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This Month in Recycling: Top Recycling and Organics Stories June 2022
Food waste diversion continues to be a topic of interest in the recycling and organics industry. Communities across the globe are implementing anaerobic digestion and other methods to reduce environmental impact. Here are the top recycling and organics stories on Waste360.com in the month of June 2022.
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1. Israeli Kibbutz Converts Kitchen Food Waste to Energy On-Site
Arlene Karidis
Kibbutz Yagur, a small Israeli community of 350 families who live together, is operating an anaerobic digester (AD) that breaks down food waste and converts it to biogas, meaning no longer having to make the 62-mile roundtrip haul to the nearest disposal site. The community's biggest issue? Trying to communicate waste as an asset.
2. Why Mayor Eric Adams Needs to Be Applauded Rather Than Politically Pummeled for Halting the Expansion of Curbside Organics Collections in NYC
Robert Lange
Since convenience is in fact such an important factor in garnering the public’s support and ensuring their adequate and consistent participation in any solid waste management program, it is time to start exploring other alternatives to the curbside collection of organics in NYC.
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3. The Evolution of Organics and Composting Equipment
Watch as Ryan Hickman of Ryan's Recycling discusses the need for innovation in organics and composting with Komptech Americas.
4. Vanguard Renewables’ Neil Smith Discusses Aggressive Expansion Plans
Arlene Karidis
The global anaerobic digestion (AD) market will reach $15.28 billion by 2025, forecasts Brandessence Market Research; other research firms make similar projections, and North America is dominating in this space.
5. Recycling Itself Cannot Fix the Plastics Issue
Anne Germain
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) in England announced in December 2018 that the winning International Statistic of the year was 90.5%. This number represents the proportion of plastic waste that had never been recycled based on a paper titled, “Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made.” RSS executive director Hetan Shah stated that the statistics captured the zeitgeist of 2018. If anything, the statistic on plastic appears to have captured an ever-increasing concern about plastic waste.
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