Redwood Materials, a growing Nevada-based battery recycling firm that recently partnered with an e-scrap processor, received more than $700 million in funding from various financing organizations. … Read More…
Month: August 2021
Paper mills that use a lot of recovered fiber were forced to pay substantially more for OCC over the past few months, reflecting the global strength in corrugated packaging demand. Mill operators Cascades, Graphic Packaging, International Paper, Packaging Corporation of …
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Oregon governor signs packaging EPR bill
Oregon will overhaul components of its recycling system and will make packaging producers partially responsible for funding recycling of their products. It’s the second U.S. state to approve such a law. Gov. Kate Brown on Aug. 6 signed Senate Bill …
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Partnership targets hard-to-recycle plastics
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Firstar are collaborating to develop an integrated recycling complex alongside the company’s Omaha, Nebraska, MRF. … Read More…
The amount of solar panels reaching the waste stream is expected to grow significantly, and with it the opportunities for safe, sustainable recycling or reuse. Product stewardship programs are also expected to play a role. … Read More…
The company is adding two locations to produce recyclable paper padded mailers. … Read More…
The Federal Trade Commission last week pledged to heighten enforcement actions on manufacturers that block independent repair of their products. The commission, a federal agency tasked with focusing on consumer protection and antitrust law, on July 21 approved a statement …
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Food Waste as Fashion?
Reseachers studying agricultural waste streams have found 40 crops that could be used for fashion fibers. Some of the excess crops that could be easily grown and converted to textiles include rice, wheat and other grain straws; banana stem … Read More…
A study published today by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives outlines familiar problems and constraints with the U.S. plastics recycling system. The GAIA report looked at Baltimore; Detroit; Long Beach, Calif.; Minneapolis; and Newark, N.J. It chose these cities …
A study published by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives pins low recycling rates in U.S. cities squarely on hard-to-recycle plastics that are collected through curbside programs. The GAIA report looked at Baltimore; Detroit; Long Beach, Calif.; Minneapolis; and Newark, …