The Recycling Partnership was created with one goal in mind: to create a true circular economy around the world to end overflowing landfills. In its 2022 Impact Report, the organization breaks down all of the individual successes it has influenced so far. By examining each of the aforementioned facets ofRead More →
Allyson Tharp // Temple News For at least three years, Temple University has placed special dumpsters on streets where students heavily populate off-campus areas to avoid buildups of trash from those leaving off-campus housing. Although dumpsters help reduce moving waste, they are not a sustainable waste solution near the mainRead More →
REVEALED: Why black plastic meat trays disappeared from supermarket shelves to help improve Australia’s recycling effort Aussie Meat Trays Went From Black To Clear Plastic – For A Reason Black soft plastics could not be recovered by automated recycling machines Color change makes the recycling process more precise and streamlinedRead More →
The cable line was supposed to be underground, but a weak signal meant running another line. The new line wasn’t just above ground, it was down the street. GREENSBORO, NC — Damian Vaughan is a pretty reasonable person. Vaughan won’t get upset if the grocery store is out of milkRead More →
When pet adoptions skyrocketed as a result of COVID-19, there was an increased demand for pet food resulting in a large volume of food packaging waste for pets. According to the Pet Sustainability Coalition, 300 million pounds of pet food and treat bags are generated in the United States eachRead More →
A worker processes film noir waste at a factory in Qujing. Photo: Xie Wenting/GT “I have been using plastic film since I started to grow air-cured tobacco. In the past, waste plastic film was thrown into the farmland and the river, which presented a shocking scene. We all knew itRead More →
North Cowichan is stepping up recycling bin inspections as part of its commitment to the provincial Recycle BC program and contaminated bins will not be collected curbside. The municipality was recently asked to ensure that contamination from recycling does not exceed 3%. Currently, the rate is about nine percent. RecycleRead More →
CASSOPOLIS, Ind. – A new aluminum recycling plant is being built in rural Michigan, and on Friday Gov. Gretchen Whitmer went to see the progress for herself. “It just shows that we really take economic development in every region of our state seriously,” she said. “And those are good payingRead More →
PROVIDENCE – In the coming weeks, thousands of students will return to school. Some of these students will eat at school five days a week, Monday through Friday. Over the next year, students at public and private educational institutions will generate approximately 5 million pounds of organic food waste fromRead More →
SAGUENAY, Quebec–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rio Tinto is investing US$29 million (C$35 million) to build a new aluminum recycling facility at its Arvida plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, to expand its offering of low-carbon aluminum solutions for customers in the automotive, packaging and construction markets. The facility will make Rio Tinto the first primaryRead More →
DULUTH — Seasonal sanctioned outdoor villages for the homeless are set to open in Duluth next spring, as part of a five-year plan to address the city’s growing number of homeless residents. Duluth City Council approved a city code change earlier this week to allow outdoor living sites on privateRead More →
In addition to cleaning up the site, owner Peter Battaglia, Jr. will pay up to $1 million in penalties. BUFFALO, NY — On Thursday, Attorney General Letitia James and DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced a court-ordered agreement to shut down Battaglia Demolition, Inc. The business has been vacant since 2018Read More →
RMIT University engineers have developed a new method of recycling personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, which could significantly reduce the waste generated by the pandemic. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 54,000 tonnes of PPE waste have been generated per day worldwide. Around 129 billionRead More →
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri — “Can this be recycled?” is a question many may ask when hovering over their recycling bin clutching a greasy pizza box, coffee mug, or AA battery. If you have to ask and you don’t have time to search for the answer, don’t recycle. Instead, throw it away.Read More →
INDIANAPOLIS — There are days when the air smells so bad you can’t stay out for long, say people who live and work in this near-southern neighborhood. Neighbors, who have been complaining about the ‘south side stench’ for decades, have reason to hope now that the company suspected of beingRead More →
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QUINCY (WGEM) – A new recycling plan will be presented to Quincy City Council next week. It offers big changes that could affect how you dispose of plastic, cardboard and newspaper. Stephanie Murphy has been recycling for about 10 years using Quincy’s weekly curbside pickup program. “It’s pretty handy. MyRead More →
Long Beach residents will see an increase in two utilities — solid waste and recycling — after the city council approved a proposed rate increase. On Tuesday, August 23, Board members unanimously approved the proposal with an amendment to accept the increase to be implemented on September 1, but forRead More →
Garbage on Savary Island is not the responsibility of the qathet regional district (qRD), administrators said in response to correspondence about it. At the August 18 committee of the whole, trustees reviewed correspondence from Andrew Johnson, who operates the APJ service, which provides rubbish collection in Lund. He has statedRead More →
