These updates follow intensive testing commissioned earlier this year with a focus on a comprehensive alignment of the Guidelines’ structure. The review included a restructuring of the decoration sections, in particular, to clarify the impact of inks and labels on recycling. ‘Considering the recent legislative developments at the European level, RecyClass is more committed than ever to provide the industry…
Of this, 19.9 million tons were blast furnace slag (BFS) and 15.9 million tons were steelwork slag (SWS). Thanks to an additional 0.6 million tons of stockpile reduction, a total of 20.5 million tons of BFS and 13.3 million tonnes of SWS were used primarily as building materials and fertilizers as well as in metallurgy. As a result, the by-products…
The long-term upward trend resumed after the exceptional years of 2020 and 2021 (COVID-19). However, 2022 remains notable due to the situation in the energy markets. The decline in total environmental tax revenues from 2021 to 2022 was primarily due to a decrease (-€15.1 billion) in energy tax revenues, which totalled €243 billion in 2022. On the other hand, pollution…
An Athens-Clarke County Commission committee is considering whether to recommend changes to trash collection in the area outside the old Athens city limits as an upcoming action item for the […]
News from CalRecycle, LRS and more CalRecycle revised its beverage container handling fees, effective July 1, from 0.607 cents per container to 1.158 cents, citing the passage of SB 156. The Canadian Beverage Association and Eunomia Research & Consulting said in a report that the most … Continue Reading→ The…
Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Long Island and WM announced that the entities have merged to establish Long Island’s leading waste and environmental services providers. The transaction was completed on […]
A recycling company founded by a former Alaska fisherman has begun accepting plastic waste that wasn’t previously accepted for recycling in Anchorage. Patrick Simpson, owner of Alaska Plastic Recovery, turns […]
In October, the city of Aspen implemented the first stage of its February 2023 organic waste-diversion ordinance, which requires any business with a retail food license to divert food waste […]
The city of Laredo’s new trash collection routes will begin. The Laredo Solid Waste Services Department reminded the community that a brand new trash collection route for central Laredo will […]
H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $64 billion of capital under management, announces that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Best Trash, LLC. Headquartered […]
Batteries Plus announces it has been selected for negotiation of a grant of over $7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (DOE) […]
City of Grande Prairie is exploring the adoption of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program, a progressive waste management approach that shifts the responsibility of recycling from municipalities and residents […]
