Let’s Talk: Textile Waste February 23, 2017 Last month in Resource Recycling magazine RRS highlighted data on textile waste in the monthly Data Corner feature. With the Data Corner starting the conversation, we wanted to continue it and get your opinions too. Below, RRS VP Anne Johnson and Sr. Consultant Marisa Adler dive a little […]
Read MoreMind the Gap One of the things that makes America great is the diversity across our communities. On this topic, think about recycling for a second. How do you recycle where you live? Now think about your neighboring community, or a city you’ve visited on vacation. How does recycling work there? Chances are your programs […]
Read MoreFoam is Not a Four-Letter Word In the 1830s, German pharmacist Eduard Simon discovered polystyrene. Today, we see foam polystyrene everywhere – cups to hold hot coffee, to-go containers to take home leftovers from the restaurant, and plates for summertime picnic outings. Foam polystyrene has great insulating and cushioning properties due to the fact it […]
Read MoreRRS Begins Search for MRF Flexible Packaging Recycling Pilot March 21, 2017, Ann Arbor, Mich. – Sustainability and recycling consultancy RRS announced the next phase in the Materials Recovery for the Future (MRFF) research program: identifying a U.S. materials recovery facility (MRF) and the community(s) it serves for a curbside flexible packaging recycling pilot. Today, […]
Read MoreAll Plastics Are Not Created Equal in Recycling When it comes to recycling, we all want to do our part, but plastics can be confusing. It may come as a surprise that the term covers a variety of materials that use very different ingredient and manufacturing processes, which we cannot treat all the same because it may gum up the stream or even […]
Read MoreAssessing the ROI of EPR The evaluation of Connecticut’s four EPR programs clearly demonstrates the efficacy of EPR laws to increase recycling, create jobs, save money for taxpayers and governments, increase consumer convenience and reap environmental benefits. Download full article: Assessing the ROI of EPR Reprinted with permission from Resource Recycling Inc.
Read MoreGoing Beyond Collection Reprinted with permission from Resource Recycling Inc. magazine, May 2017 issue. Last year, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s Centralized Study on the Availability of Recycling found that a substantial majority of Americans have recycling programs available to them that accept all PET packaging. Included in this designation were bottles and jugs but also […]
Read MoreStep by Step Stakeholders in one southern state are forging new partnerships to recover more clean glass from single-stream programs. The effort is focusing on methodical and affordable MRF upgrades that are already moving systems forward. Co-authored by: Michael Timpane, RRS Vice President Wendy Worley, North Carolina Recycling Business Assistance Center Manager Will Sagar, Southeast […]
Read MoreIs Resilience the Silver Lining to Chinese Waste Ban? On July 19th, the long-rumored ban of scrap materials, including many types of post-consumer plastics, was formally announced by the Chinese through the WTO. This ban is seen as the culmination of escalating actions taken by the Chinese government to address the dumping of scrap and […]
Read MoreMeasuring Textile Reuse Reuse is one of the most preferable waste management techniques, toward the top of the waste hierarchy, as it has a much lower environmental impact than other waste management practices, like landfill, incineration, and even recycling. This is because reuse requires low levels of reprocessing (to determine reuse), it preserves an item’s […]
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