by Bob Hollis | May 8, 2022 | RMDZ, RMDZ News, Waste360
As the political debate on how to pay for recycling continues, we need to focus on EPR’s strength of providing money for recycling. We need to accept that it won’t stabilize recycling markets or change packages. Done properly, it can raise recycling rates and...
by Bob Hollis | May 5, 2022 | RMDZ, RMDZ News, Waste360
We are hearing more and more about recycling technologies other than conventional mechanical methods, with the promise they can better manage hard-to-recycle plastics, especially packaging. These processes are further broken down into categories, also with different...
by Bob Hollis | Apr 13, 2022 | RMDZ, RMDZ News, Waste360
Could chemical recycling of plastics be more cost-effective and environmentally friendly than mechanical recycling? That is the question at the heart of groundbreaking new research funded by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF). Read...
by Bob Hollis | Mar 20, 2022 | RMDZ, RMDZ News, Waste360
The Northeast Recycling Council’s (NERC) has published the latest update to its Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper report. This update reflects continuing progress to use more recycled paper in North America. Mo Read...
by Bob Hollis | Mar 19, 2022 | RMDZ, RMDZ News, Waste360
INDIANAPOLIS – Retriev Technologies, the most comprehensive lithium battery recycler in North America and the pioneer in end-of-life battery management, has acquired Battery Solutions, the North American leader in sustainable, end-to-end manage Read...
by Bob Hollis | Mar 3, 2022 | RMDZ, RMDZ News, Waste360
A waste-to-energy plant developed by the Mote of Los Angeles is using waste produced from the state’s almond industry to create biomass. The end product will be hydrogen and carbon dioxide for the “state’s growing fleets of emissions-free buses and Read...
