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2026

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• FEBRUARY 2026  // TBD

• JANUARY 2026 // TIKTOK HOME TRENDS ARE CREATING A NEW FAST FASHION ISSUE

 

2025

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• DECEMBER 2025 // MANAGING THE HOLIDAY WASTE SPIKE AND PROBLEMATIC SEASONAL MATERIALS

• NOVEMBER 2025 // MISSOURI DISPENSARY LAUNCHES VAPE PEN RECYCLING PROGRAM

• OCTOBER 2025 // VAPE WASTE PILOT IN MISSOURI AIMS TO SHED LIGHT ON LONG-TERM DISPOSAL SOLUTIONS

• SEPTEMBER 2025 // WOODSY OWL HELPS RAISE AWARENESS OF SAFE BATTERY DISPOSAL IN NEW REGIONAL PSA CAMPAIGN

• AUGUST 2025 // TECHBROS LAUNCHES THE SOUTHWEST’S FIRST AI-DRIVEN ITAD & E-WASTE FACILITY

• ​JULY 2025 // BEYOND THE BAG INITIATIVE PUBLISHES STUDY ON SINGLE-USE BAG LAWS

• JUNE 2025 // STUDENT-LED SPORTS-WASTE RECYCLING INITIATIVE TAKES OFF AT UC SANTA BARBARA

• MAY 2025 // MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION USED ALUMINUM BEVERAGE CANS COLLECTED BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NATIONWIDE RECYCLING CONTEST

• ​APRIL 2025 // EBAY INVESTS $300K REFIBERD FOR CIRCULAR FASHION SOLUTIONS

• ​MARCH 2025 // MBONGENI BUTHELEZI TRANSFORMS PLASTIC WASTE INTO STUNNING ART

• FEBRUARY 2025 // THE TORO COMPANY PARTNERS WITH CALL2RECYCLE ON BATTERY RECYLING PROGRAM

• JANUARY 2025 // SHEIN ACHIEVES MILESTONE WITH POLYESTER RECYCLING DEVELOPMENT

 

2024

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• DECEMBER 2024 // RECYCLING MARKETS 2024: A YEAR OF SOME BIG UPS AND DOWNS

• NOVEMBER 2024 // HOW2RECYCLE LAUNCHES SCANNABLE RECYCLING LABEL WITH LOCALIZED INSTRUCTIONS

• OCTOBER 2024 // CULLIGAN TEAMS UP WITH UNITED CENTER TO REDUCE AND EMPOWER CUSTOMERS

• SEPTEMBER 2024 // WILD REPUBLIC PARTNERS WITH SSA GROUP TO LAUNCH ZERO WASTE BOX PROGRAM FOR PLUSH RECYCLING

• ​AUGUST 2024 // LEXINGTON, KY PARTNERS WITH P3 CARES ON PICKELBALL RECYCLING PROGRAM

• ​JULY 2024 // MINI EIFFEL TOWER MADE OF RECYCLED OCEAN WASTE ERECTED AT LAKE MOST IN NORTH BOHEMIA

• JUNE 2024 // IN VERMONT, BATTERY RECYCLING IS NOW MANDATORY, AND EXPANDED PROGRAMS ARE ON THE WAY

• MAY 2024 // UK ALUMINUM PACKAGING RATE REACHES 68%, SETS RECORDS FOR TONNES RECYCLED

• APRIL 2024 // CLOSED LOOP PARTNERS BACKS OLYNS FOR RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH, EXPANDING AI-POWERED VENDING SYSTEMS

• MARCH 2024 // TACKLING FOOD WASTE: A KEY CLIMATE SOLUTION FOR 2024 AND BEYOND

• FEBRUARY 2024 // CiCLO BIODEGRADES POLYESTER AND NYLON IN A FEW YEARS

• JANUARY 2024 // PATRICIA URQUIOLA AND KVADRAT CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST RECYCLED UPHOLSTERY TEXTILE

 

