FeaturedGeneral Industry Consortium Hopes App Will Move the Needle on Li-Ion Battery Recycling Team Portables, a Seattle-based group partnering to address the need for increased lithium-ion battery recycling,…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 25, 2021
FeaturedGeneral Industry Call2Recycle Processed Record Number of Batteries in 2020 Atlanta-based battery recycling organization Call2Recycle collected and recycled 8.4 million pounds of batteries throughout the…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 23, 2021
AdvocacyFeatured FMC Commissioner Will Investigate Ocean Shipping Practices Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye will issue information demand orders regarding ocean carriers’ and…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 19, 2021
FeaturedGeneral Industry Novolex Will Expand Recycling Instructions to More Film Packaging Packaging manufacturer Novolex, based in Hartsville, S.C., will add How2Recycle store drop-off instructions to more…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 19, 2021
FeaturedISRI2021 Recyclers’ Working Group Hopes to Combat Catalytic Converter Theft Precious metals prices have been climbing consistently over the past few years—and they show no…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 17, 2021
AdvocacyFeatured More States Pass Resolutions Commending Recyclers Georgia, Indiana, and Tennessee are the three latest states to join Massachusetts and Alabama in…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 15, 2021
FeaturedMarkets U.S. Scrap Exports Increased in Value in 2020, Overcoming Drop in Volume According to market data collected by Joe Pickard and Bret Biggers, ISRI’s chief economist/director of…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 12, 2021
AdvocacyFeaturedInternational Trade Policy EU Proposal Would Create Confusion For Electronics Recyclers, ISRI Says At the European Union’s suggestion, the Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention will consider…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 10, 2021
AdvocacyFeatured STB Decision Problematic and Unworkable, ISRI and Other Associations Contend On Jan. 29, ISRI, alongside several other associations, submitted comments to the Surface Transportation Board…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 9, 2021
AdvocacyFeatured States Pass Resolutions Commending Recycling Workers, Industry Massachusetts became the first state to commend ISRI and its members in a resolution the…Emilie ShumwayFebruary 4, 2021