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Published in July 2026Oregon residents and businesses kept more than 130,000 old mattresses and box springs out of local landfills, streets, parks and riverbeds in 2025, the...
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- Alternative Energy
Comstock advances first-of-its-kind solar recycling plant
EGLE awards $3.87 million supporting renewable energy projects
Ninety percent of wind turbine mass can be recycled
Recycled wind turbine blade material used to build retaining wall in Des Moines
UND receives grant to study wind turbines recycling
- Automotive
- Electronics Recycling
WM updates Recycle Right Rules: No batteries in recycling or trash
EV battery recycling market to reach $19.0 billion by 2033
ABTC revenue jumps as AI, EV battery recycling demand powers expansion
University of Edinburgh licenses breakthrough e-waste gold and copper recovery technology
New battery recycling law passed in Illinois
- Metal Recycling
- Paper & Wood
California SB 343 Update recognizes carton recyclability
Recycling access reaches 20 percent of U.S. population for paper cups
International Paper to build new packaging plant in Mississippi
AF&PA opposes changes to New York’s Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act
Poly coated paper recycling gains industry backing as alliance adds new members
- Plastics Recycling
New York proposes PFAS landfill regulations, expands cleanup funding through grants
PET thermoform recovery reaches record 264 million pounds
Freepoint Eco-Systems Plastics Incinerator to cease operations
Neste scales up plastic chemical recycling
Plastic Recycling and Omni to scale ASR plastics recovery into automotive-grade recycled compounds
- Solid Waste
New Oregon recycling program diverts over 130,000 mattresses from landfills
Partnership to transform Providence materials collection system
SWANA and EREF sign MOU to advance education in waste management
EPA selects Kansas City to receive a $5 million solid waste infrastructure grant
Report highlights valuable impacts of mattress recycling
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