2023

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• DECEMBER 2023 // COMPREHENSIVE RESTRUCTURING TO REDUCE TOTAL DEBT BY OVER $300 MILLION AND POSITION COMPANY FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH

• NOVEMBER 2023 // THE ART OF UPCYCLING EVERYDAY ITEMS

• OCTOBER 2023 // 20 EVERYDAY PRODUCTS MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS

• SEPTEMBER 2023 // REUSE AT AN INFLEXION POINT: ACHIEVING A FUTURE FREE OF PLASTIC WASTE

• AUGUST 2023 // 10 FAST FASHION WASTE STATISTICS

• JULY 2023 // THE FUTURE OF PLASTIC COULD ONE DAY MEAN DISSOLVING IT WITH ELECTRICITY

• JUNE 2023 // THE ART OF REUSING PLASTIC

• MAY 2023 // A REALITY CHECK ON THE 5 R’S

• APRIL 2023 // US EPA RELEASES DRAFT OF STRATEGY TO PREVENT PLASTIC POLLUTION

• MARCH 2023 // WORKPLACE SUSTAINABILITY:  HOW TO STOP WASTE

• FEBRUARY 2023 // RECYCLING…MORE THAN JUST A GOOD IDEA!

• JANUARY 2023 // 6 WASTE AND RECYCLING TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2023

 

2022

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• DECEMBER 2022 // RECYCLING AND REUSE? WAYS TO WIN THE WAR ON WASTE

• NOVEMBER 2022 // HOW CAN RECYCLING MATERIALS LEAD TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY?

• OCTOBER 2022 // JOBS & ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF ZERO WASTE

• SEPTEMBER 2022 // RECYCLING: WHAT’S AHEAD IN RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

• AUGUST 2022 // HOW A PLASTIC BOTTLE BECAME A SHOE

• JULY 2022  //  3 REASONS TO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF PLASTIC RECYCLING

• JUNE 2022  //  WITH GLOBAL PLASTIC WASTE EXPECTED TO TRIPLE, A NEW REPORT LOOKS AT POLICY

• MAY 2022  //  US IS RECYCLING JUST 5% OF ITS PLASTIC WASTE, STUDIES SHOW

• APRIL 2022 //  IS RECYCLING A FRAUD?

• MARCH 2022  //  EPISODE 144: THE OUTLOOK FOR RECYCLING

• FEBRUARY 2022  //  AS RECYCLING COSTS RISE, THE CITY EXPLORES NEW OPTIONS

• JANUARY 2022  //  GUIDE TO HANDLING, DISPOSING AND RECYCLING ASBESTOS

• JANUARY 2022  //  2021 & 2022: LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD

 

2021

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• DECEMBER 2021  //  DUAL-STREAM RECYCLING PROPONENTS FEEL VINDICATED AFTER CONVERTED COMMUNITIES SEE FINANCIAL BENEFITS

• NOVEMBER 2021  //  SOLAR PANEL RECYCLING

• NOVEMBER 2021  //  LITHIUM BATTERY SHIPPING GUIDE

• JULY 2021  //  HOW TRASH MAKES MONEY IN THE U.S.

• JUNE 2021  //  ROUNDUP: ‘RECYCLING IS INFRASTRUCTURE TOO,’ TWIN CITIES POISED FOR LANDFILL EXPANSION

• MAY 2021  //  IS EPR THE END OF SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLING?

• APRIL 2021  //  WASHINGTON GOVERNOR SIGNS MINIMUM RECYCLED CONTENT BILL

• MARCH 2021  //  IS GLASS RECYCLING IN THE U.S. BROKEN?

• JANUARY 2021  //  WASTE AND RECYCLING INDUSTRY PROJECTIONS FOR 2021

 

2020

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• NOVEMBER 2020  //  ANOTHER ASIAN COUNTRY BANS IMPORTS OF MIXED PAPER

• OCTOBER 2020  //  CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO DISRUPT WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICE AROUND THE US

• JULY 2020  //  CHINA’S PLASTICS BAN THREW GLOBAL RECYCLING INTO DISARRAY

• JUNE 2020  //  THE DECLINING CASE FOR MUNICIPAL RECYCLING

• APRIL 2020  //  NO ‘AWAY’: WHY IS THE U.S. STILL OFFSHORING PLASTIC WASTE AROUND THE WORLD?

