Special Reports

In response to the U.S. recycling crisis, nonprofit organization Recycle Across America (RAA) has launched the celebrity-led “Let’s recycle right!” Campaign ('Let's'), which is the largest recycling education campaign in U.S. history. Many of the...

During a MRF Summit at WASTECON 2018 last month, more than 170 industry stakeholders gathered to gauge whether there was interest in moving away from single stream recycling...

Approximately 60 million cigarette filters have been collected during beach cleanups since the 1980s. That’s according to data collected by NGO Ocean Conservancy.  ...

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., a regional vertically integrated solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, has acquired the assets of Youngblood Disposal Enterprises of Western New York and its wholly owned subsidiaries of...

After five years in the making, The Ocean Cleanup is launching its beta cleanup system, a 600-meter-long floater that can collect up to 5 tons of ocean plastic a month...

Rachel Oster, owner and principal of Diversion Strategies and founder of Women in Solid Waste & Recycling (WISR), is motivated to change the impression that the waste and recycling industry is mainly for men...

The Hindustan Times has taken an in-depth look at the uncertainties Hong Kong's "cardboard grannies" face amid China's import bans...