NextCycle Colorado awarded its first prize to a glass recycling company.| Josep Curto/Shutterstock Colorado’s Recycling Market Development Program awarded its first award to a company that has integrated GHG reduction and glass recycling into its operations. The NextCycle Colorado program has announced that the winner of its 2022 NextCycle PitchRead More →
Bhubaneswar, August 23: Dumped piles of rubbish in many localities, dirty and uncleaned roadsides present a sad sight of Bhubaneswar smart city. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completely failed to provide a clean and hygienic city atmosphere to the residents despite spending crores of rupees on this purpose yearRead More →
CLACKS waste and recycling workers are expected to join thousands of unionized colleagues when they go on strike this Friday. The strike, part of four days of industrial action starting this week, comes amid an ongoing pay dispute with COSLA – the national body for local councils. As a result,Read More →
Picture: Contributed MPP Dan Ashton drops off recyclables. A new recycling depot has opened in Penticton. Residents can now drop off refundable beverage containers at a new Return-It Express & Go recycling station at the Wholesale Club Penticton at 200 Carmi Avenue. Local MP Dan Ashton was on hand AugustRead More →
Bethlehem and its residents are likely to face higher recycling fees, after the city’s curbside collection contractor opted not to renew its deal beyond 2022. Recycling practices may also change, as Bethlehem now offers separate collection of containers and paper products for recycling. It can generate more revenue than so-calledRead More →
One of Mayor Tim Jennings’ campaign points was to bring a recycling program back to Roswell, but that will have to wait, he said at the town’s public forum on Thursday night. The forum at the Roswell Convention Center was the first in a series for 2022-23 and also theRead More →
Electronic waste recycling The e-waste recycling market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2021 to 2028 to reach USD 31.67 million. SEATTLE, WA, USA, August 20, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — A new research report from Coherent Market Insights on the “Electronic Waste Recycling Marketaims to provide aRead More →
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20: The meeting between Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and villagers held on Friday over the Bhuasuni landfill issue ended inconclusively despite the lucrative offer from the civic body to construct a park with an investment of Rs 103 crore. BMC Mayor Sulochana Das and Commissioner Vijay Amruta KulangeRead More →
Solar Component Recycling Market Insight The Solar Component Recycling Market Forecast 2022 Research to 2030 provides accurate economic, global and country-level forecasts and analysis. It provides a comprehensive perspective of the competitive market along with in-depth supply chain analysis to help companies identify major shifts in industry practices. The marketRead More →
Marshall County schools will have three major goals to undertake when they open the school year on Tuesday. Superintendent Shelby Haines said the ultimate goal for the 2022-2023 school year will be to have a positive impact on students, staff and the community. “Our top priority is ourRead More →
Keep Suffolk Beautiful Hosts Recycling Drive at Nansemond River High School Posted 7:37 p.m. on Friday, August 19, 2022 Keep Suffolk Beautiful is hosting its next recycling campaign for Suffolk residents from 8am to 1pm, Saturday September 17th at Nansemond River Secondary School, 3301 Nansemond Parkway. This is a freeRead More →
“My Economy” tells the story of the new economic normal through the eyes of the people trying to make it happen, because we know the only numbers that really matter are your economy. Franziska Trautmann, co-founder and co-director of Glass Half Full NOLAsays that, like most good ideas, the ideaRead More →
TAMPA, FLA – The Hillsborough County Florida Department of Health (DOH-Hillsborough) is advising residents that there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Hillsborough County. West Nile virus was detected in two sentinel chickens, increasing the risk of transmission to humans. Hillsborough County Mosquito Control andRead More →
Specsavers Ellon customers will be able to drop off eyeglasses, sunglasses, contact lenses and accessories. The new initiative comes after high street opticians teamed up with recycling experts MYgroup to install recycling collection boxes at Specsavers stores across the country. Specsavers Ellon customers will be able to drop off metalRead More →
• Entrance to the Abuja Memorial Cemetery. PHOTO: CWGC… ABUJA – Environment workers from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have threatened to close all public cemeteries in Abuja. The workers, who sealed off the Gudu cemetery in the nation’s capital, succumbed to pressure from the presidency and opened the facilityRead More →
Delivery of new 95-gallon recycling containers is expected to begin next week. Photo provided. (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – Meet your new recycling cans! No more sorting, bending or lifting – the new 95 gallon green recycling bins will have two wheels for easy maneuvering and a lid to keep things tidy.Read More →
Scrap changes status, image, price and even name. “Rag and bone” men with carts no longer shout around houses for “old iron, old iron?” – at least not in the UK, and scrap dealers are no longer ‘scrappers’ but increasingly upscale ‘recyclers’. Technological advances and electronic sorting may still beRead More →
Tourism has been a bit of a roller coaster in recent years. 2019 saw 37 million visitors come to Maine. In 2020, hard hit by the pandemic, tourist attendance fell by around 27%. Visits from cruise ships have ceased. The Canadian border was closed. The summer of 2021 saw tourismRead More →
