Jared Paben

During the first nine months of 2023, exports of scrap plastic from the U.S. to Mexico dropped 9% year over year.

Chris Kaasmann sees a parallel between the e-scrap industry's requirement to start managing e-plastics differently and the need for the planet to switch to renewable energy. Both need to happen, but in neither case can you simply flip a switch to realize universal change. Continue Reading→

Export figures are following a yearslong trend of decline due to market changes, trade policy and China’s National Sword.

A food safety scientific panel has approved the use of post-consumer PET recycling technologies from Bandera, Erema, Gneuss, NGR, Polymetrix, Starlinger and others. Continue Reading→

Chris Kaasmann sees a parallel between the e-scrap industry's requirement to start managing e-plastics differently and the need for the planet to switch to renewable energy. Both need to happen, but in neither case can you simply flip a switch to realize universal change. Continue Reading→

Three e-scrap companies will pay a combined $2.2 million to help fund the cleanup of millions of pounds of CRT materials abandoned by Closed Loop Refining and Recovery in Phoenix. Continue Reading→

A recycling robot installed at a California MRF has recovered an average of 1,565 UBCs per day since it was installed this summer, according to a metal can industry group. Continue Reading→

After nine years at Resource Recycling, I have decided to leave to seize life's next adventure. Continue Reading→

Pinnpack, formerly owned by CarbonLite, will significantly increase its processing capacity with help from the loan.

Sending battery-containing devices through the shredder is typically a no-no for several reasons, but manually removing and taping batteries prior to shredding the rest of the device is labor intensive. A newly unveiled processing system addresses the conundrum. Continue Reading→