• FEBRUARY 2020  //  PAPER AND PLASTIC EXPORT NUMBERS TAKE HISTORIC DIVE

• JANUARY 2020 // 2020 COULD BE THE YEAR OF LEGISLATIVE BOOM – OR BUST – FOR NATIONAL RECYCLING POLICY

 

2019

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• AUGUST 2019  //  U.S. RECYCLING INDUSTRY IS STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT A FUTURE WITHOUT CHINA

• JUNE 2019 // RECYCLERS CRINGE AS SOUTHEAST ASIA SAYS IT’S SICK OF THE WEST’S TRASH

• JUNE 2019 // CHART OF THE DAY: THESE COUNTRIES CREATE MOST OF THE WORLD’S CO2 EMISSIONS

• MAY 2019 // INSIDE THE LONG WAR TO PROTECT PLASTIC

• APRIL 2019 // PHILIPPINES THREATENS ‘WAR’ AGAINST CANADA IF IT DOESN’T REMOVE TRASH

 

2018

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• DECEMBER 2018 //  KIWIS’ RECYCLING IS PILING UP IN MALAYSIA AND BEING BURNT IN SECRET, ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY

• DECEMBER 2018 //  SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLING (AND CHINA) THROWING RECYCLING MARKETS INTO CHAOS

• DECEMBER 2018 //  CHINA’S IMPORT BAN ON PLASTIC WASTE PUSHES JAPAN AND OTHER RICH NATIONS TO RETHINK TRASH OPTIONS

• NOVEMBER 2018 //  BUDGET BUSTERS: RECYCLING EXPENSES GROWING

• NOVEMBER 2018  // SWAMPED WITH PLASTIC WASTE, MALAYSIA STRUGGLES AS GLOBAL SCRAP PILES UP

• NOVEMBER 2018  // ECOWASTE HAILS KOREAN GOV’T ACTION ON TRASH SHIPMENTS

• NOVEMBER 2018 //  MALAYSIA – THE NEW DUMPING GROUND FOR THE WORLD’S PLASTIC WASTE

• OCTOBER 2018 //  MARKET FORCES PUT AMERICA’S RECYCLING INDUSTRY IN THE DUMPS

• OCTOBER 2018 // WHAT CHINESE IMPORT POLICIES MEAN FOR ALL 50 STATES

• JULY 2018 //  THE DIRTY TRUTH IS YOUR RECYCLING MAY ACTUALLY GO TO LANDFILLS

• JUNE 2018 //  IMPORTANT RESTRICTIONS RIPPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA

• JUNE 2018 //  CHINA: WASTE RESTRICTIONS WILL SPUR US JOB GROWTH

• MAY 2018 //  RECYCLING IS BIG BUSINESS, BUT IS IT PROFITABLE?

• MAY 2018 // WHAT CHINESE IMPORT POLICIES MEAN FOR ALL 50 STATES

• APRIL 2018 //  AMID TRADE FEUD, RECYCLING IS IN DANGER OF LANDING ON TRASH PILE

• APRIL 2018 //  CHINA TRASH BAN IS A GLOBAL RECYCLING WAKE UP CALL

• APRIL 2018  // UPDATE: CHINA SEIZES 110,000 METRIC TONS OF ‘SMUGGLED WASTE,’ ARRESTS 52 SO FAR IN 2018

• APRIL 2018 //  WASHINGTON STATE RECYCLING MARKET ISSUES FINALLY COME INTO FOCUS

• APRIL 2018 //  CHINA’S BLOCK ON TRASH IMPORTS FORCES AUSTRALIA TO BURY RECYCLING

• APRIL 2018 //  WASTE MANAGEMENT: THE EFFECTS OF CHINA’S RECYCLING IMPORT BAN