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
A major North American e-scrap company has invested approximately $1.5 million into a plastics cleanup line, partly to get ahead of tighter international rules on plastics exports. Ontario-based eCycle Solutions installed and expects to begin full-scale use of the float-sink …Continue Reading→
Source: Processor installs e-plastics sorting line – Plastics Recycling Update
The lengthy document from the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis endorses legislation like the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act and hints at how Democrats could tackle policy on a wide range of emissions sources.
Source: House Democrats back EPR, other recycling mandates in new climate plan | Waste Dive