By Chris Voloschuk

Laying a family foundation

Comal Iron & Metals has leaned on three generations of family leadership and dedicated customer service to make its mark in New Braunfels, Texas, over 55 years.

Minding the mission

Demand for critical metals for battery production in the U.S. is poised to grow radically, and Ascend Elements is working to serve the industry with its unique recycling process.

Delivering in DeLand

The addition of an Atlas 350 MH material handler significantly has improved efficiency at a Florida-based scrap yard.

Building better bonds

For law enforcement and recyclers, trust and transparency make for stronger relationships.

Circular ambition

All types of postuse plastic are welcomed by Cyclyx International, which has established robust networks of value chain partners and material collection.

Deeply rooted

California-based Kinsbursky Bros. Intl. has been a stalwart in the battery recycling industry since the 1980s and continues to evolve.

Focused on efficiency

Massachusetts-based startup Sun Metalon Inc. has developed technology to recycle metal manufacturing scrap at the source, saving costs and energy.

Recycling, elevated

Stakeholders in Colorado have been hard at work crafting an extended producer responsibility program for packaging that could drastically raise recycling rates by 2035.

Solution at the source

Ocean Plastic Technologies USA aims to fill recycling gaps by using mobile equipment to process plastic scrap at its source.

Forging a breakthrough

A collaboration between SABIC and Stella McCartney Beauty brought multiple stakeholders together to produce refillable recycled-content cosmetics packaging.