To learn more about the recycling crisis, we encourage you to read these two white papers.
An Unsustainable Path: Restructuring the Recycling Industry, written by Meridian Waste
“Rethinking Recycling: How Cities Can Adapt to Evolving Markets,” written by National League of Cities (NLC)
Articles about the recycling crisis:
9 Things You Think Are Environmentally Friendly — But Aren’t, Waste Advantage, August 12, 2019
Is this the end of recycling?, MSN, March 9, 2019
Since china’s ban, recycling in the us has gone up in flames, Wired, February 27, 2019
How small cities around the country are fighting to save recycling, Waste Dive, January 28, 2019
The Era Of Easy Recycling May Be Coming To An End, Five Thirty Eight, January 10, 2019
New Chinese policy is forcing people to think: Is there a better way to recycle?, Public Radio International, December 14, 2018
Single-Stream Recycling (and China) Throwing Recycling Markets Into Chaos, Next City, December 3, 2018
St. Louis suburbs find recycling solutions after major MRF halts service, Waste Dive, November 2, 2018
What the closing of a West County recycling center means for recycling in St. Louis area, KMOV-TV, October 30, 2018
Recycling, Once Embraced by Businesses and Environmentalists, Now Under Siege, Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2018
China’s Recycling Regulations: How American Cities Can Benefit, Waste 360, September 26, 2018
Mountains of US recycling pile up as China restricts imports, Public Radio International, January 1, 2018
China’s changing policies on imported recyclables, National Waste & Recycling Association, April 2018
Industry Builds the Future of Recycling Amid China Ban Woes, Waste 360, June 29, 2018
What Chinese import policies mean for all 50 states, Waste Dive, June 29, 2018
Market Forces Put America’s Recycling Industry in the Dumps, Miami Herald, October 10, 2018