Tag: recycling

January 13, 2023

Clearwater, Fla.’s solid waste assistant director Bryant Johnson has resigned after the city failed to get recyclables to the proper location. Interim City Manager Jennifer Piorrier received a tip that curbside recyclables were not being set to WM (Waste Management)’s […]

January 12, 2023

A new white paper from the National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) aims to dispel the plastic recycling myths perpetuated by mainstream media outlets. These reports are harming rather than helping the public as they search for accurate information about […]

January 11, 2023

As market forces negatively influence recycling rates in communities across the United States, municipalities look to reduce the number of materials collected or even eliminate programs. A new study from the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation examined the impact of higher […]

January 6, 2023

The waste and recycling industry showed strong resilience despite rising inflation and other economic pressures. Advanced recycling increasingly made its way to mainstream media, with talks about how to curb plastic pollution. Here are the top 10 stories on Waste360 […]

January 5, 2023

Federal Recycling & Waste Solutions, a business specializing in recycling and waste management solutions, is proud to announce national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) Midwest, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s […]

December 15, 2022

A resident of San Antonio recently received a citation for having dog waste in his recycling bin. The resident said a dog walker passing by must have placed the bag in the bin. The city has inspectors that randomly check […]

December 12, 2022

Burns & Levinson represented Trojan Recycling, Inc, a family-owned and operated transfer station and waste hauler based in Brockton, MA, in its sale to Waste Connections, Inc., a publicly-held integrated solid waste services company headquartered in Texas. The deal closed […]

December 7, 2022

The funding will be divided between three key projects. The first is the construction of three new high-tech sorting lines for residual, commercial and industrial waste in Flanders, Belgium, allowing more materials to be recovered and recycled, and reducing the […]

November 10, 2022

Ruth Abbe, President of Zero Waste USA has just announced “Civic and environmental organizations, small businesses, local agencies and local officials will be able to obtain free technical assistance on waste prevention, reuse, recycling, and composting policies and programs from […]

October 17, 2022

How to deal with all the plastic waste we are generating, that is a question the waste management industry asked themselves well before the pandemic caused even more waste than anticipated. One option might be chemical recycling. But most recyclers […]

October 17, 2022

How to increase recycling rates? This is one of the questions that concerns the waste industry and legislators alike. Now a group of 17 members of the US Congress wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging its […]

October 17, 2022

Beginning Monday, October 17th, the City of Marinette and WM will initiate their new recycling program. The new system will utilize the new green recycling carts residents were given. The new system will not impact garbage pick-up, however, recycling will […]

October 14, 2022

ANDRITZ Recycling focuses on the conditioning of textile waste by means of shredding and separation and offers single equipment and complete conditioning systems comprising the following process steps: material feeding, shredding, conveying, separation, fine grinding, and storage of the finally […]

October 14, 2022

Electra Battery Materials Corporation (NASDAQ: ELBM) (TSXV: ELBM) (“Electra”) today announced the start of commissioning of its black mass recycling demonstration plant at its battery materials park located north of Toronto following the successful installation of material feed handling and […]

October 7, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency has several different sectors focusing their efforts on the needs specific to different communities across the nation. One of these sectors is the Tribal Waste Management Program, which brings a magnifying glass to the communities within […]

October 6, 2022

Researchers at the West Virginia University are resurrecting discarded electronics, recycling electronic waste and recovering minerals from it to make new products critical for national defense. The project led by Terence Musho, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at […]

October 4, 2022

Researchers at West Virginia University are investigating new uses for discarded electronics. Receiving more than $250,000 from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency at the U.S. Department of Defense, the program is looking into using the recovered material from these […]

September 30, 2022

Glenwood Springs has decided to switch to a system that charges households for trash pickup based on the amount of trash they leave by the curb. This proposed change comes alongside one to offer free recycling. Though not passed yet, […]

September 28, 2022

Interstate Waste Services, Inc. (“IWS”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Cipollini Carting and Recycling, Inc. based in Rockaway, NJ. Cipollini Carting and Recycling, Inc. (“Cipollini”), founded in 1989, is a non-hazardous solid waste and recycling collection provider serving […]

September 28, 2022

A friend of mine likes to say the only thing wrong with recycling rates is the numerator and the denominator. I was reminded of this when I read about a study suggesting the 91.4 percent recycling rate for cardboard boxes, […]