Recycling

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation is popping up in more U.S. states. There’s a lot of energy around these policies, which require producers to contribute to the costs associated with recycling the packaging they put into the market.  TerraCycle operates in 20 countries, many of which have federal EPR programs…

As the fire at an Indiana plastics-recycling storage facility burned over several days and officials scrambled to calm evacuated residents and measure air quality, larger safety questions emerged across a nation that relies on recycling to help offset the impact of teeming landfills and littered waterways. Authorities in the eastern…

The Indiana recycling plant fire that prompted the evacuation of 2,000 people was successfully extinguished on Thursday after burning and spewing toxic smoke for days. Richmond Mayor Dave Snow took to Twitter on Thursday to thank first responders for their hard work and said attention would now turn to the…

NEW PARIS, Ohio — Some debris from a giant fire at a plastics recycling plant in Indiana contains asbestos, officials warned Thursday, as firefighters inched closer to fully dousing the blaze. The fire, which has been burning since Tuesday afternoon, sent black smoke over Richmond and surrounding towns in eastern Indiana…

Plans underway to set up a local recycling system and amplify the recycling landscape in South Africa’s label industry JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 24 February 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY), a leader in global materials science and manufacturing, aims to expand AD Circular, its glassine liner recycling program which seeks…

Key PointsColes and Woolworths have offered to take back stockpiled soft plastic following the REDcycle collapse.REDcycle collected waste from businesses but it failed in November 2022. It has since emerged the plastic was not being recycled but stockpiled, with 32 stashes found so far.Coles and Woolworths have offered to take…

While the EU and African countries push for production cuts, major nations like the US and Saudi Arabia focus instead on recycling and waste disposal Ahead of talks on a new plastics treaty, nations are split over whether to target reductions in the amount of plastic that is produced or…

HONG KONG, Feb 20, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Baguio Green Group Limited ("Baguio" or the "Company", Stock Code: 01397.HK) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 2-year service contract ("Contract"), by the Environmental Protection Department ("EPD") of the HKSAR Government ("the Government") for the provision of…

No more recycling of plastics and paper and no more sorting —  Fayette County and Amwaste, the Transfer Station operator, have announced a new recycling and repurposing program that has new rules listed below. Under the new program, Amwaste will divert 20 tons of municipal solid waste per month to…

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says borrowing cash and privatising state-owned assets is the key to funding the state’s $110 billion infrastructure pipeline, warning that major transport projects risk being cancelled by a future Labor government. Perrottet on Monday attacked the NSW opposition’s economic credentials and cast doubt over Labor’s capacity…