TRP Report Details Essential Components of Municipal Contracts with MRFs
When the default practice of exporting US recyclables, primarily to China, finally fell through (largely due to contamination), the shortcomings in the domestic recycling infrastructure were laid bare. To retain its all-important relevance, every step of the recycling process—from curbside pickup to the manufacturing of new products using recycled materials—would have to greatly improve. Otherwise, the consequences of landfilling instead will have dire consequences, for the environment, public health, and the economy.
Few recycling organizations have been as diligent about improving the recycling experience on a local basis as NERC Advisory Member The Recycling Partnership. The organization’s focus on local programs “has served more than 1,400 communities and counting with best-in-class tools, data, resources and technical support helped place more than 700,000 recycling carts, reached 74 million American households, and helped companies and communities invest more than $57 million in recycling infrastructure,”…