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New Technology Enables Paper Cup Recycling and Improves Food and Beverage Carton Recycling in Dallas, TX
New robotic sorting technology enables FCC Environmental Services MRF to start accepting and sorting paper cups, and more efficiently capture food and beverage cartons from residents throughout the greater Dallas area.
Tulsa Recycling Plant Educates on Proper Way to Recycle Take-out Food Containers
News on 6 (KOTV) covered American Waste Control’s announcement to educate Tulsa, Oklahoma, residents on the proper way to recycle take-out food containers like paper cups, pizza boxes, and plastic containers.
Catawba County, NC IntroducesCurbside Paper Cup Recycling
Over 63,000 households in Catawba County can now place clean and empty paper cups in recycling bins for curbside collection thanks to a partnership with the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI).
Paper Cup Recycling Begins Rolling Out in the Carolinas
FPI announced the plan to add paper cups to residential recycling programs in North Carolina and South Carolina. The first phase will bring cup recycling to New Hanover County, N.C., which sends its recyclables to Sonoco Recycling.
New Hanover, NC, Now Accepting New Materials for Recycling
Included among the materials that will be accepted for recycling now are paper-based items like to-go cups used at restaurants and coffee shops, along with cartons used to hold liquids like juice, milk or stocks and broths.
Press Release: CompostAble Chicago Study
The Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) and partners have released the CompostAble Chicago study, which examines several existing programs, the materials they recover, and the operating conditions that contribute to successful programs.
How Cities are Strengthening Programs for Long-term Success
Representatives from cities large and small described the efforts they’ve made in the “Resiliency at the Local Level” session, held Aug. 16 as part of the Resource Recycling Conference held Aug. 15-17 in Austin, Texas.
Sonoco Expanding Residential Recycling of Paper Cups to SC Mill
Sonoco announced it is expanding post-consumer recovery and recycling opportunities for paper cups in bales of mixed paper to be used as raw material at its Hartsville, S.C., paperboard mill to produce new paperboard.
Are coffee cups full of opportunity?
Efforts to collect and sort paper coffee cups for recycling could boost an already high paper recycling rate in the U.S.
AF&PA Weighs in on Paper Cup Recycling
As pandemic restrictions ease and you start heading back into the office, you may also find you’re frequenting your local coffee shop more often. While you’re sipping your latte, you may wonder … are paper cups recyclable?
Paper Cup Recycling: A Growing Opportunity for Local Programs
MRFs, paper mills and other stakeholders are working together to ensure viable recovery pathways and bring paper cup recycling into the mainstream.
Rumpke expands recycling program to accept disposable cups
The Cincinnati-based company will accept disposable paper, plastic and aluminum cups in most of its curbside and drop-box recycling programs.
We Actually Have the Technology to Recycle Paper Coffee Cups, But Can It Scale?
For years, the message has been that paper coffee cups are not recyclable because of the polyethylene coating that makes them more durable and heat-resistant. The process for that is starting to change — and improve — as the right technology becomes more widely available and more MRFs (materials recovery facilities) begin accepting these cups.
Mills re-commit to buying recycled paper cups
A number of major recycled fiber consumers have stated their willingness to accept plastic-lined paper cups in mixed-paper or carton bales.
Over 215,000 Madison Area Households Can Now Recycle Paper Cups
The program expansion is supported in part with a grant from the Foodservice Packaging Institute and the Carton Council of North America.
Madison recycling program now accepting disposable paper cups
Paper cups can now be placed into curbside recycling bins in the city of Madison.
Detroit residents can recycle paper cups, food and beverage containers
With help from the Carton Council and the Foodservice Packaging Institute, more than 70 percent of Michigan households can recycle paper cups and food cartons.
City of Detroit announces expansion to its recycling program
The city says it is now among more than 2.75 million Michigan households that can recycle more items thanks to a partnership with the Carton Council of North America and the Foodservice Packaging Institute.
Atlanta adds paper cups to its recycling program
The city has partnered with the Foodservice Packaging Institute to include paper cups to its curbside recycling program.
New facility in Lansing will keep recyclable materials local
Emterra Environmental has opened a new Material Recovery Facility in the City of Lansing.