A recent national study points to a growing consumer expectation that manufacturers act as a central cog in pushing for the recycling of product packaging. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Carton Council, found 91 percent of respondents "expect food and beverage brands to actively help increase recycling of the packages they use for their products." That represents an...

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More counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey halt e-scrap collection opportunities. Numbers out of New York City, meanwhile, indicate more than half of the city's collection comes in Staten Island. Funding struggle:Another Pennsylvania county has suspended e-scrap collections. The Citizens' Voice newspaper reports Luzerne County has put the brakes on its program for 2016 after the old recycling vendor proposed...

New York state officials will dip into an environmental fund to pay half of the e-scrap recycling expenses incurred each year by counties. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will tap into the state's Environmental Protection Fund to pay up to half of each county's annual e-scrap expenses, up to a maximum of $2 million, according to the Albany Times...

Statistics released by the U.K. government show well over 500,000 metric tons of household electronics and appliances were collected for recycling in 2015. Up nearly 30,000 tons from 2014's collection total of 491,880 metric tons, the 2015 haul marks the first time U.K. collection has exceeded a half million metric tons. The data was released by the U.K.'s Environment Agency...

India launches a project to train hundreds of thousands of people working in the unorganized e-scrap sector, and the king of Belgium helps highlight donations of refurbished computers to projects in Africa. India: India has launched a project to train up to 300,000 people involved in the unorganized e-scrap recycling trade. The Times of India reports the effort will include...

A Connecticut bill sits in uncharted territory when it comes to regulating plastic bags: The legislation ensures they're recyclable and include recycled content, but it does not ban them. As a result, the bag industry, which has fought tooth and nail to halt bag bans in other states, has signaled its willingness to consider the approach offered by Senate Bill...

Santa Fe, N.M. will make the switch to single-stream collection and processing with the help of a $125,000 grant from The Recycling Partnership. That sum will accompany other funding sources for the estimated $3.5 million cart rollout. Of the amount provided by the Recycling Partnership, $100,000 will go toward carts and $25,000 toward outreach. The nationwide nonprofit group, which is...

To boost Toronto's sustainability efforts, city government needs to spend more money educating residents and businesses about recycling, according to an advocacy group. A recently released report from The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) called for Canada's largest city to take multiple steps to enhance recycling and reuse. The report is titled "Zero Waste Toronto." The document notes more than 85...

The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled a $112 million deal to introduce mixed-waste processing in Indianapolis skirted the law. In a decision reached Feb. 24, the court found the contract awarded to Covanta in 2014 to build and operate a mixed-waste processing center in Indianapolis was in violation of bidding laws and contract-term limits. The project was suspended earlier...