Rumpke opens largest MRF in North America - Recycling Today
网页2024年8月6日 · Now open in Columbus, the Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center is the largest and most technologically advanced recycling facility in North America, the company says, with the ability to process up to 250,000 tons of recycling materials per year from more than 50 Ohio counties. “This will be the model for future MRFs,” Snyder says.
How robots are revolutionizing recycling - Recycling Today
网页2019年1月30日 · Recon Services says the robots can make roughly 2,000 picks per hour, selecting objects with market value in a positive sort process. By comparison, according to Recon and ZenRobotics, humans can make approximately 800 such picks per hour. “The robots have added a positive piece to our overall concept,” Biel told Construction & …
Alliance to End Plastic Waste cites ‘significant progress’ in 2023
网页2024年8月5日 · The Singapore-based Alliance to End Plastic Waste, in an annual report to its stakeholders, says it has helped divert nearly 120,000 metric tons of discarded plastic away from the environment and added value to another 8,000 metric tons of plastic, largely through recycling, since its creation in 2019. That summary from Alliance President and ...
US Plastics Pact issues recyclability guidelines
网页2024年8月21日 · The group says the playbooks establish best practice guidelines that promote designing for multiple uses, enhancing recyclability and producing high-quality recycled content. This June, the U.S. Plastics Pact launched a strategic plan called Roadmap 2.0, highlighting its achievements to date and its targets for the future.
Report finds aluminum cans remain most sustainable package
网页2020年12月3日 · The 20-year average for the consumer recycling rate is around 50 percent. The aluminum can remains by far the most valuable package in the recycling bin, with a value per ton of $1,210 per ton compared with $237 per ton for plastic and a negative value of $21 per ton for glass, based on a two-year rolling average through February 2019.
Magnetic Separation Basics - Recycling Today
网页2001年8月15日 · Magnetic Separation Basics. Scrap processors and recyclers should be familiar with the three main methods of magnetic separation. Magnetic separation systems began appearing in scrap yards after World War II when heavy duty shredders used for grinding automobiles started to pop up across the United States. The early magnetic separation systems ...
How2Recycle upgrades polypropylene to 'widely recyclable'
网页2022年8月3日 · How2Recycle, the North American packaging recyclability labeling system, has announced it is upgrading the eligibility of rigid polypropylene (PP) tubs, bottles, jugs and jars from "check locally" to "widely recyclable" in the United States. The group says it was provided data from The Recycling Partnership 's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition ...
The Recycling Partnership releases strategy to improve US recycling
网页2022年11月15日 · Invest in the future. The Partnership says the country needs a $17 billion investment over five years to deliver the benefits of recycling to the public. That represents 0.5 percent of annual sales of the U.S. consumer packaged goods industry over that same period, and with smart policy, that investment will come from private-public partnerships.
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The need for quality recycling education - Recycling Today
网页May 05, 2015. DeAnne Toto. We all likely can agree that a quality education is a critical factor that contributes to an individual’s quality of life and career success in his or her adult life. We also likely can agree that quality educational materials contribute to the overall success of municipal recycling programs by reducing ...