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What to expect in domestic recycled paper markets

Recycled paper mill leaders recently weighed in on the factors behind market shifts, how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting generation and demand, and where markets are headed in the future. A July 29 virtual event hosted by Resource Recycling featured …

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Bill Around Franchised Hauling of Organic Byproducts Fuels Debate

A proposed California bill addressing organic byproducts used for livestock feed has triggered ongoing dispute among multiple stakeholders. Under AB 2959 jurisdictions could require grocers, restaurants and other retail food establishments to use a Read More… Read More…

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San Francisco Startup Partners with Global Consulting Leader to Reduce Food Waste

The food-technology company Treasure8 is joining forces with PA Consulting, a global innovation and transformation consultancy firm, to battle food waste and improve access to affordable, nutrient-dense food options. “Our ultimate purpose is and always has been to Deploy Nutrition for Humanity, …

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Corrugated box industry bolstered by pandemic trends, including e-commerce

In a year upended by major challenges, corrugated boxes are emerging as a potential bright spot for recyclers. But shifts from industrial and commercial volumes over to residential collection have generated quality concerns. Read More… Read More…

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Colorado law calls for exploration of recycling market development center, EPR policies

A bill recently signed by Gov. Jared Polis directs state staff to study creating a new market development program and launching a statewide education program, among other items. Read More…

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Environmental group takes aim at chemical recycling

A report from activist organization GAIA claims processing strategies that have been heavily promoted by the polymer industry amount to a “greenwashing tactic” undermining efforts to ban single-use plastics. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), a group that opposes waste-to-energy …

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TechniSoil provides recycled plastic asphalt additive to CalTrans project

<![CDATA[ Redding, California-based TechniSoil Industrial has provided an asphalt binder made with recycled-content G5 polymer to a Caltrans highway repaving project in Oroville, California. “By incorporating G5, this new stretch of highway contains a recycled-plastic content equivalent reaching 150,000 bottles …

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Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal

A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a single material into more of the same. However, this approach isn’t feasible for old electronic devices, or ”e-waste,” because they contain small amounts of many different materials that …

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Letter from California: Recycling initiative seeks input – Resource Recycling News

The chair of California’s Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling says the group’s recommendations may reverberate across the U.S. Source: Letter from California: Recycling initiative seeks input – Resource Recycling News Read More…

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British Columbia expands EPR and bottle deposit systems – Resource Recycling News

Canada’s third-largest province has approved a number of changes to its extended producer responsibility and container deposit programs.  A province of over 5 million people, British Columbia has an extended producer responsibility (EPR) system for recyclables collected through the curbside …

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