More than 182,000 households in the Memphis area are now able to recycle paper cups alongside already accepted foodservice packaging.

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.

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FCC Environmental Services has installed new robotic sorting technology at its MRF enabling greater Dallas area residents to recycle paper cups, and improved recycling of food and beverage cartons.

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.

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Eight municipalities in the Tulsa metropolitan area with over 252,000 households can recycle hot and cold paper cups.

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).

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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.

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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.

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FPI is working closely with local material recovery facilities (MRFs) and paper mills in North and South Carolina to add paper cups as an acceptable commodity for residential curbside recycling.

Check out the successes that FPI’s Community Partners have had when adding foodservice packaging to their city and county recycling programs.

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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.

FPI and partners have released the CompostAble Chicago study report, which aimed to understand how the use of compostable foodservice packaging might correlate to increased capture of food scraps and reduced contamination.

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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.

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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.

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Watch a webinar on "Managing Compostable Foodservice Packaging," which included speakers from FPI, the Biodegradable Products Institute, National Restaurant Association, and U.S. Composting Council.

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Check out resources related to the impacts to the composting value chain when introducing compostable foodservice packaging.

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FPI conducted a study of North American composting outlets for both residential and business generators of source separated organics. The purpose of the study was to identify composters accepting food scraps and to understand which facilities are willing and able to accept various compostable packaging materials.

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FPI, along with the Biodegradable Products Institute, funded a study to determine whether compostable foodservice packaging can be effectively used as a feedstock in commercial composting facilities. The results showed that these items performed as well as wood and other traditional feedstocks. 

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An overview of compostable packaging, residential collection, composter acceptance, and frequently asked questions. 

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