China's 'Green Fence' makes unprecedented cuts in recycled plastic imports Plastics News GUANGZHOU, CHINA -- China's “Green Fence” crackdown on dirty scrap materials has reduced imports of plastic waste by 5.5 percent in the first four months of the year, a significant change for a country long-used to double-digit increases in recycled ... |
UK in danger of failing on new plastic recycling targets - Edie edie.net Covering all UK local authorities, the 2012 survey revealed that kerbside collections, supplemented by bring schemes, are now the predominant method for collecting plastics packaging in the UK - 70% of the 610,000 tonnes recycled came from household ... |
![]() Environmental Leader | Plastic Recyclers Address Full Wrap Shrink Label Contamination Environmental Leader The Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers, whose members represent more than 90 percent of the processors of postconsumer plastic bottles in the US, Canada and Mexico, have formed a group to address the rapid growth of full wrap shrink sleeve ... |
Ag plastic recycling project underway Farm and Dairy I grew up in a recycling house and didn't even realize it. My parents both grew up during the Depression and they would never throw anything out unless there was absolutely no other use for it or until it was beyond repair. My mother would wash out ... |
Spring Plastic Recycling Day - The Sonoma County Gazette Sonoma County Gazette The Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner's Office plans to hold plastic container recycling events twice per year (Spring and Fall). The events generally run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.. The collection site is normally at the Sonoma County ... |
Trex retools film recycling program in Southern California Plastics News WASHINGTON — Wood-alternative decking company Trex Co. Inc. is revamping its thin-film collection and recycling program in Southern California, with hopes of eventually expanding the program to all 50 states. The in-store bag and film recycling ... |
New policy in China forces CARTM to rethink plastic recycling North Coast & Cannon Beach Citizen In response to a sudden decision by China to stop accepting several types of recyclable plastic, CARTM has quickly responded by instituting changes to its plastic recycling program. “The timing is unfortunate. We just asked our community to learn a new ... |
![]() Environment News Service | New York City Starts Recycling All Rigid Plastics Environment News Service The expansion of plastics recycling is part of the city's Solid Waste Management Plan. It is made possible, in part, through a partnership with SIMS Municipal Recycling whose recycling facilities are equipped to handle the broad range of plastic recycling. NYC Expands Plastics Recycling, Launches Food Waste Challenge NYC to Expand Municipal Recycling Program New York widens its recycling programme |
![]() New York Times (blog) | City Expands Recycling Program to Include Hard Plastics New York Times (blog) In City Hall Park Wednesday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented some plastic objects that Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press In City Hall Park Wednesday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented some plastic objects that can now be recycled under the ... NYC Recycling Now Includes Rigid Plastics; Bloomberg Announces Big ... City expands plastic recycling, at last The recycling of hard plastics is now a whole lot easier in New York CIty |
Plastic recycling makes comeback in Great Falls Great Falls Tribune Eric Swan, left, and Brett Gregory, recycling warehouse specialist at Steel Etc. remove a 1,000 pound bale of recycled plastics from the company's baler Monday. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER ... |