The EPA has been aggressively working to advance recycling efforts in recent years. Education has improved, and the general public has learned a lot about what and how to recycle. Far more businesses provide recycling containers and have their own onsite commercial recycling equipment now than they did 20 years ago. In 1980 only 10...Continue Reading
Every business needs recycling equipment of some kind. In a one-person office, a recycling bin might get the job done. But a business that receives many shipments and/or generates a lot of recyclable waste needs high-volume equipment to manage all of its cardboard, paper, shrink wrap and other waste. Having onsite balers and compactors allows...Continue Reading
Like other types of recycling, scrap metal recycling has significant environmental benefits. Repurposing existing materials reduces the need to create new ones, which in turn reduces the need to mine for metal ore and other virgin materials. Recycling also keeps it out of landfills. And since metal may be recycled over and over without diminishing...Continue Reading
Even in an increasingly digital world, we all still rely on paper. It’s more critical in some industries than others. Your business might be able to adjust to a temporary shortage of printer paper by printing essential items only, but a newspaper publisher can’t function without an adequate supply of newsprint, and that’s exactly the...Continue Reading
It’s been happening gradually, but the recycling landscape has changed significantly in the last several years. All family-owned recycling companies in Massachusetts would probably tell you the same thing. Increased competition and pressure from larger organizations has made it more and more challenging for small businesses to continue operating. Multiple Massachusetts recycling companies have shut...Continue Reading
If your business generates any scrap copper, you probably noticed that 2021 was a banner year for copper prices. So far, 2022 is following suit. And if your business buys scrap copper, you’ve definitely noticed that copper has been more expensive than ever before. Globally, copper prices reached all-time highs in 2021 and reached a...Continue Reading
Making significant changes almost always takes longer than we’d like. That’s true of a lot of things in life. It’s also something we’re seeing in the recycling industry right now, as billions of single-use paper cups end up in landfills because wide-scale paper cup recycling continues to be just out of reach. It’s frustrating because...Continue Reading
Pre-pandemic, the global shipping industry wasn’t a big topic of conversation at parties. But once people stuck at home during quarantine started online shopping and the shipping container shortage began, global shipping and supply chain logistics became things everyone talks about. Clogged shipping ports, staffing shortages and skyrocketing prices for space on shipping containers have...Continue Reading
At home, whether or not you recycle is your choice. There probably won’t be any consequences if you don’t wash and recycle your plastic containers. But business leaders have to look at every decision through multiple lenses to determine what is the most beneficial in the long run. Even things that may seem minor, like...Continue Reading
Here are two things we know for sure about Americans and recycling: First, most people believe that recycling is a good and important practice. In a 2017 Carton Council survey of nearly 7,000 people, 94 percent said they support recycling and 74 percent said it should be a priority. Many people also say they care...Continue Reading
