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The recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
The Washington Department of Ecology fines 35 plastic producers
Oct 8, 2024 · The Washington Department of Ecology has fined 35 plastic producers a combined total of $416,554 for violating Washington’s recycled-content law.
North American aluminum demand increased in the first half of 2024
Oct 11, 2024 · According to preliminary estimates from the Aluminum Association, Arlington, Virginia, aluminum demand in North America, which comprises the U.S. and Canada, increased 5.2 percent year over year through the first half of 2024.
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The recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
Lowe’s Installs Collection Centers at Stores - Recycling Today
Oct 1, 2010 · Lowe's has announced that it has installed recyclables collection centers at close to 1,700 of its stores in the continental United States. Lowe’s says that the recycling centers will offer a convenient and free way for customers to recycle rechargeable batteries, cell phones, compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) and plastic shopping bags.
ACC backs bipartisan plastic recycling bill - Recycling Today
Oct 11, 2024 · The Washington-based American Chemistry Council (ACC) describes a bill introduced in Congress as “ground-breaking, solutions-oriented legislation" aimed at increasing plastics recycling and preventing plastic from ending up in the environment.
Greenwave Technology pares back losses in Q3 - Recycling Today
Nov 25, 2024 · Greenwave Technology Solutions Inc., which operates about a dozen metals recycling facilities in the Carolinas, Virginia and Ohio under the Empire Metals name, has reported a net loss of slightly less than $4.8 million in this year’s third quarter, representing a smaller loss compared with most of its recent financial quarters.
Navigating the future of EV battery recycling
Sep 30, 2024 · Recognizing this, Europe and China have heavily invested in battery recycling, with China leading the world in recycling capacity. In the U.S., Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla Chief Technology Officer J.B. Straubel, is a pioneering force in industrial-scale battery recycling, having attracted nearly $2 billion in investment and forming partnerships with major automotive and battery ...
Sustainable packaging design: Reducing food packaging waste by …
Oct 31, 2024 · A 2023 McKinsey & Co. survey found that nearly half of consumers still rank environmental impact as an extremely or very important packaging characteristic when making purchasing decisions. In the same survey, roughly two-thirds of consumers said sustainable packaging is at least somewhat important when making a purchasing decision.
WM releases 2024 recycling report - Recycling Today
Nov 20, 2024 · Houston-based waste and recycling services provider WM has released a new report, which emphasizes the importance of collaboration between consumer households, businesses, policymakers and local municipalities to improve recycling in the U.S. and offers insight into education and access gaps, identifying opportunities for greater collaboration.