SUPPLIER NEWS

• AmSty Commits To 25% Recycled Polystyrene By 2030

  With an end goal of keeping polystyrene products out of landfills through an innovative circular recycling process, AmSty is announcing its commitment that all products designed for foodservice and food packaging applications will contain 25 percent recycled content by 2030

• Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Announces A Permit Expansion At Its North Country Landfill

  Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced that the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (“NHDES”) issued a permit modification to expand the Company’s North Country Environmental Services, Inc. (“NCES”) landfill to increase its permitted disposal capacity by approximately 1.24 million cubic yards of airspace

• Lummus Announces Agreement With New Hope Technologies To License Waste Plastics Conversion Technology

  Lummus Technology and New Hope Technologies today announced that the companies have entered into a cooperation agreement for the marketing and further development of a leading plastic waste conversion technology based on thermal pyrolysis.

• Kids' Scooters Made From Recycled Fishing Nets

  Around 10 percent of the plastic waste in the oceans comes from fishing. Every year, an estimated 640,000 tons of nets, ropes, and other equipment are left behind in the oceans

• Novel Study First To Tally Biomass From Oceanic Plastic Debris

  Trillions of plastic debris fragments are afloat at sea, creating the “perfect storm” for microbial colonization. Introduced more than 50 years ago, plastic substrates are a novel microbial habitat in the world’s oceans.