Latest News

ISRI has published a Plastics Resin Identification Guide intended “to provide recyclers with a set of tools to help them identify and process some of the commonly recycled plastic resins.” The guide has dedicated sections for PET, high-density polyethylene, polyethylene film, and polypropylene, and it includes basic descriptions and subtypes of each resin, quick methods...

The incoming U.S. Congress and Biden administration will provide both big opportunities and potential challenges for recyclers in the coming year, Billy Johnson, ISRI’s chief lobbyist, says. In an election summary and analysis Johnson prepared and shared with members in a January webinar, and in a separate phone conversation, Johnson outlined the policy priorities he...

It’s Time To Commit To A Management System In an article published on Dec. 17, 2020, the American Society of Safety Professionals called on its members to adopt voluntary health and safety management system standards. This request comes on the heels of the newly published Bureau of Labor Statistics data, which showed that 2019 was the deadliest year...

The United States Trade Representative’s annual report to Congress on China’s World Trade Organization compliance, published in mid-January during the final few days of the Trump Administration, acknowledges China’s import ban on recyclable materials among its key U.S. concerns. The section of the 2020 report on China’s recyclable material ban is several times the length...

Ferrous and nonferrous processor AllMetal Recycling, based in Wichita, Kan., has acquired Salina Iron & Metal (Salina, Kan.), according to The Wichita Eagle. The company has changed the name to AllMetal Recycling Salina. The acquisition makes geographic sense due to the accounts AllMetal already has in the area and the location’s railroad access and proximity...