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DEQ’s Recycling Program provided $200,000 for the grants. The Glass Recycling Foundation (GRF), representing the private sector stakeholders, pledged $35,000 to help support hub-and-spoke system projects. The projects in the award list represent a total investment of more than $600,000 and impact nearly 2.6 million residents in North Carolina.

According to community annual reports, recycled glass tonnage has decreased by 30 percent statewide since 2017. In response in 2021, DEQ met with stakeholders Owens-Illinois, Ardagh, Strategic Materials, Anheuser-Busch, Sierra Nevada, the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) and GRF to discuss methods to revitalize glass recovery in the state. The group identified two methods to recover lost glass tons: affordable glass cleaning equipment in MRFs and hub-and-spoke community glass collection systems. Based on stakeholder input, DEQ staff developed the Glass Equipment and Infrastructure Grant to fund potential projects to help boost the amount of glass recycled by local governments. Read More.

Coleman spoke about the ISRI program she leads that focuses on providing apprenticeships, internships, and fellowships to students enrolled in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Native American Colleges and Universities (NACU), trade schools, and community colleges.

“As a former South Carolinian and graduate of Hampton University, I’m honored to speak to these distinguished leaders about the launch of this exciting ISRI program,” said Coleman. “By providing apprenticeships, internships, and fellowships at ISRI member companies, our members will develop a talent pipeline for employment needs while offering students opportunities to utilize their education and being inspired to learn more about recycling’s valuable role in the world.” Read More.

AMP Robotics Corp. has introduced two new high-diversion production facilities based on its infrastructure model for advanced secondary sortation. The company-owned facilities, located outside of Atlanta and Cleveland, are designed to economically process and aggregate low volumes of difficult-to-recycle mixed plastics, paper, and metals sourced from residue supplied by primary materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and other material providers.

AMP’s secondary facilities drive down the cost of recovery while creating contamination-free, high-quality bales of recycled material for resale. AMP’s business model also introduces market certainty, lower disposal costs, and new revenue streams for established MRFs by creating a destination for residue that they would otherwise have to pay to landfill, as well as demand for mixed or impure plastic streams that may not have strong end markets.

AMP plans to introduce additional facilities in the second half of 2022. The company is seeking relationships with waste management companies to accept or buy residual or secondary materials as well as strategic partnerships with plastics reclaimers, chemical recyclers, and other plastics manufacturers for offtake of recovered plastics. Read More.

Between shifting markets and ever-changing regulatory requirements to rapidly evolving/improving sorting equipment facilities, developers have a lot of priorities to balance. Read more about the six areas to consider when future-proofing a MRF design.

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Posted May 11, 2022 on recyclingtoday.com. The company says the plant will be the first fully integrated aluminum mill built in the U.S. in four decades. It is expected to create up to 1,000 high-paying, advanced careers in modern manufacturing. With this addition, Novelis says it will soon be able to recycle 90 billion cans globally, up from the 74 billion used beverage cans the company currently recycles. Read More.

Posted May 18, 2022 on resource-recycling.com/plastics Outdoor decking manufacturer Fiberon broke ground on a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Columbia, Tenn. to meet increased consumer demand. The 130-acre plot the facility is being built on will create more than 300 jobs and manufacture PE decking and composite cladding. It will also have an on-site recycling facility to recycle baled plastic into pellets. Read More.

Posted May 4, 2022 on governorsc.gov. COLUMBIA, S.C. – Mumford Industries, Inc, a post-industrial plastics recycling company and producer of Retrieve® sustainable film products, today announced plans to expand operations in Greenwood County. The company is investing $2 million and creating 33 new jobs.The expansion is expected to be complete in May 2025. Read More.