HOW TO IMPROVE OUR RECYCLING PROCESS

The demand for scrap metal continues to grow in Southeast Asia despite the constraint and logistical problems created by COVID-19. Metal producers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India continue their push to convert scrap into secondary metals to be used in transportation and building products that they expect to contribute to the gross domestic product in …

​​Recycling waste by commercial small and medium-sized businesses is rapidly becoming a profit center for those organizations that take advantage of the benefits from recycling. Some businesses may still not be aware that they can sell their waste recycled commodities (such as paper, plastic, metal, aluminum, and wood). Not only can businesses benefit from recycling …

Getting a team together on your turf that will develop and execute a planned recycling program is a must. This article will show you at least three ways in which you can save money and save the planet. It’s a win: win! Let’s dig in. A. You can Make Some Money Companies that make sustainable choices and …

Experts believe that 2021 could be a period of recovery for domestic recycling markets as municipal recycling systems get back to pre-pandemic operations and MRFs rebuild partnerships with plastics manufacturers and brand owners willing to integrate higher percentages of recycled content into their products. Recyclers are still expanding operations and investing in domestic markets for …

Today, business growth means larger facilities and more locations which in turn multiplies the amount of waste generated.  No matter what type of business venture you operate, your organization will generate a significant amount of waste. For example, re-branding and or investing in a new product rollout results in new packaging ideas that equate to …

The COVID-19 global pandemic has impacted our economy beyond what we could ever imagine.  While some organizations have continued to thrive, others are struggling to make ends meet or have closed their doors all together.  Large companies who have weathered the storm has depended on e-commerce marketing platforms to increase their sales and outreach as …

More than 80 percent of all materials, some 20 million-plus tons, that flow into the curbside recycling system are recovered from an increasingly complex inbound stream. To say that material recovery facility (MRF) technology has failed is inaccurate. What has failed is MRF operators’ overreliance on commodities to provide the revenue needed for investment and …

BY:  Marc J Rogoff, David E Ross n (First Published February 3, 2016) In recent months, both the solid waste industry press and mainstream media in the United States (including Fortune, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post) have called attention to the growing ‘ills’ of recycling (Davis, 2015; Groden, 2015; Whelan, 2015). In short, the common theme of …

Does it make sense to recycle? The short answer is: Yes. True, some critics wonder whether mandatory programs are a net benefit, since they can require more trucks consuming energy and belching carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. “You don’t want a large truck carrying around just a few bottles,” concedes Matthew Hale, director of EPA’s …