Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. But what really happens ...

PRAIRIE GROVE -- Recycling infrastructure is expanding to more rural communities in Northwest Arkansas. Boston Mountain Solid Waste District is partnering with Neighbors NWA, a rural waste hauler, to ...

The global plastic waste crisis continues to escalate, pushing the recycling industry to adopt more advanced and integrated solutions. At the recent AMI Plastics World Expos in Cleveland, industry ...

High-level automation delivers superior safety and improved recovery and purity of recyclables. In March, Waste Connections started up a new material recovery facility (MRF) in Plainfield, Illinois, ...

The Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) spearheads single-stream recycling initiatives across the state. Through Delaware’s Universal Recycling Law, all residents who have trash services at their ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout (THE CONVERSATION) Every week, millions of ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics ...