Closed Loop Partners Releases Interactive, Data Visualization Tool With over 250 brands and retailers committing to increase use of recycled content in products and packaging, Closed Loop Partners (CLP) found that the current supply of recycled plastics meets just 6% of demand for the most common plastics in the U.S. and Canada. Currently US and […]
Read MoreRRS CEO Jim Frey Talks NextCycle Michigan with WEMU On October 21, 2020, RRS CEO and NextCycle Michigan facilitator Jim Frey talked with David Fair of WEMU’s Issues of the Environment. Frey highlighted aspects of NextCycle Michigan and explained the initiative’s intent to bring best practices and funding to improve recycling in Michigan – from […]
Read MoreIncrease in Multi-Family Recycling During Boston Pilot Program October 19, 2020 – A five-month pilot program in multi-family locations in Boston, Mass., sponsored by the Fibre Box Association (FBA), conducted by Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), and with critical support by the City of Boston, demonstrated an increase in multi-family recycling, specifically an increase with old […]
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 […]
Read MoreRRS Releases Textile Recovery US Roadmap June 30, 2020, Ann Arbor, Mich. – Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) announced the release of the Textile Recovery in the U.S.: A Roadmap to Circularity white paper that highlights the current state of textile waste in the U.S. and outlines a future-state system in which textiles are recovered for […]
Read MoreFlexible Plastic Packaging Pilot Indicates Recycling Possible in MRFs June 18, 2020, Ann Arbor, Mich. – RRS proudly announced the release of the Materials Recovery for the Future (MRFF) pilot research report demonstrating proof-of-concept for a scalable solution to recycle flexible plastic packaging (FPP) in single-stream material recovery facilities (MRF). The pilot, the first […]
Read MoreRobust Communications: How Residential Research Can Combat Contamination Read the full article in Recycling Today, April issue, or view online: Robust Communications From the article: In 1970, consumers were exposed to 500 media messages daily on average. Today, that number exceeds 5,000. Using custom data to develop personalized strategic communications and tailoring a powerful recycling […]
Read MoreReprinted with permission from Resource Recycling magazine February 2020 issue. A Plan for Reinvigoration Co-authored by: Matt Naud, Senior Associate Consultant, RRS Matt Flechter, Recycling Market Development Specialist, Michigan EGLE Elisa Seltzer, Senior Consultant, RRS From the article… Growing Michigan’s recycling rate to 45% would result in an additional 2.7 million tons of recovery from […]
Read MoreReprinted with permission from Resource Recycling Magazine’s December 2019 issue. An Untapped Source Co-authored by: Rachel Kenyon, Vice President, Fibre Box Association David Refkin, Affiliate Senior Consultant, RRS From the article… Corrugated cardboard has been one of the most-recycled packaging materials for decades because the recovered fiber is a valuable feedstock for manufacturing new corrugated […]
Read MoreReprinted with permission from Resource Recycling magazine Aug 2019 issue. A new grant program in Colorado focuses on attracting and supporting businesses that may be just starting up but could serve as long-term end users of recovered material. DOWNLOAD PDF: Keep it Local From the article: Nothing is truly recycled until it is processed back […]
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