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Company’s A.I. Aims to Make Recycling “Mindlessly Easy”
At the end of ISRI and SWANA’s co-hosted MRF Summit on Nov. 18, Peter Wright, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management, had an immediate answer when asked the one thing he’d like to see magically changed about the recycling system. “Maybe it’s something [like an app]…...
Colorado Opens Two Grant Opportunities for Recyclers
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has opened two requests for applications intended to support recycling and waste diversion in the state. The first RFP, “Building Opportunities to Maximize Waste Diversion and Create Jobs in Colorado,” will consider projects that create new opportunities to increase waste diversion and create jobs in Colorado. Possible...
New Congress May Change the Game for Recyclers
On Jan. 6, voters in Georgia ended the two-month-long question of who would control the Senate, narrowly selecting Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to fill the remaining seats in Georgia’s runoff election. The final results leave the Senate split 50/50, with incoming Vice President Kamala Harris available as the body’s tiebreaking vote. While the...
RIOS and R2 Form Partnership to Benefit Recyclers
The Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS™), which is managed by the Global Recycling Standards Organization, has formed an alliance with Sustainable Electronics Recycling International, whose R2 certification program provides a standard set of processes, safety measures, and documentation requirements for recyclers and refurbishers of end-of-life electronics. The partnership will simplify the certification process and reduce...
A Digital New Year Ahead
For the past 21 years, I have called the scrap recycling industry my home. In all those years...
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