Considering ways to dispose of the gigantic amounts of seized plastic, the BMC planned to recycle the banned item. Since July 1, the civic body has seized 1,650 kg of plastic lying in BMC warehouses. With the help of an NGO, the civic body planned to recycle seized plastic intoRead More →
According to Australia-based Sims Ltd., in its 2022 financial year, which ended on June 30, 2022, the company saw its revenue increase by more than 56% compared to the previous year, while that its underlying earnings per share (EPS) increased by 104.5%. . “Fiscal 2022 was a very good year,”Read More →
This article is published in collaboration with Crosstown. Last year, Californians sent 4.2 billion more cans and bottles to landfills than in 2016, according to CalRecycle data. That’s an 89% increase. The state’s waste problem has been building for years, but it reached crisis levels during the pandemic when AmazonRead More →
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is unveiling the latest recycling innovations this National Science Week to inspire the next generation of leaders who will lead our circular economy future. Year 6 students from Marrickville Public School joined CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall and researchers from CSIRO and the UniversityRead More →
American entrepreneur Brandi Harleaux isn’t exactly the typical recycler; nor is she a typical CEO. She has two degrees in psychology and worked at Disney before taking over the family business, South Post Oak Recycling Center, in 2020. She looks forward to leaving her own mark in the industry. FirstRead More →
No one should be surprised by the rising and falling prices of our recyclables. After all, they are raw materials subject to the vagaries of the economy. Unlike recycling markets, today’s economy does both at the same time. The Washington Post recently described him as “change of shape” because theRead More →
Bulawayo City Council has received an unsolicited bid for a waste plastic bottle recycling project following concerns over widespread waste of bottles, resulting in pollution of the environment and water sources. The revelation was made in the council’s latest report on the Environmental Project – Rotary Club of Bulawayo SouthRead More →
Britons are encouraged to recycle their household waste, but unlike paper, metal and other recyclable materials, 91% of plastics are not recycled. Only certain items with specific features are actually recycled. Sian Sutherland, co-founder of Plastic Planet, told Express.co.uk: “We’ve swallowed this placebo pill that we’re doing our part andRead More →
It will soon become even harder to earn a little extra cash in Sonoma County for handing over bottles and cans. One of the few remaining recycling salvage sites in the area, Brogard in Windsor, will close on August 26 after 19 years. The scrap site at the same location,Read More →
HEALTH OFFICERS ISSUE RABIES ALERT Media contact:Wendi Jackson, Public Information [email protected] Port Orange, Florida. – The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County has issued a rabies alert for southeastern parts of Port Orange. This is in response to a cat that tested positive for rabies on June 8. AllRead More →
South Africa recycled 1.15 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging in 2021, representing a paper recovery rate of 61.4%. “The 2021 recovery rate reflects a decline of nine from the prior year, which can be attributed to COVID-disrupted supply chains exiting 2020 and into 2021, as well as aRead More →
Allied Market Research The growing popularity of portable electronics and grid-scale energy storage are the major factors driving the revenue growth of the global transportation battery recycling market. Based on region, Europe held the largest share in 2021, contributing more than a third of the total market share. Due toRead More →
GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. (TSE: GDI – Get Rating) – National Bank Financial analysts cut their fiscal 2022 earnings per share estimates for GDI Integrated Facility Services in a research note released Monday, August 8 . National Bank Financial analyst Z. Evershed now expects the company to post earningsRead More →
KUALA LUMPUR: The Amanah Negara Party has delivered a memorandum to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, requesting a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) issue. The head of the party’s mobilization office, Mohd Sany Hamzan, said it was important that an RCI be formed so thatRead More →
New Jersey, United States – Verified Market Research recently released a new report titled tire recycling market Overviews, Size, Forecast to 2028. The report is prepared using primary as well as secondary research methodologies that provide precise and concise understanding of the Tire Recycling market. Analysts have used a top-downRead More →
International Seaways, a New York-based tanker company, has sold two veteran Panamaxes for green recycling. The duo, with an average age of 19, was delivered to its buyers in April 2022 and comprises one vessel from 2002 and one from 2004. The buyers of the vessels and the yards whereRead More →
Fuel prices have had an impact on players in the plastics recycling sector this year. | Paul Vasarhelyi/Shutterstock Despite high fuel prices, KW Plastics must keep going. KW, the largest polypropylene recycler in North America, is among major industry players that have felt the pain of rising shipping costs, withRead More →
For the second year in a row, Recycle BC has seen “significant growth” in metric tonnes collected, with a 17% increase over the past two years. | Stephen Griffith/Shutterstock British Columbia’s paper and plastic packaging collection rates rebounded in 2021 from pandemic-related challenges, reaching a record recovery rate of justRead More →
