Radius to be acquired by Toyota subsidiary

Century-old metal recycling and steelmaking firm formerly known as Schnitzer Steel is being acquired by Toyota Tsusho America Inc.

Wendt commissions shredding plant, nonferrous system at Island Recycling

Based in Hawaii, Island is a family-owned company that accepts a wide variety of recyclables at its two locations.

Recyclers opening doors to the public through APR program

MRFs and plastic recycling facilities across the U.S. will conduct tours and information sessions in May through the Recycling in Action program.

Indiana awards recycling grant to EMCO

EMCO, a subsidiary of American Resources Corp., plans to use the funding for equipment for recycling rare earth magnets, battery materials and ferrous metals.

Louisiana city launches glass recycling program

The city of Slidell, Louisiana, and Keep Slidell Beautiful have partnered with three recyclers to provide a voluntary glass recycling drop-off service.

Aligning the value chain

Support from the value chain is needed to improve plastics recycling.

Product Innovations

The latest products for plastics recycling.

Textile recycler Ravel secures preseed funding

The early-stage textile-to-textile company specializes in processing polyester and poly-elastane scrap to introduce textile-derived PET into the fashion industry.

Eagle Dumpster Rental identifies its MRF-unfriendly items

Founder of Mid-Atlantic regional hauling firm includes plastic grocery bags and yogurt cups with foil lids among his unwanted bin items.

Creating compounding momentum

Plastic Recycling Inc. has invested $10 million to add extruder systems and upgrade its laboratory equipment to raise its recycled resin compounding capacity.

Betting on quality

German equipment companies Stadler and Krones have combined to design and install the processing system at the new Republic Services Polymer Center in Las Vegas.