China’s Waste Ban: The Trash Crisis & Silver Lining for Recycling Opportunists

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What China’s Waste Ban means for Recycling The Trash Crisis For years, China has been the top importer of more recyclable goods than any other country, taking in nearly half the world’s waste since 1992.  However in January of 2018, China announced it would stop accepting 24 categories of waste, including certain types of plastics, […]

Single-Stream Recycling and its Impact on the Glass-Landfill Problem

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GLASS RECYCLING A Call for Reform on the Traditional System Recycling advocates across the country are calling for reform on state-wide recycling programs. Recently, legislators in Oregon, Colorado, Tennessee, Iowa, and Indiana have begun reform on their glass recycling programs and incentives, and are expected to be quickly followed by the rest of the country. […]