Sharing industry news, views and issues from the Recycling and Waste management industry.
Measuring Recycling Diversion
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes an update each year on recycling rates in the United State. The EPA’s report usually lags by two years; however, the report nevertheless is an interesting review about how recycling diversion rates are progressing in the US. 2015 recycling rate in the US were 34.7% versus 36.5% in 2014. Read More
Market Commentary ~ Update – July 2018
The mainstream media continues to cover a wide variety of issues that have arisen as a result of the significant changes to end markets in China specifically. Urban Impact has a variety of articles on file and blog posts at www.urbanimpact.com/blog relating to the changes as a result of the China policy and regulations. If you are interested in supporting news articles, please let us know and we would be pleased to forward them to you.Read More
Recycling is ever changing!
A May 29, 2018 New York Times article addressed "Can you recycle coffee cups or greasy pizza boxes?" in the article, 6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong.Read More
May 2018 Update on Recycling Markets
Metro Vancouver Styrofoam Ban coming July 1, 2018
In July 2018, Metro Vancouver is banning Styrofoam or EPS (Expanded Polystyrene PackagingRead More
National Sword Update # 3
National Sword initiatives continue to impact Chinese markets and mills. To remind the reader, one of the outcomes of…Read More
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