The October issue of PA Township News highlights the impact China’s ban on certain recycled materials has had on local recycling programs.

“The Recycling Crash,” by Assistant Editor Amy Bobb details how China’s ban on accepting 24 recyclables upended markets forcing recycling programs to find other outlets for their materials and make other adjustments.

The story details the success of local recycling and how the program has grown since 1988 to cover 94 percent of Pennsylvanians as well as expanded from collecting just a few materials to many more in single stream recycling.

Techniques for combating contamination, the markets for plastics, what to do with the glut of recycled TVs, curbside separation versus single stream collection are all discussed in how communities are responding to these market changes.

Click Here to read the full article, courtesy of PA Township News.

For information on how you can get your own copy, visit the PSATS PA Township News webpage.

[Editor’s Note: DEP’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee and Recycling Fund Advisory Committee will hold a special meeting on November 5 to wrap up discussions by its Act 101 (1988 Recycling law) Workgroup to finalize recommendations on updating the state’s recycling law. Stay tuned for more details.]

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[Posted: Oct. 3, 2018]

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