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Everything You Need to Know About Paper Recycling In 2011, 66.8 percent of paper consumed in the United States was recycled. Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, and if you measure by weight, more…

Turning Wood Into Recyclable, Biodegradable Plastic Plastics are one of the world’s largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature. A research team, led by YSE professor Yuan Yao and Liangbing Hu from the University of…

Canadian Wood Recycling Sector Positions Itself for Growth Alberta-based Wood waste recycling business group supports a holistic approach to development There's a lot more to wood recycling than shredding, screening and grinding. The…

Growing Demand, Short Supply Drive Recycling The U.S. glass bottle market is running into a supply shortage caused by high demand for alcohol, raw materials being reallocated to produce vaccine vials and supply-chain disruptions arising…

Poland to Introduce Deposit System for Recycling Bottles and Cans Next Year Poland will introduce a nationwide deposit system next year that will allow people to return used glass and plastic bottles and aluminium cans to shops without…

Smirnoff Recycling Program Targets Chicago Glass Bottles A new recycling program spearheaded by Smirnoff will connect over 300 Chicago bars, restaurants, and businesses to recycle used and discarded glass bottles. Smirnoff partnered…

Glass Recycling Foundation Awards Grants to Advance Glass Recycling The Glass Recycling Foundation (GRF), a nonproft based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has awarded about $70,000 in grants to support equipment, education and pilot project…

Coca-Cola Aims to Use 50 Percent Recycled Glass by 2030 O-I Glass and Coca-Cola are expanding an existing relationship to recycle more than 700,000 glass bottles annually. The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United has announced its goal of…

Mondi Lands a Catch With Krissia Surimi Sticks and Its Switch to Recyclable, Paper-Based Packaging Mondi designs new paper-based secondary packaging for Krissia chilled surimi sticks. Packaging uses Mondi's FunctionalBarrier Paper…

What You Need to Know About California’s New Food Waste Recycling Law California's new organic waste recycling law went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, but residents across San Diego County still have a lot of questions. California's new…