by Bob Hollis | Apr 21, 2021 | #ResourceRecycling, RMDZ, RMDZ News
ERI entered a partnership to supply Redwood Materials with batteries and solar panels for downstream processing. The companies announced the deal on March 25, noting that Redwood Materials, a Nevada-based battery recycling company, has also made a “significant”...
by Bob Hollis | Apr 3, 2021 | #ResourceRecycling, RMDZ
A new recycling development center in the Pacific Northwest has issued over half a million dollars in grants to help boost domestic markets for recyclables. Created by legislation passed in 2019, the Washington state Recycling Development Center this month awarded …...
by Bob Hollis | Mar 30, 2021 | #ResourceRecycling, News Feeds, Post Immediately, RMDZ
Two members of Congress will revive the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, which includes a national container deposit system and other sweeping changes. Representatives from the plastics industry have countered the push. According to a March 22 press release …...
by Bob Hollis | Mar 1, 2021 | #ResourceRecycling, RMDZ
The end of 2020 was marked by promising recovered fiber prices. An analyst says that’s due to strong domestic and international demand, despite China’s move to cease buying. Hannah Zhao, a senior economist at recovered paper research firm RISI, recently … Read...
by Bob Hollis | Jan 28, 2021 | #ResourceRecycling, RMDZ
A packaging industry group that has traditionally opposed mandated producer funding of recycling may be ready to support that type of legislation, according to the organization’s leader. Dan Felton, executive director of packaging stakeholder group AMERIPEN, said his...
by Bob Hollis | Jan 1, 2021 | #ResourceRecycling, RMDZ
Extended producer responsibility for a wide range of recyclables is gaining steam around the country. Haulers and MRF operators say it’s critical that these proposals are crafted well – both to preserve what already works and allow for much-needed changes. … Read...
