The Alliance to End Plastic Waste launched Solution Model Playbooks, targeted tools designed to help governments and industries strengthen waste management systems and achieve tangible progress in plastic waste reduction.  The Association of Plastic Recyclers is accepting nominations through Jan. 31 for its inaugural Recycling Leadership Awards at the Plastics Recycling Conference in March, to recognize packaging designers, manufacturers, researchers...

GFL Environmental announced it was selling a majority stake in its environmental services division to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo and BC Partners.  The Glass Packaging Institute applauded the decision by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to approve the use of glass containers for spirits-based products across all approved sizes. Glass giant O-I received $700,000 in...

American Battery Technology Company received a $144 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support its construction of a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility. Lithium-ion battery recycling company Aqua Metals completed its first multi-week continuous operation campaign at its pilot facility outside Reno, Nevada, and closed a $1.5 million bridge loan to fund its operations.  Battery Recycling &...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: 2763028 Ontario IBA CERS International DBA CERS Lifecycle DBA Electrobargoon of London, Canada; Attero Recycling of Haridwar, India; Beacon Management of Commerce, California; DLJ Wireless of Lewisville, Texas; iGreen Electronics of Reading, Pennsylvania; Inbox Technologies DBA Inbox Technologies Recycling of Fort Worth, Texas; Li Tong (Jiangmen)...

Carpet America Recovery Effort, CARE, announced the increased differential assessments it had requested from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery will take effect Feb. 1. Colines, Gneuss and ExxonMobil Signature Polymers are collaborating to develop stretch film that incorporates recycled content. Greyparrot released its 2024 Recycling Trend Report, using annual data gathered from hundreds of AI-powered Greyparrot Analyzer...

This article appeared in the December 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Hundreds of recycling program managers, advocates and other experts gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, in mid-November to share successes and lessons from across the country during the 2024 Resource Recycling Conference. Sessions touched on such wide-ranging topics as deposit and extended producer responsibility systems,...

The Aluminum Association released "Aluminum for America: A Presidential Policy Brief," a new framework laying out strategic policy priorities for the incoming Trump administration and new Congress.  Carpet America Recovery Effort, CARE, announced the increased differential assessments it had requested from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery will take effect Feb. 1. Greyparrot released its 2024 Recycling Trend...

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Cirba Solutions US of Lancaster, Ohio; Cirba Solutions US of Lancaster, Ohio; Cirba Solutions US of Baltimore, Ohio; GTR Solutions of Corona, California; iFixYouri of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; METech Recycling of Roxboro, North Carolina; Opportunity Distributing of Minnetonka, Minnesota; Peach Wireless of Doral, Florida; PTS...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health published new guidelines on reducing hearing loss in recycling facility workers. Simcoe County near Toronto and Call2Recycle Canada reported they had collected more than 110,000 pounds of material in their curbside battery recycling program during Battery Collection Week in early November. ITAD firm Tempus introduced its GreenGiving Program, which helps companies turn...

North Carolina-headquartered Abundia Global Impact Group is acquiring a 25-acre site in Baytown, Texas, for a chemical recycling plant, using Alterra pyrolysis technology.  Turkey-based Bakcycle is recycling post-consumer flexible packaging using Tomra technologies. Plastic recycling feedstock joint venture Cyclyx named Chris Yandell as its new CEO, effective Jan. 1. Outgoing CEO Joe Vaillancourt is retiring but will serve on the...