Lately, consumers have been exposed to new - and often confusing - information about recycling, encountering many headlines about the effects of China’s ban on waste imports from the U.S. Suddenly, avid recyclers may be feeling somewhat uncertain about the practice. In fact, according to a poll commissioned recently by The Recycling Partnership, 73% of consumers are uncertain about what...

This story originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Many readers have likely heard that household access to food and beverage carton recycling hit 60 percent in January. This is a major moment in the recycling evolution of the material. According to the guidelines from the U.S. Federal Trade...

This story originally appeared in the April 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Do consumers still care about recycling? Some new research indicates they absolutely do. Despite negative media coverage last year questioning the impact and financial viability of recycling, an overwhelming number of consumers believe diverting materials from the waste stream is...