LEWISBURG — The Kiwanis Club of Buffalo Valley/Lewisburg is continuing a long-running electronics recycling event as a fundraiser to support educational, medical and recreational services for children. Items will be accepted for a nominal fee from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 20 at the East Buffalo Township RecyclingRead More →
GNR produced from cow manure to feed from Ontario first carbon negative refuse collection truck LONDON, ON, August 9, 2022 /CNW/ – Bluewater Recycling Association (BRA), Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA) and Enbridge Gas Inc. (Enbridge Gas) announce the firstOntarionegative carbon footprint garbage truck, powered by renewable natural gas (RNG)Read More →
New Jersey, United States – The main objective of this plastic recycling market Research analysis is about discovering the right opportunities, coming up with the right investment options and evaluating some actions to be taken for the growth of the business. It forecasts the level of competition in the marketRead More →
In light of a strong second quarter, Waste Connections, in Woodbridge, Ont., raised its expectations for the remainder of 2022, according to its second quarter financial report. Second quarter net income was $257.1 million, an increase of nearly 22% over last year’s net income of $210.9 million for the sameRead More →
I babysit for quite a few tourists. Tourists are on vacation and have little interest or incentive to take the time to sort their ‘waste’. (Obsessive as I am, I’ve been known to take recyclable materials home with me.) They don’t know our dump will fill up for the foreseeableRead More →
After a Tucson-area resident shared on the Nextdoor app that she heard the company that collects her recycling takes it to the landfill, without trying to recycle it, several neighbors responded that they would cancel their service. Is the rumor true? The answer is, it depends. A survey of businessesRead More →
Recycling achieves its best results when communities make it a habit. Interruptions break habits as surely as apathy. Thus, tenacity and opportunity are crucial for a cleaner, healthier, recycling-friendly community. The opportunity factor is about to improve. From August 12, residents of the county of Vigo will be able toRead More →
The Agency is looking for public comment on battery recycling best practices as it develops voluntary battery labeling guidelines. Call2Recycle is an Atlanta, Georgia-based nonprofit that operates the nation’s largest consumer battery recycling program. The company is a middleman in the recycling industry and was created primarily to keep batteriesRead More →
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The company, based in the Mayfield Industrial Estate, is committed to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in particular aligning with good health and well-being, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, and climate action. NWH also explained how over theRead More →
US immigration authorities plan to issue photo ID cards to immigrants as part of deportation proceedings in a bid to reduce paper use and help people keep track of meetings and required hearings, officials said. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement proposal is still being developed as a pilot program, andRead More →
SINGAPORE – A pilot textile recycling plant will open in Singapore as early as 2024, as part of a comprehensive investment in Singapore’s textile recycling capabilities. Part of those investments include a new Textile Recycling Research Center which opened on Thursday (August 4). The new research center and eventual recyclingRead More →
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, launched a pilot project in November 2021 which will initially last 12 months with technology company Finboot, advanced recycling company Plastic Energy and packaging specialist Intraplás to study the possibilities of the technology blockchain in supporting end-to-end digital traceability of circular rawRead More →
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This is not the first time that Pennsylvania senators – Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and republican Pat Toomey – have been on opposite sides of an issue. But this is one of the first occasions when one challenges the other on this question. The bill in question would expand healthRead More →
💌 Do you want this daily summary emailed to you? Sign up for Billy Penn’s free newsletter and it will arrive in your inbox every morning. There are now thought to be 82 cases of monkeypox in Philadelphia, and the Department of Health has launched a weekly updated tracking page.Read More →
New Jersey, United States,- The world Commercial Aircraft Dismantling, Dismantling and Recycling Market Market Research Intellect’s analysis contains all definitions, classifications, segments, applications, engagements, and market trends a user needs to attain in the global Commercial Aircraft Disassembly, Dismantling and Recycling market. In order to describe the market definition, categorization,Read More →
Industry-backed bills would establish a subsidy program and require better reporting. | Orhan/Shutterstock camera The US Senate unanimously passed two bills that would improve rural recycling and composting accessibility as well as data collection, sending the legislation to the House for a vote. S.3742the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act 2022,Read More →
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – Weeds line Tower Road near 98th Street in southwest Albuquerque. ” It is very frustrating. These weeds are already three feet tall, almost four feet,” said Albert Marquez, who lives in the area. Weeds line the sidewalk and cover the median of the tower. According toRead More →