Source Separation

The platform’s web-based data helps improve efficiencies, reduce operating costs and inform wider-reaching strategic decisions.

Due to the amount of fire incidents in the waste and recycling industry, insurance companies are rapidly leaving the sector.

The $250,000 grant will support Recycle Across America’s standardized label solution for community recycling bins.

The new equipment has resulted in increased recovery and quality while reducing operations costs, according to the company.

The downloadable document says that it is technically possible and economically beneficial to produce goods from 100 percent recycled plastic.

The county is partnering with national organizations in an effort to help improve recycling education.

Alpine currently recycles about 13,000 tons of material per month; the company’s $2.5 million upgrade will allow it to handle more than 17,000 tons.

Waste Management’s new MRF in Salt Lake City is expected to be fully operational by 2020.

The agreement will see CFL supply post-consumer plastic film to Enviroplast’s new facility in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

A growing number of mills recognize paper cups are a source of high-quality fiber and are recycling them into new products.