Recycling plant explodes, no one injured

A chain reaction from a spark and vehicles left with gasoline in their tanks caused a recycling plant to go up in flames.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 21, 2012

Liberty Tire removes and recycles hundreds of tires from Kansas Speedway

After the construction of a new course, hundreds of tires were left sitting in the infield.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 21, 2012

Study shows humans may have been recycling 13,000 years ago

The Journal of Archaeological Science published a study recently suggesting early man may have recycled his tools.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 21, 2012

New ecoATM gives money for used electronics

The new ecoATM uses an automated system to determine the value of customers’ old phones and tablets. 

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 18, 2012

InnoCentive announced e-waste tracking solution contest winners

With more than 60 submissions, three proposals for identification and tracking systems tech will share a cash prize of $10,000.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 18, 2012

Sainsbury’s Chooses Palm Recycling to Manage Customer Recycling Centers

The U.K. supermarket chain Sainsbury's  has partnered with Palm Recycling, along with the charity organization Oxfam  and consultant Valpak, to introduce a new system to enhance recycling rates, reduce local authority costs and offer a more aesthetically pleasing and customer-friendly facility. P...

Sept. 14, 2012

Nespresso reaches aluminum capsule recycling goal of 75% one year ahead of schedule

The coffee company has made a commitment to recycling as much aluminum as possible and encourages their customers to do the same.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 12, 2012

Pilot program in St. Louis airport aims to recycle food leftovers

Four restaurants in Lambert Airport will start saving their food waste and turn it into compost.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 12, 2012

Waste Pro opens new Ala. recycling facility after old one was destroyed by a tornado

Last January a tornado ran through and destroyed Waste Pro’s facility, forcing the company to continue work out of a trailer until now.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 11, 2012

Amesbury, Mass., gets strict on residents recycling

A new order will hopefully encourage (or maybe just scare) residents into recycling.  

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 10, 2012

High-tech icebergs could help solve Pacific garbage problem

Architects have designed underwater tech for converting 3.5 million tons of ocean garbage into energy.

By Shehryar Nabi • Sept. 7, 2012

New format produces 20% increase in town's recycling program

Melton Borough, England, has been a top recycler in the area for many years, but town officials say their new program will further help keep recyclables out of landfills.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 6, 2012

Seattle Mariners hope to near 80% trash recycling rate with new bags

Seattle's MLB team is setting new goals for its waste output, and compostable peanut packaging from BASF will play a big role.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 6, 2012

Wastequip adds new board member

Francis Scricco is the newest member of the board of directors for Wastequip’s parent holding company, Patriot Container Corp.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 5, 2012

Vermont waste district paying big for contaminated compost

Compost containing herbicides was accidently sold to farmers and may cost a Vermont solid waste district up to $1 million in retribution.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 4, 2012

Community pushes for investigations against recycling facility for links to high cancer rates

While officials don’t yet know what is causing this cancer cluster, locals suspect close by King Metal Recycling might be the cause.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 31, 2012

US Senator proposes making scrap theft a federal offense

After seeing a rise in scrap metal burglaries in his district, U.S Senator, Charles Schumer (D - NY), has proposed making scrap thefts a federal offense.  

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 30, 2012

Casella Waste Systems reports $8.4M Q1 loss, lowers FY13 expectations

Common shares lost $8.4 million, while revenue dropped 4.7% from last year's Q1 report.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 30, 2012

Tom’s of Maine partners with TerraCycle to keep packaging out of landfills

Participants can help secure donations to their school or favorite non-profit by recycling Tom’s of Maine packaging.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

E-waste market returns with new vigor

During the global economic slow down, the e-waste recycling sector took a hit but is now quickly recovering.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

New regulations set precedent for thermometer recycling rates in California

The amount of mercury in landfills is starting to worry California officials enough to employ a statewide recycling initiative to reduce the number of thermostats in landfills.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

Riverside Products appoints new vice president

Kevin Toft was recently announced as the new vice president of scrap metal recycling company Riverside Products. 

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

U.S. aluminum-can recycling rates reach 14-year high

Can Manufacturers Institute and the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries announced 2011 had one of the highest rates for recycling in decades.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 28, 2012

Republic Services to spend $19 million to update facilities

The upgrade of two recycling plants in St. Louis is the largest renovation of its kind in Missouri according to Republic Services.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 27, 2012

Lehigh Technologies receives $16 million in new investments

The Atlanta based tire-recycling company received the investments from large venture capital firms to expand their enterprise.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 27, 2012