Kaily Cunningham
Digital Editor
Recent Articles
R+Co luxury brand features recycled-content packaging
R+Co Bleu, which launched in December 2020, has bottles made from 100 percent postconsumer resin and canisters made from 100 percent recyclable aluminum.
Paper Market Report: February 2021
Overall, 2021 is off to a good start for recovered paper markets. Pricing has remained steady if not risen for almost all recovered paper grades.
ISRI webinar provides outlook on new administration, policies
Ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, the ISRI webinar looked at the policy landscape for 2021 and its potential impact on the recycling industry.
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Designing products & packaging for recovery
Steve Alexander with the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Bret Biggers with the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and Scott Byrne with Sonoco offered their insights on the impact recyclability has on product design during the 2020 PPRCi.
Updated: Amp Robotics raises $55M in financing
The company raised financing from new investors Valor Equity Partners and GV as well as several existing investors.
Standards for securement
After several years of planning and several rounds of testing, new standards now apply for lugger container securement throughout North America.
Feels like family
Family-owned CompuCycle says keeping people close and strengthening relationships has helped the business thrive for nearly 25 years.
Study shows residential electronic scrap generation is declining
Researchers from Yale and the Rochester Institute of Technology say the reduction in the phase-out of large products, like cathode ray tube TVs, is contributing to the decrease in electronic scrap generation volumes.
Plastics Market Report: January 2021
A number of recycled resins are ending 2020 on a high note despite the difficult first half of the year, sources say. This has reprocessors feeling positive about markets heading into 2021.
Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partnership provides scholarships, awareness
Bill ‘Action’ Jackson started recycling as a child, and 20 years after starting his foundation, more than $1 million in scholarships have been given to students.