the country, and consumers of secondary commodities haven’t relaxed their standards for quality products, which makes sorting at the material recovery facility (MRF) level an increasingly integral ...

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All Plastics Are Recyclable S. are actually recycled, according to recent Greenpeace USA reports. Environmental experts ...

The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

The automation of sorting and separating functions at materials recovery facilities (MRFs) has been underway for a number of years now. The trend is by no means abating, with one of the highest-volume ...

Recycling is a local enterprise, which means every system isn’t able to process all the same materials. Some take glass; some ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Supporters of single-use plastic bag bans implemented or being discussed across South Carolina believe limiting plastics would decrease litter and waste. However, reducing ...

ASU is enhancing its efforts to improve landfill diversion with a new type of waste-sorting system installed last week. With the amount of foot traffic through the MU, it was necessary to find a way ...

CNET's Martin LaMonica follows recycling waste on the next step of its life: a high-tech, single-stream recycling center where machines do the bulk of the heavy lifting. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

Some of the city's tornado-damaged but possibly still operable recycling equipment could renew cardboard recycling efforts.

Metro and local recycling agencies are asking people to throw away plastic bags because they jam sorting machines and delay work at recycling centers. Hillsboro Far West Recycling center pulls out ...