“Here we have a man whose job it is to gather the day’s refuse in the capital,” wrote Charles Baudelaire, invoking the ragpicker, a new type on the streets of his native nineteenth-century Paris.

Although Alfred A. (Fred) Nijkerk has been involved in the scrap industry since 1956, he has journeyed back in history much further than that for his new booklet, “Recycling through the ages.” The ...

Today's technologies are ready for the recycle and reuse of a variety of post-consumer plastic streams. However, achieving scale and competitive economics are necessary to create a circular economy ...

LANSING, Mich. — (WLNS) — ‘Go Green’ is taking on another meaning in the city of Lansing. Instead of driving long distances to find a recycling center, residents will now have more options and access ...

A supplier is experimenting with a new method to make PHA resin — by growing it in plants. The technology may offer a lower-cost way to make the family of bio-based resins. Also, Karen Laird shared a ...

It may not be true that the Paper Stock Industries (PSI) chapter of ISRI (the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc.) started its specifications efforts with Egyptian papyrus, as noted with ...

Do you remember this sign? It was mounted out by Jimmie Leeds Road in front of the Galloway Municipal Complex from 1987 until December of 1991. For those of us on the original Galloway Recycling ...