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The Highlands Group’s Plastics Recycling Facility Acquired by GP Harmon Recycling

For more than 40 years, GP Harmon Recycling, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific, has been at the forefront of the recycling industry, significantly reducing the amount of materials sent to landfills so they can become new products that we use every day.

29 Jul 2013

Novelis Launches Recycling Education Program for Children in South Korea

Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced the launch of ”Greenbiz Camp,” its first recycling education program in South Korea for elementary children.

26 Jul 2013

AXION Ships 500 Recycled Composite Rail Ties to Calgary Transit

AXION International Holdings, Inc., a leader in recycled plastic and plastic composite technologies used to produce ECOTRAX® rail ties and STRUXURE® building products, announced today the Company has shipped 500 rail ties to Calgary Transit for use in road crossings, where the transit line's tracks intersect with roads. Calgary Transit has been a customer of AXION's since 2009 and has purchased ECOTRAX® ties annually.

24 Jul 2013

Infinitus Renewable Energy Park at Montgomery Combines Advanced Systems for Waste Recovery

Ground broke today on a revolutionary Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) developed by Infinitus Energy for the Montgomery, Alabama community that will eliminate up to 85 percent of waste headed to the City's landfill.

19 Jul 2013

JBI Receives NYSDEC Permit to use HTFs in Plastic2Oil Process

JBI, Inc. (the “Company” or “JBI”), a clean energy company that recycles waste plastic into liquid fuels, is pleased to announce that it has received all pertinent permit amendments from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”) to move forward with including heat transfer fluid into its Plastic2Oil (“P2O®”) process.

1 Jul 2013

Covanta Energy and City of Waterbury Enter New Agreement for Sustainable Waste Management

Covanta Energy Corporation, a world leader in sustainable waste management and renewable energy, today announced a new agreement with the City of Waterbury for sustainable waste management services.

28 Jun 2013

Diamond Green Diesel to Commence Full Production of Renewable Diesel

Darling International Inc. today announces Diamond Green Diesel, the joint venture between Valero subsidiary Diamond Alternative Energy LLC and Darling International Inc., has reached mechanical completion and the startup process will lead to full production of renewable diesel.

28 Jun 2013

Zhejiang Jingxing Paper Acquires Metso Containerboard Line for Processing Recycled Raw Materials

Metso will supply Zhejiang Jingxing Paper Joint Stock Co., Ltd. with an OptiConcept M containerboard production line for their Pinghu site in Zhejiang Province in China. The new production line is targeted to produce high-quality containerboard grades out of 100 percent recycled raw materials. The start-up of the machine is scheduled for 2014. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

27 Jun 2013

GlyEco Now Recycles Waste Glycol Sourced from Textile Industry

Sustainable glycol technologies leader GlyEco, Inc. ("GlyEco" or the "Company") has completed initial plant upgrades at its South Carolina plant and successfully processed and sold several thousand gallons of waste glycol sourced from the textile industry.

7 Jun 2013

Sustainable Innovation Collaborative to Address Waste Impact of Consumer Goods

Waste Management, Inc., North America’s largest environmental solutions provider and leading residential recycler, and William McDonough, designer, author, and sustainability thought leader, today jointly announced the launch of a sustainable innovation collaborative to help foster and guide future product and packaging design innovation among industry-leading companies.

From Waste Management 7 Jun 2013