The History of America Recycles Day Did you realize that America Recycles Day occurred last week? With news cycles on overload covering other topics, America Recycles Day (ARD) was noticeably missing from mainstream media. Even more startling was this year was ARD’s 20th anniversary! We thought it would be interesting to look back at the […]
Read MoreNew Study Identifies Solutions to Increase PET Recycling November 28, 2017, Ann Arbor, Mich. – Sustainability and recycling consultancy Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. (RRS) announced the release of Improving the rPET Stream – a study funded by Closed Loop Partners that researched recycling system interventions to reduce the cost of recycling post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) […]
Read MoreReprinted/shared with permission from Resource Recycling Inc. magazine December 2017 issue. Intelligent Additions Several communities have recently expanded acceptance of foodservice packaging in curbside recycling. In each case, the move came after significant engagement with end markets and local MRFs to ensure downstream viability. RRS’ Marissa Segundo and Catherine Goodall walk you through the efforts […]
Read MoreRRS Awarded CSSA Contract to Determine Relative Impacts of Different Materials on Recycling Costs in Canadian PPP Programs December 18, 2017, Ann Arbor, Mich. – Sustainability and recycling consultancy Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. (RRS) has been awarded the Material Cost Differentiation (MCD) contract with the Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA) to redefine the methodology used […]
Read MoreWaste Exchanges Transformed: The Austin Materials Marketplace Waste exchange, as defined by Wikipedia, is “where the waste product of one process becomes the raw materials for a second process.” From the 1970s until recently, waste exchanges were administered through a newsletter format, listing the hard-to-recycle industrial or commercial item with a limited amount of specification and a contact […]
Read MoreRecycling Paper Cups RRS consultants Marissa Segundo and Catherine Goodall write about recycling paper cups in their latest article Promising Pathways as seen in the March edition of Resource Recycling magazine. Here’s a snippet: Paper cups symbolize a number of elements of modern culture – our on-the-go mentality, our need for convenience, our love of caffeine – but […]
Read MoreRecycle Takeout Containers and Foodservice Packaging RRS worked with the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) on a video tool to communicate how to recycle takeout containers. This one-minute video was utilized by Washington DC as part of their residential outreach and education campaign. The video can be customized for other communities as part of FPI’s Community […]
Read MoreMRF Partner Announced for FPP Curbside Recycling Pilot The Materials Recovery for the Future (MRFF) research program, conducted by RRS and an initiative of the Foundation for Chemistry Research and Initiatives, is partnering with J.P. Mascaro & Sons Inc. to pilot single-stream curbside recycling of flexible plastic packaging (FPP) at their MRF in Berks County, PA. […]
Read MoreRRS Expands Expertise with New Hires from Emmet County, Michigan and Ontario, Canada March 8, 2019, Ann Arbor, Mich. – Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) is pleased to announce Elisa Seltzer and Shaun Spalding have joined the RRS team as senior consultants. Elisa Seltzer is the former public works director for Emmet County, Mich. where she […]
Read MoreReal-World Test How could flexible plastic packaging, one of the fastest-growing materials in the post-consumer waste stream, fit into a recycling system that wasn’t designed for it? Over the past several years, industry stakeholders have been working on a pilot initiative to see how flexible plastic packaging recovered at the curb would behave in a […]
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