Waste360

A bit more than halfway through the year, MRF recycling markets are blowing hot, cold, and indifferent. On the hot side are old corrugated containers (OCC), residential mixed paper (RMP), PET bottles, and aluminum cans. Steel cans and colored HDPE bottles are cold. Natural HDPE bottles and polypropylene (PP) packaging are kind of meh. Chaz Miller #waste #recycling #markets #business #commodities

In the face of volatile economic conditions affecting the recycling industry, exploring alternative waste management solutions like composting offers stability and resilience. Composting, which converts organic waste into valuable compost used in agriculture and landscaping, provides consistent demand and local market resilience, mitigating the financial uncertainties associated with recycling. Read more from Daphna Nissenbaum: #recycling #composting #organics #waste #landfill

Gage Edwards caught up with Rebecca Vara, Vice President of Sales at Rehrig Pacific Company at the WasteExpo 2024 Welcome Reception. Check out the video to learn about what Rehrig is working on currently with technology and organics, plus what the company is getting into as we approach 2025.

On the verge of opening its bay doors to recyclable material sourced from San Antonio residents, Balcones Recycling welcomed members of the waste industry to check out its latest recycling campus: a whopping 145,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art facility that looks to build on the company’s success. #waste #recycling #texas #MRF

Are you seeking to upgrade your road safety? Join Netradyne for a free webinar Thursday, June 20 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT! Learn how intelligent AI-based dash cameras make it easy to improve your fleet's safety program, while protecting your workers and vehicles. #AI #tech #waste #recycling #fleets #fleettechnology

The Waste360 Top 75 will rank North America's largest waste and recycling firms based on 2023 revenue. Submit your information by June 27, 2024. This ranking consists of firms that have collection or long-haul fleets, own or operate processing or disposal sites or are, in some way, involved with the handling/processing of solid waste or recycling. #waste #recycling #revenue #earnings

A manufacturing society whose leadership included Alexander Hamilton founded, in 1792, a community about fifteen miles northwest of New York City that later became Paterson, New Jersey. #wasteandrecycling #waste #collection #contracts #municipal #residential

In Franklin County, Ohio—the state’s most populated region and home to Ohio’s capital—a waste characterization study found that businesses generate 60 percent of what ends up landfilled. Sixty percent was compelling enough for the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) to try and figure out how to motivate companies to lessen their load on its disposal site. #waste #recycling #ohio #swaco #landfill

Historically, regulated medical waste has been managed through incineration or thermal sterilization processes like autoclaving, then landfilled after thermal treatment. Cleantech company Envetec has developed an alternative to these traditional treatment and disposal methods that it says are cheaper, cleaner, and can convert biohazardous materials into feedstock suitable for plastic recycling. #medicalwaste #plastics #recycling

Watch as Rob Gordon, Castrol's Heavy Duty National Accounts and Field Engineering Team Lead, chats with Editor-in-Chief Stefanie Valentic about the company's sustainability program and its VECTON Multi-Fuel engine oil and TranSynd 668 automatic transmission fluid. WasteExpo