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Labor unions, small businesses and grassroots donors spent upwards of $30,000 on each side to get out the vote for the November 2019 ballot.

The Call2Recycle program achieved a 5 percent increase for all consumer batteries from 2018, with rechargeable battery collections growing 13 percent.

The recycling program was suspended in April 2019 because of contamination in the recycling stream.

Collection teams are tagging contaminated recyclables with OOPS labels and refusing to pick up materials if residents don’t sort them properly.

The city has reportedly agreed to pay Firstar Fiber $110 per ton, equaling out to about $2 million through the end of the year to collect its materials.

The New York Times details seven reasons why recycling isn’t working in New York City.

Beijing will follow Shanghai’s footsteps as the second city in China to enforce a household waste sorting policy.

Construction of Fulcrum’s Sierra BioFuels Plant, which includes a feedstock processing facility and a biorefinery, is nearing completion.

National organizations are now calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to support reducing ocean debris.

Steve Sargent, director of recycling for Rumpke Waste & Recycling, discusses his company’s role in the state of recycling in Ohio.