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WEB4 days ago · 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.
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WEBThe 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.
Updated: Report identifies gaps in US residential recycling systems
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Only 21 percent of residential recyclables are being recycled in the U.S., according to a report from The Recycling Partnership (TRP), Washington, titled “ State of Recycling: Present and Future of Residential Recycling in the U.S.,” which also identifies the gaps in the residential recycling systems.The report suggests that extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies and proactive ...
Bottle-to-bottle circularity grows in 2022 - Recycling Today
WEBDec 14, 2023 · The U.S. recycling rate for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in 2022 was 29 percent, down slightly from 30.3 percent in 2021, and the North American (U.S., Canada and Mexico) rate was 37.8 percent, down slightly from 38.4 percent in 2021, according to the 2022 PET Recycling Report from the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), Middleton, Wisconsin.
How2Recycle upgrades polypropylene to 'widely recyclable'
WEBAug 3, 2022 · How2Recycle, the North American packaging recyclability labeling system, has announced it is upgrading the eligibility of rigid polypropylene (PP) tubs, bottles, jugs and jars from "check locally" to "widely recyclable" in the United States. The group says it was provided data from The Recycling Partnership 's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition ...
Alliance to End Plastic Waste cites ‘significant progress’ in 2023
WEBAugust 05, 2024. Listen to article. The Singapore-based Alliance to End Plastic Waste, in an annual report to its stakeholders, says it has helped divert nearly 120,000 metric tons of discarded plastic away from the environment and added value to another 8,000 metric tons of plastic, largely through recycling, since its creation in 2019.
Report finds aluminum cans remain most sustainable package
WEBDec 3, 2020 · The 20-year average for the consumer recycling rate is around 50 percent. The aluminum can remains by far the most valuable package in the recycling bin, with a value per ton of $1,210 per ton compared with $237 per ton for plastic and a negative value of $21 per ton for glass, based on a two-year rolling average through February 2019.
Improving HDPE recycling - Recycling Today
WEBOct 27, 2020 · High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is one of the most commonly used and recycled plastics today. However, within the recycled HDPE stream, polypropylene (PP) contamination is a significant problem. The specific challenge that PP presents for HDPE recycling is that globally, the primary method to separate plastics …
January 2021 - Recycling Today
WEBThe 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.
Reaching rural areas - Recycling Today
WEBAug 28, 2019 · By the end of 2018, Recyclops launched in its second rural market, Vernal, Utah, where Greene Recycling, a small recycling business, had just shut down. The company now operates in 40 cities across five states and collects 50,000 tons of material per month and growing. In Vernal, the closest MRF is three hours away.