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Apr. 6, 2012

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The Checkered Bag

No part of the waste stream right now is riling up politicians and citizens more than plastic bags. Lab chemists may have an answer....More
Mar. 6, 2012

News

Waste Age

Recycling Company Sells Holdings to United Resource

International Recycling Group (IRG) LLC has sold its membership interests to United Resource Recovery Corp. (URRC) Inc....More
Mar. 5, 2012

News

Waste Age

CarbonLITE Opens Giant Plastics Recycling Plant

CarbonLITE Industries has opened a plastic bottle recycling plant, which it claims is the world’s largest....More
Feb. 13, 2012

News

Waste Age

EPA Revises National Recycling Rate Upward Slightly

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised some of its latest waste characterization figures, which resulted in a slight increase in the national recycling rate....More
Jan. 30, 2012

News

Waste Age

Coke’s PlantBottle Makes Inroads in Oil, Co2 Consumption

Coca-Cola Co. said in its latest sustainability report that its PlantBottle packaging project saved more than 60,000 barrels of oil and sequestered the equivalent of nearly 30,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2010....More
Jan. 6, 2012

News

Waste Age

Ford to Divert 2 Million Plastic Bottles with New Seat Fabric

Ford Motor Co. said it plans divert about 2 million post-consumer plastic bottles for use in several new vehicles....More
Nov. 9, 2011

News

Waste Age

Coke Plans Recycling Goals for London Olympics

Coca Cola Co. has outlined its recycling and waste reduction goals for the 2012 Olympics in London....More
Oct. 28, 2011

News

Waste Age

California Sues Bottle Companies Over Biodegradable Claims

California has filed a lawsuit against three bottle companies, alleging false claims that the bottles biodegrade....More
Oct. 17, 2011

News

Waste Age

PET Recycling Rate Climbs to Record

The recycling rate for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers reached a record 29 percent in 2010....More
Sep. 14, 2011

News

Waste Age

Coca-Cola Said to Be Easing Its Opposition Toward Bottle Bills

Coca-Cola disputes a claim by the environmental group As You Sow that the company is more open to bottle bills than in the past....More

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