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Byline: Gage Edwards This year, the Keep America Beautiful program is celebrating its annual recycling celebration, aptly named, America Recycles Day. America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day [...]

NEENAH, Wis. -- Amcor (NYSE:AMCR; ASX: AMC),a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, today announced the North American launch of curbside-recyclable AmFiberTMPerformance Paper packaging, part of the [...]

Sticking with its pledge from June 2023, Walmart has phased out single-use plastic for mailing and has shifted to recyclable paper. The massive retailer notes that the change has already [...]

the Minnesota State Senate's State and Local Government and Veterans Committee convened a hearing to discuss SF 3561, or 'The Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act,' which proposes extended producer [...]

DE PERE, Wis.-- Sustana, the sustainable fiber and paper industry leader, announced today that it has completed a transaction with Hanna Paper ('Hanna' or the 'Company'), one of the largest [...]

Greif's Paper Packaging and Services (PPS) business has announced two major investments in its recycling operations to support its growth strategy in sustainable paper packaging solutions. A new 81,000 square [...]

The NextGen Consortium has unveiled a new report, aiming to boost paper cup recycling in the United States. Th consortium is led by Closed Loop Partners in partnership with partner [...]

Through new technology, Victoria, Australia's ability to recycle mixed paper and cardboard has increased 40%. The new technology has helped keep fewer used pizza boxes from ending in landfills. Premier [...]

Byline: Arlene Karidis Sustana has been riding the waves of the sustainable fibers and paper market for some time. Renee Yardley, Sustana's senior vice president of Sales and Marketing, shares [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff New research has revealed that toilet paper from all over the world contained PFAS 'forever chemicals.' The research also finds that waste flushed down the toilet and [...]

FCC Environmental Services, a leading waste management provider in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, has installed new robotic sorting technology at its materials recovery facility (MRF). This cutting-edge technology will enable [...]

WASHINGTON - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced that 65.7 percent of paper consumed in the United States was recycled in 2020, maintaining a recycling rate that [...]

JBL, global audio equipment manufacturer, launched its new Rap Your Gift audio portal this week, which hopes to support global sustainability and reduce the use of gift-wrapping paper among customers. [...]

The Northeast Recycling Council's (NERC) has published the latest update to its Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper report. This update reflects continuing progress to use more [...]

Arlington, VA -- The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) has released its white paper, Solutions to the Waste & Recycling Industry's Growing Driver/Worker Shortage. The waste and recycling industry [...]

Byline: Chaz Miller At a recent Congressional hearing, two Senators lamented the gap between paper and plastic recycling. After all, the US EPA says paper has a 68 percent recycling [...]

With a goal of making cartons yield 100% recycling rates, a number of different industry organizations are partnering together to make the most of the items recycled. Great Lakes Tissue [...]

Byline: Jonathan Pierron In the United States alone, paper receipts accounted for 334,000,000 pounds of waste in the year 2021, according to research done by Green America, a U.S.-based nonprofit [...]

WASHINGTON - TheAmerican Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released the 61st Paper Industry Capacity and Fiber Consumption Report, indicating overall U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined 1.6 percent in [...]

Arlington, VA -- The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) released its latest white paper, Bottle Bills Impact Curbside Recycling Programs. Most states instituted bottle bills as litter abatement programs [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff Phoenix Paper LLC, which is owned by Chinese manufacturerShanying International and runs a paper mill in west Kentucky, is expanding with a new facility that represents a [...]

STOCKHOLM --Beverage, milkshake and ice cream cups will be re-used to make professional hygiene paper under Essity's leading Tork brand. Hygiene and health company Essity and McDonald's are writing circular [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff A new white paper from the National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) aims to dispel the plastic recycling myths perpetuated by mainstream media outlets. These reports are [...]

The state of Maine is finding that mitigating its PFAS following the passage of a new state law is bigger than it looks. Twin Rivers Paper Company in Madawaska has [...]

