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WEBThe recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
Lowe’s Installs Collection Centers at Stores - Recycling Today
WEBOct 1, 2010 · Lowe's has announced that it has installed recyclables collection centers at close to 1,700 of its stores in the continental United States. Lowe’s says that the recycling centers will offer a convenient and free way for customers to recycle rechargeable batteries, cell phones, compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) and plastic shopping bags.
How2Recycle upgrades polypropylene to 'widely recyclable'
WEBAug 3, 2022 · How2Recycle, the North American packaging recyclability labeling system, has announced it is upgrading the eligibility of rigid polypropylene (PP) tubs, bottles, jugs and jars from "check locally" to "widely recyclable" in the United States. The group says it was provided data from The Recycling Partnership 's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition ...
Report finds aluminum cans remain most sustainable package
WEBDec 3, 2020 · The 20-year average for the consumer recycling rate is around 50 percent. The aluminum can remains by far the most valuable package in the recycling bin, with a value per ton of $1,210 per ton compared with $237 per ton for plastic and a negative value of $21 per ton for glass, based on a two-year rolling average through February 2019.
Domtar completes Kingsport conversion, resumes operations
WEBPublished January 18, 2023. Domtar has resumed operations at its mill in Kingsport, Tennessee, after completing the two-year conversion of the facility from an uncoated freesheet paper mill into the company’s first 100-percent-recycled packaging plant. The project totaled $350 million and, upon its completion, makes the site home to the ...
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WEBThe recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
Retriev Technologies acquires Battery Solutions - Recycling Today
WEBMar 10, 2022 · Retriev Technologies, a lithium battery recycler based in Indianapolis, has acquired Battery Solutions, a provider of end-to-end management solutions for end-of-life batteries and consumer electronics based in Detroit. Retriev says Battery Solutions’ cross-chemistry collection, battery-centric logistics network, end-of-life battery sorting ...
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WEBThe recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
The potential of polypropylene - Recycling Today
WEBJul 17, 2019 · Key takeaways. Reprocessors predict that the market potential for recycled polypropylene (PP) is huge. PP collection across the U.S. is small scale compared with collection of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Demand for postconsumer recycled PP is increasing, and …
Molding a new future - Recycling Today
WEBNov 30, 2020 · Molding a new future. A technological advancement and unquestionable sustainability credentials could help molded fiber packaging gain market share. Molded fiber (also known as molded pulp) has long had a presence in select applications in the packaging sector. With molded fiber’s use of recovered paper in …