House Bill 1204 and Senate Bill 5397 would prohibit producers that do not participate in a plastic packaging stewardship organization from selling packaging made wholly or in part from plastic in Washington State, beginning in 2022. Plastic...

Wichita, Kansas-based AllMetal Recycling announced acquisition of assets of century old Boge Iron Metal- a family owned scrap metal recycling business in Wichita. The purchase includes Boges scrapyard on St. Francis just south of Kellogg. T...

The global crude steel production edged higher marginally by 1% year-on-year in January this year. The latest production statistics published by the World Steel Association (worldsteel) indicates that global production totaled 146.71 millio...

Texas-headquartered multinational computer technology company Dell has achieved an important milestone by recycling 2 billion pounds of electronic waste. The company hit the target two years ahead of schedule. The Dell 2020 Legacy of Good P...

For Utah state lawmakers, a big issue is cities efforts to ban plastic bags. Targeting ordinances already enacted by two left-leaning, tourism-dependent cities, HB320 would block Utah cities and counties from regulating auxiliary containers...

Cascades Inc. has announced definitive closure of two tissue paper machines located in Whitby and Scarborough in Ontario. According to company press release, the leases for both the above plants, which are due to expire on August 27, 2019,...

Fairfax County, Va., officials are eyeing new uses for old, nonrecyclable glass materials. The county has turned to using crushed glass for a construction project for the first time. Fairfax County is using a pulverizing machine to break do...

The Indian government yesterday announced it will ban scrap plastic imports as part of its efforts to strengthen the implementation of environmentally sound management of hazardous waste in the country. Additionally, the country has exempte...

The international non-governmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), in its latest report, warned that plastic waste in oceans is set to double by 2030 to hit 300 million tons. Alarmingly, more than nine million tons of plastic...