John Starke For decades, waste management was viewed as a simple logistical challenge: collect, transport, and dispose. But ...

Researchers are experimenting with using static electricity and other techniques to separate the components of ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Waste Management has unveiled a new $72 million recycling facility in New Braunfels, Texas, aiming to ...

The Minneapolis recycling company invested $12 million in equipment to improve sorting and increase processing capacity and efficiency.

Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons of post-consumer PP is recycled.

Now, the sorting technology provider’s head of marketing Selinda Sliz writes, the 25 percent recycled-content policy—combined with another mandating that 30 percent of plastic be harvested for ...

Arizona State University will begin introducing five new waste sorting machines powered by artificial intelligence, intended to encourage recycling and reduce contamination of recyclable materials.