By Jason Seacat from the Scientific American Blog
Reducing waste production and increasing recycling must begin at the community level. Educating residents about recycling, changing community norms to support recycling, providing low cost and convenient recycling opportunities, de-incentivizing trash disposal and...
From Recycling Today, by Kelly Maile
UL has announced a certification for companies to measure and report circular economy aspects of products, sites and organizations. UL 3600 will be the first standard to evaluate a company’s circularity of material flows, UL reports....By LIz Bedard, from The Recycling Partnership Blog
As an employee of both The Recycling Partnership and the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), I have the unique privilege of viewing the recycling industry from all sides.
Suppliers, manufacturers, MRFs, haulers, residents, communities, corporations: you name...
The National League of Cities' recent research report examines the impacts of China's National Sword, and offers recommendations for how cities can adapt to evolving recycling markets.
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From Resource Recycling, by Jared Paben
Public and private entities regularly sample waste streams to glean data on the plastics that could be captured for recycling. Now, guidelines have been developed to standardize the process so results can be compared.
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