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10-23-2018
From Recycling Today, Edited by Adam Redling
The Plastic Pollution Coalition, Berkeley, California, has published a report contending the recycling rate for plastic in the United States is plummeting. Author Jan Dell, who the coalition describes as a chemical engineer, used United States Environmental Protection Agency (...
10-22-2018
From Waste Today by Adam Redling
When Ron Gonen co-founded New York City-based Closed Loop Partners in 2014, his goal was simple: help reform the way companies and municipalities recycle....
10-18-2018
From Recycling Today by Kelly Maile
The Senate and House by unanimous vote passed the Save Our Seas Act of 2018, which reauthorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program and calls for the U.S. government’s help in supporting international waste management solutions to reduce marine...
10-15-2018
From the Salem Weekly
Marion County residents filled their mixed recycling carts with the expectation that everything inside was put to good use as new products.
But China’s demand last winter that our recyclables not be contaminated with trash revealed the truth: our mixed recycling carts are not a recycler’s...