Paper Recycling Conference: Less News, Less Quality?

A sudden and steep decline in old newspapers (ONP) has caused several dilemmas, according to three executives representing large-volume recycling companies. At the opening session at the 2011 Paper Recycling Conference held in Chicago in late October, Al Metauro of Toronto-based Cascades Recovery, noted that in one major city in which Cascades operates, ONP has dropped from making up 81 percent of “blue box” post-residential material seven or eight years ago to just 38 percent today

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Video: Eriez Designs Density Sort as a Problem Solver

Researchers and product developers at Eriez spent part of their 2011 summer preparing the DensitySort Air Table for its rollout to the North American scrap market.

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Georgia DOT Using Recycled Tires in Asphalt

Lehigh Technologies has announced that the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) has laid rubber-modified asphalt (RMA), made from recycled tires, in Bibb County, Ga. The state is expanding on previous studies with RMA, testing the material’s performance versus traditional asphalt materials in “real-world conditions.” Currently, according to Lehigh Technologies, Georgia permits rubber modification in certain asphalt pavement type and jobs. The test is being conducted in collaboration with several Georgia companies: Reeves Construction, a leader in the heavy highway and asphalt paving industry in Georgia; Liberty Tire Recycling, which does the primary processing of the end-of-life tires from Georgia; and Lehigh Technologies, which processes the product from Liberty into sustainable micronized rubber powder (MRP) that is added to the asphalt formulation to be applied by Reeves

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NC Set to Begin Ban of Plastic Bottles in Landfills

North Carolina seeks to drive more collected plastics to consumers of the material located in the state.

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NAPCOR Adds New Member

Association now has 35 members.

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Pennsylvania Awards $1.2 Million to Boost Use of Recycled-Content Products

Companies receiving grant money include a paper mill, a paper stock operation, a user of scrap plastics, and a company involved in plastics grinding.

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NYC Borough Nets Arrests in Stolen OCC Ring

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Avery Unveils New Vehicle Scale Controller

Company says AVS-7 provides automated weighing solution for unattended truck scale operations.

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Recyclers, Haulers File Suit Against California Ballot Initiative

Group contests ballot initiave that was voted on more than 20 years ago.

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