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Recycling the durable materials used for foodservice packaging into new fiber sources represents an untapped potential market, say manufacturers in the space. The bulk of these products are wasted because municipalities don’t realize they are recyclable, says Lynn Dyer, president of the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). Yet most material recovery Read more…

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka disposes of the majority of its solid waste in landfills. This practice is cheap, but it comes with hidden costs, the most recent example being the landslide at Meethotamulla. Many low-income and developing countries use landfills in favor of recycling or incinerating garbage, since it is Read more…