Why Lithium Batteries Cause Fires at Recycling Facilities

A lithium battery can enter a recycling truck unnoticed, be crushed during collection or sorting and trigger thermal runaway inside a stream filled with paper, cardboard and plastics. Here is how battery fires start, why…

The Complete Guide to Plastic Recycling: Collection, Sorting, Reprocessing and End Markets

Plastic recycling is a chain, not a single process. This guide follows material from household and commercial collection through MRF sorting, bale production, reclamation, washing, pelletizing and manufacturing, with a closer look at PET, HDPE,…

Can Styrofoam Be Recycled? How to Recycle EPS Foam

Expanded polystyrene foam can be recycled, but very few curbside programs accept it. Learn which foam products may qualify, how to prepare EPS for recycling, where to find drop-off options and why some foam must…