Tag: recycling

August 19, 2019

Legislators in New Jersey are examining ways to fix the state’s recycling system, where many communities are paying more to recycle than dispose of their trash. The state seeks to not abandon three decades of recycling mandates but rather to […]

July 8, 2019

America’s thirst for consumption is not matched by an appetite for recycling, reveals a new index identifying the country as the world’s top producer of waste and one of the worst of any industrialized nation for managing its trash. In […]

June 11, 2019

Circulate Capital, an investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing companies and infrastructure that prevent ocean plastic in South and Southeast Asia (SSEA), announced a blended finance partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to combat ocean […]

June 7, 2019

Waste Pro USA, Inc., a regional privately held provider of non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services, announced that it has completed the sale of the $46,515,000 Florida Development Finance Corporation (FDFC) Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Series 2019. […]

June 3, 2019

Cincinnati has been chosen by the U.S. Chamber Foundation for a national pilot program to increase recycling in local communities. The U.S. Chamber Foundation launched its Beyond 34 pilot project in Orlando, Fla., in September 2017. Beyond 34 aims to […]

May 31, 2019

The European federation representing the private waste and resource management industry, FEAD, has published a position paper on improving packaging design to increase recycling rates in the framework of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. The organistion explained that following […]

May 28, 2019

With criticism of plastic waste exports mounting in many developed nations, in the UK, the Recycling Association has said that exports of recycled materials have their place in part of a global economy, but that these need to be high-quality […]

May 24, 2019

The UK government’s proposal for local waste and recycling ‘monopolies’ is being challenged by a group of six independent waste management companies. The group comprises of BPR Group, Cawleys, First Mile, Grundon, KP Waste and Simply Waste Solutions and has […]

May 13, 2019

With the May 10 vote to add new measures to restrict and bring disclosure to plastic waste trade through the U.N. Basel Convention, the years-long tremor shaking up plastic recycling became a massive earthquake. Countries will now have the right […]

May 6, 2019

In the fifth episode of our NothingWasted! Podcast, we chat with Sarah Womer, founder of Zero to Go, an education-based waste management company focused on composting and recycling in Hudson Valley, N.Y. We got to speak with her about growing […]