downs. Unlike recycling markets, the current economy is doing both at the same time. The […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Memphis, Tenn., Sends Tons of Recyclables to Landfill

March 20, 2019

Via: Waste360

Each year, Memphis, Tenn., residents put tons of materials in their recycling bins hoping that those materials will be given a new life. However, due to the current state of recycling markets, many of those materials end up in landfills. […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Who Killed Recycling?

June 1, 2018

Via: Waste360

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, […]