Ever since a government employee in China invented paper almost 2,000 years ago, governments have been using paper as the primary means to explain government policies. What more and more [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff Residents in Lexington, Ky., will be able to recycle their paper again after a six-month interruption. The city had suspended all paper recycling last May after it [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff Crossroads Paper announced its plans to construct a recycled paper mill in Utah, which is expected to open in early 2022. The 80-acre plant is expected to [...]

The Northeast Recycling Council's (NERC) has published its seventh and latest update to its Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper report. This update reflects continuing progress to [...]

PHOENIX - With consumers shopping online more than ever before, Republic Services is bracing for an influx of discarded packaging material during the holiday season and is asking consumers to [...]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Federal Recycling & Waste Solutions announced today its acquisition of Harrisburg Waste Paper Co. of Harrisburg, Pa. With this acquisition and new footprint in the East region [...]

(Washington, DC) - The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Board of Directors approved the addition of a specialty grade to the guidelines for paper stock contained in the ISRI [...]

Byline: Chaz Miller Circle October 1 on your calendar. On that day, Pratt Industries will officially start up its new recycled paper mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio. This plant is only [...]

Byline: Arlene Karidis Mixed papers have historically been poor revenue producers for recyclers; the industry actually took a loss for years, but that trend has turned around. Mixed paper (as [...]

[00:00:00] Liz Bothwell:Hi everyone, welcome to Waste360'sNothingWasted! Podcast. On every episode, we invite the most interesting people in waste recycling and organics to sit down with us and chat candidly [...]

Byline: Arlene KaridisChina has stated its plans to be self-sufficient in recycling by 2020 and has already banned imports of some commodities, with recovered paper among the hardest hit markets. [...]

WASHINGTON - TheAmerican Forest & Paper Association(AF&PA) today released its 2020 Sustainability Report, highlighting the paper and wood products industry's sustainability efforts, including members' progress toward achieving theBetter Practices, Better [...]

Buy a paper clover at Tractor Supply Co. this week and show your support for 4-H. The 12th Paper Clover fundraising campaign is a partnership with National 4-H Council that [...]

Buy a paper clover at Tractor Supply Co. this week and show your support for 4-H. The 12th Paper Clover fundraising campaign is a partnership with National 4-H Council that [...]

Buy a paper clover at Tractor Supply Co. this week and show your support for 4-H. The 12th Paper Clover fundraising campaign is a partnership with National 4-H Council that [...]

Buy a paper clover at Tractor Supply Co. this week and show your support for 4-H. The 12th Paper Clover fundraising campaign is a partnership with National 4-H Council that [...]

Buy a paper clover at Tractor Supply Co. this week and show your support for 4-H. The 12th Paper Clover fundraising campaign is a partnership with National 4-H Council that [...]

Buy a paper clover at Tractor Supply Co. this week and show your support for 4-H. The 12th Paper Clover fundraising campaign is a partnership with National 4-H Council that [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff ND Paper announced it will strategically inject investment capital to improve the asset quality of its mills in Maine and Wisconsin in the coming year. ND Paper [...]

CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio --Ranpak Holdings Corp. ('Ranpak') (NYSE: PACK), a global leader of environmentally sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, today announced that all of its [...]

Byline: Arlene Karidis As demand increases for quality recycled paper, equipment manufacturers and researchers are working to improve the repulping process, where paper is broken down into fibers and ink [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff Staten Island, N.Y.-based Pratt Industries, which operates a paper mill in the city, will offer up to $75,000 in prize money for the top paper and cardboard [...]

Byline: Waste360 Staff The mayor of Lexington, Ky., just announced a new pilot program to help save paper recycling in the city. City employees will kick off the new program [...]

Byline: Bryce Knorr Farmers looking for expenses to prepay by the end of the year have plenty of choices for their annual attempt to minimize taxable income. Early discounts provide [...]

Byline: Bryce Knorr Farmers looking for expenses to prepay by the end of the year have plenty of choices for their annual attempt to minimize taxable income. Early discounts provide [...]