Spirits firm says its molded pulp bottle will be “fully recyclable in standard waste streams.”
Source: Diageo lifts a pulp-based bottle to recycling – Recycling Today
Source: Diageo lifts a pulp-based bottle to recycling – Recycling Today
The state’s upcoming classification of photovoltaic panels as universal waste is expected to allow for greater efficiencies in handling a material stream that is projected to grow substantially in coming decades.
Source: New California regulation could jump-start solar panel recycling sector | Waste Dive
Resource Recycling Systems highlights the current state of textile waste in the U.S. and outlines a future-state system in which textiles are recovered for best and highest use.
Source: White paper outlines steps to combat escalating textile waste – Recycling Today
Research shows post-consumer PE film could improve the stiffness and resistance of polymer-modified asphalt at less cost than the co-polymers that are typically used. The Plastics Industry Association conducted its New End Market Opportunities (NEMO) for Film Asphalt Project with …Continue Reading→
Source: Study finds benefits to using recycled film in asphalt – Plastics Recycling Update
MRFs that are early participants in a glass certification program recently described the benefits of the new initiative. The Glass Recycling Coalition (GRC) last year launched the MRF glass certification program, which recognizes sorting facilities that invest to improve glass …Continue Reading→
Source: Processors open up on glass-sorting improvements – Resource Recycling News
A company planning multiple U.S. processing plants taking in hard-to-recycle plastics has begun operating its first location in Southern California. PreZero, which last fall announced plans to build U.S. plastics recycling plants handling mixed rigids and film, is now in …Continue Reading→
Source: PreZero starts up California film recycling operation – Resource Recycling News
A new method for recycling old batteries can provide better performing and cheaper rechargeable hydride batteries (NiMH) as shown in a new study.
Source: New NiMH batteries perform better when made from recycled old NiMH batteries — ScienceDaily
A $125 million recycled paper pulp mill in Pennsylvania will source more than 500,000 tons per year of mixed paper and OCC. The facility will ship its product to China. The Empire Recycled Fiber mill is in development in Fairless …Continue Reading→
Source: Recycled pulp mill planned in Northeast US – Resource Recycling News
A company planning multiple U.S. processing plants taking in hard-to-recycle plastics has begun operating its first location in Southern California. PreZero, which last fall announced plans to build U.S. plastics recycling plants handling mixed rigids and film, is now in …Continue Reading→
Source: PreZero starts up California film recycling operation – Plastics Recycling Update
