Resource Recycling
  • The Latest
  • Analysis
    • All
    • Certification Scorecard
    • Industry Announcements
    • Opinion
    Top stories from March 2025

    3 factors force e-scrap processing onshore

    Data center boom sets up ITAD growth

    Certification Scorecard — Week of June 15, 2026

    Tzvika Shahaf of Blancco

    Blancco names new SVP of product strategy

    IT security driving plans, reshaping budgets

    Study cuts projected AI server e-waste by 90%

    A call to action: End markets and EPR

    A call to action: End markets and EPR

  • Conferences
    • Resource Recycling Conference
    • Plastics Recycling Conference
    • E-Scrap: The Longevity Conference
    • Textiles Recovery Summit
  • Publications
    • E-Scrap News
    • Plastics Recycling Update
    • Policy Now
    • Resource Recycling
    • Other Topics
      • All Topics
      • Brand Owners
      • Critical Minerals
      • Glass
      • Grant Watch / RFPs
      • Markets
      • Organics
      • Packaging
      • Research
      • Technology
      • Textiles
Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
Resource Recycling
  • The Latest
  • Analysis
    • All
    • Certification Scorecard
    • Industry Announcements
    • Opinion
    Top stories from March 2025

    3 factors force e-scrap processing onshore

    Data center boom sets up ITAD growth

    Certification Scorecard — Week of June 15, 2026

    Tzvika Shahaf of Blancco

    Blancco names new SVP of product strategy

    IT security driving plans, reshaping budgets

    Study cuts projected AI server e-waste by 90%

    A call to action: End markets and EPR

    A call to action: End markets and EPR

  • Conferences
    • Resource Recycling Conference
    • Plastics Recycling Conference
    • E-Scrap: The Longevity Conference
    • Textiles Recovery Summit
  • Publications
    • E-Scrap News
    • Plastics Recycling Update
    • Policy Now
    • Resource Recycling
    • Other Topics
      • All Topics
      • Brand Owners
      • Critical Minerals
      • Glass
      • Grant Watch / RFPs
      • Markets
      • Organics
      • Packaging
      • Research
      • Technology
      • Textiles
Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
Resource Recycling
No Result
View All Result
Home Plastics

Wide world of plastics recycling: July 12, 2016

byEditorial Staff
July 12, 2016
in Plastics
Wide world of plastics recycling: Jan. 12, 2016

Reverse vending machines are introduced in South Africa’s largest city to promote recycling.

South Africa: A pilot program using reverse vending machines is underway in Johannesburg. The machines accept plastic bottles and tin cans and turn them into points for users. Users can redeem those points for things like bus or train tickets, reports IOL.

U.K.: A new study reveals the best and worst industries in terms of recycling participation across the U.K. According to Business Waste, farmers are the best at recycling and office workers are the worst.

India: The Indian government has tweaked regulations to allow imporation of plastic waste by companies that are located in special economic zones, according to The Economic Times.

SDS Logistics

Tags: Education & OutreachPackaging DesignPETTrade & Tariffs
TweetShare
Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

Related Posts

ICIS monthly recycled plastics pulse: Most Oct resin prices stabilize for fall

CA advances PET payments bill, posts DRS recovery rates

byAntoinette Smith
June 18, 2026

A California bill to increase payments to in-state PET reclaimers passed unanimously out of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee this...

Novelis posts steady Q2 amid tariffs, fire recovery

Tariff updates unlikely to have big impact on recycling industry

byPaul Lane
June 18, 2026

Revisions under Section 232 would lower the tariffs on certain materials through 2027.

Group updates on UBC-sorting robot’s success

Plastic bale pricing falls while paper, UBCs firm

byRecyclingMarkets.net Staff
June 15, 2026

PET bales remained steady at low levels, while HDPE and PP grades fell; paper and aluminum cans saw pricing gains.

‘Recycling Demand Champions’ honored by APR

‘Recycling Demand Champions’ honored by APR

byPaul Lane
June 10, 2026

APR is honoring companies committed to using recycled plastic, and it’s looking for more businesses to join the cause.

Various PET thermoform containers.

Thermoform recovery soars, PCR content falls

byAntoinette Smith
June 10, 2026

In its first standalone PET thermoform market analysis, NAPCOR examined production, recycling, PCR use and policy in North America.

Aluminum can bale close up.

Aluminum scrap exports face scrutiny under HB 9161

byStefanie Valentic
June 9, 2026

A new House bill would direct the US International Trade Commission to investigate whether US aluminum scrap exports to adversarial...

Load More
Next Post

How I Spent My Grant: Elementary students master ABCs of food diversion

More Posts

State policy drives tire recycling investment in Southeast

State policy drives tire recycling investment in Southeast

December 23, 2025
Analysis: Lenovo enters circular IT, ITAD territory

Analysis: Lenovo enters circular IT, ITAD territory

December 3, 2025
EU flag

Top Plastics Recycling Update stories from November 2025

December 2, 2025

AI servers reshape ITAD sector, recyclers brace for new wave

March 9, 2026
EPR rules take shape in Oregon, as first test

Oregon passes battery EPR Law, banning lithium-ion disposal

March 6, 2026
Alberta extends materials, time for ag plastics pilot

Alberta extends materials, time for ag plastics pilot

December 15, 2025

Phoenix Technologies shuts Ohio RPET plant

December 12, 2025
Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act faces injunction

Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act faces injunction

December 2, 2025
Sundry Photography / Shutterstock

Iron Mountain acquires ITAD firm Wisetek

September 25, 2024
Boliden kept recycled material use steady

Boliden kept recycled material use steady

March 14, 2024
Load More

About & Publications

About Us

Staff

Archive

Magazine

Work With Us

Advertise
Jobs
Contact
Terms and Privacy

Newsletter

Get the latest recycling news and analysis delivered to your inbox every week. Stay ahead on industry trends, policy updates, and insights from programs, processors, and innovators.

Subscribe

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • The Latest
  • Analysis
  • Recycling
  • E-Scrap
  • Plastics
  • Policy Now
  • Conferences
    • E-Scrap Conference
    • Plastics Recycling Conference
    • Resource Recycling Conference
    • Textiles Recovery Summit
  • Magazine
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Archive
  • Jobs
  • Staff
Subscribe
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.