The Impact of COVID-19 on the Recycling Industry
While everyone knows that the coronavirus pandemic is sure to have a lasting effect on…
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Does Capitalism Bring out the Worst in Recycling?
In the current financial, political, and social climate, the debate over the form of our…
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Turning Over a New Leaf in Paper Recycling with AI Technology
Plastics recycling (or lack thereof) has received a lot of media attention over the past…
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Taking A Look at China After the National Sword
For nearly three decades, the U.S. has been shipping their recyclables to China. It was…
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The Recycling Industry Cannot Waste Its Opportunity
While the prices for recycled commodities remain low, it’s clear that the recycling industry will…
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Single-Stream vs. Dual-Stream Recycling and Rising Purity Standards Abroad
For generations like Millennials and Gen-Z, single-stream recycling may be so routine that it’s impossible…
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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lending a Helping Hand in the Recycling Industry
There is no short-term solution to the issues that are plaguing the recycling industry. Educating…
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Wrapping Up Amazon’s Packing Problem as Ecommerce Grows
Ecommerce is increasing year over year, making up 15% of the retail market in 2018…
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Getting Federal About the Recycling Crisis
In order to offset market and environmental challenges to the U.S. recycling industry, universities, MRFs,…
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The Recycling Industry Will Resurface, but When?
Import restrictions and decreased market prices for materials have fueled much anxiety and instability in…
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Your Recycling May Not Be Going Where You Think…
Although recycling is often viewed as a noble effort to conserve resources and protect our…
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Tapping Into the Gold Mine of E-Scrap Recycling
One of the most valuable recyclable materials, electronic waste or electronic scrap (e-waste or e-scrap)…
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Has the Cardboard Recycling Industry Fallen Flat?
Along with plastics and paper products, the demand for imports of old, corrugated cardboard (OCC/Containerboard)…
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Are Indonesia’s New RCP Import Requirements Breaking the Bale?
Recycling industry stakeholders have held their breath as new import bans and restrictions for scrap…
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Recycling Challenges Bring Opportunities For Growth
While recent news in recycling has been discouraging due to China’s National Sword and other…
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Exporting Pollution and Smuggling Scrap
A two-week investigation of Malaysian imports revealed that U.S. shipments of scrap plastic may be…
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Cleaning up the Garbage Trade
Since 2018, recyclable solid waste (such as plastics and paper that had previously found a…
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Will Recycling Burn Out For Good?
Ever since the industrial revolution and the end of World War II, American consumption has…
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Reduce, Reuse, and Incinerate?
For the past few months, half of dutifully collected, rinsed, and sorted recyclables have not…
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Confronting “the Plastics Paradox” as it Emerges
Plastics recycling is often lauded as a progressive step towards helping the environment. But there…
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MRFs Are Planting the Seeds for Sustainability as the Market Shifts
As we reported in February, China’s National Sword Policy that came into effect in January…
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Revamping the Realm of Recycling for Future Generations
Berg Mill has been a pioneer in the field of sustainability and adaptability for nearly…
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As China Cleans Up Their Act, We Can’t Waste Our Opportunity
For decades, China has been accepting nearly 40% of U.S. recycled goods to use as…
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The Alliance to End Plastic Waste: a Hopeful but Mixed Message
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), an initiative made up of 28 companies, announced…
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New Rialto Bioenergy Facility Could Increase Recyclability of Municipal Solid Waste
Organic waste treatment company Anaergia, Inc. recently announced the groundbreaking of construction on its Rialto…
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First Import Permits for Recovered Paper in China Larger and Earlier Than Expected
It has been a rollercoaster year for recycled paper markets around the globe as many…
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China’s Paper Import Changes Force India to Review Own Regulations
Changes in China’s handling of paper waste imports are posing environmental hazards to India, Indian…
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China Seeks Cuts in Recovered Paper Imports as Economy Continues to Decline
In light of China’s wavering economy, buyers of recovered paper (RCP) imports from the U.S.…
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China Gives Rest of World Opportunity to Step Up Recycling Efforts
China’s stricter recycling import laws is not new news. Yet the changes China has implemented…
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Recycling Updates in Malaysia and India
This week, Berg Mill provides market updates regarding Malaysia’s new plastic import requirements, as well…
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