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Public Utilities, Waste Management

Driving Recycling Rates Through Policy: Support for Advanced Recycling

September 28, 2023

Via: Waste360

One of my favorite parts about my job, and arguably the most important, is centered around technology and innovation. As the world closes in on new ways to responsibly use and reuse plastic so that it doesn’t become waste, technology […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Recycling Outlook 2023: Improving Plastic Recycling Rates

January 18, 2023

Via: Waste360

Pinning down the real recycling rates in the U.S. is difficult. EPA’s last comprehensive report is based on 2018 figures and, since then, there’s been a patchwork of studies from different sources looking through different lenses. But amidst the gray […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Boxed Water Raises the Alarm on New Plastic Recycling Data

May 17, 2022

Via: Waste360

Boxed Water Is Better – the most renewable packaged water in the water aisle – is calling for industries and individuals to flex their purchase power for the sake of the planet based on alarming new data sources that reveal […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Single Stream Recycling System Helps Two Florida Counties Boost Recycling Rates

November 30, 2017

Via: Waste360

Since making the switch to single stream recycling, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties in Florida have seen an increase in their recycling rates. Indian River County’s recycling rate increased from 33 percent in 2014 to 53 percent in 2017, […]