WasteVision AI Introduces Route Verification to Help Haulers
WasteVision AI, a Scottsdale‑based AI service provider for waste and recycling, launched Route Verification, a tool that automatically validates every stop on a hauler’s route with timestamped images, video and geolocation. The solution expands on the firm’s Service Verification product by delivering route‑level documentation for residential and commercial contracts, enabling auditable proof of service. AI algorithms differentiate waste from recycling containers and classify each stop as completed, attempted, or missed, while reducing driver distraction. The automation cuts inbound customer‑service call times from over ten minutes to one‑two minutes and supports contract compliance.
WM Sustainability Officer Earns New Titles
Waste Management (WM) appointed longtime executive Tara Hemmer as executive vice president and chief operating officer while she continues as chief sustainability officer. Hemmer will now oversee the company’s operating platform and its sustainability portfolio, which includes recycling, renewable energy...
Kinshofer Acquires Italian Attachments Producer
Kinshofer GmbH of Germany signed a definitive agreement to acquire Boscaro S.r.l., an Italian maker of construction‑industry attachments. The deal adds Boscaro’s crane‑compatible tools and 50 years of engineering expertise to Kinshofer’s expanding portfolio. Boscaro will retain its current CEO, Adriano...
Aperam Recycling Appoints New CEO for North America
Aperam Recycling has appointed Evan Dyal as the new CEO of its North American unit, succeeding long‑time leader Chris Niles who is stepping down after 25 years. Dyal, a nearly 20‑year veteran of the business, will lead the Pennsylvania‑based operations...
Glass Packaging Institute Names New Board Chair
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) has appointed Brian Brandstatter, president and CEO of Ardagh Glass Packaging‑North America, as chair of its board of directors. Brandstatter brings decades of industry experience and a focus on sustainable packaging. He will guide GPI’s...
ABTC Claims Record Revenue, Positive Growth Margin in Third Quarter of FY26
American Battery Technology Co. (ABTC) reported a record $7.8 million in third‑quarter FY26 revenue, up 64 percent QoQ, and posted its first positive gross margin of $738 k. The Nevada recycling plant’s improved efficiency drove cost‑of‑goods‑sold growth to only 11 percent, while the company...
APR Among Industry Organizations to Speak at USTR Hearing
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) testified before the USTR, warning that a flood of low‑priced PET imports has forced seven U.S. recyclers to shut down, eroding roughly 25% of domestic capacity in the past 15 months. APR highlighted dramatic...
Comstock Metals Prepares for June Start-Up of Solar Panel Recycling Facility
Comstock Metals, a subsidiary of Comstock Inc., will launch its commercial‑scale solar panel recycling facility in Silver Springs, Nevada, in June after completing equipment commissioning and testing the first unit. The plant uses a closed‑loop tailings recovery system to extract...
SMA Says Overcapacity Remains a Threat
The Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) testified before USTR investigators, urging the use of Section 301 tariffs to combat global steel overcapacity that threatens U.S. jobs and competition. SMA highlighted that China’s excess capacity exceeds U.S. steel output by more than eight...
Hyundai Selects Danieli for Louisiana Equipment
Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO’s joint venture, Hyundai‑Posco Louisiana Steel, has chosen Italy’s Danieli as technology supplier for its planned greenfield electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mill in Louisiana. Danieli will deliver two EAFs, secondary‑metallurgy units, two thick‑slab casters, reheating...
Primetals Calls New EAF Option Affordable
Primetals Technologies unveiled the Ultimate Move electric arc furnace, a new EAF solution that promises lower capital expenditure, a smaller plant footprint, and faster tap‑to‑tap cycles. The system can process blast‑furnace hot metal, scrap, and hot‑briquetted iron in any mix, offering...
Heil and Autocar Supply Recology with Electric Collection Truck
Heil and Autocar have delivered a fully electric side‑loader truck to Recology for use in Issaquah, Washington. The vehicle merges Autocar’s E‑ACX all‑electric chassis with Heil’s RevAMP automated side‑loader body, creating a hydraulics‑free platform that maintains payload and range. Recology,...
Bollegraaf ONE Introduces a Digital Environment for Recycling Plant Operations
Bollegraaf Group has launched Bollegraaf ONE, a digital environment that merges decades of recycling expertise with AI‑driven analytics to monitor, manage and optimize plant operations. Developed with waste‑data specialist WaDaCon and powered by Greyparrot’s AI waste‑intelligence platform, the solution provides...
Ted’s Trash Service Selects CommanderAI to Modernize and Scale Sale Initiatives
Ted’s Trash Service, a 65‑year‑old family waste‑management firm in Missouri, has partnered with CommanderAI to modernize its sales operations. Using CommanderAI’s Go‑To‑Market platform, the company achieved a 96% email open rate and tripled its average deal value. The AI‑driven prospecting...
Aurubis Increases 2025/26 Forecast Based on Recent Quarterly Performance
Aurubis raised its FY2025/26 operating earnings before tax forecast to €425‑525 million ($500‑618 million), up from €375‑475 million, citing sustained high metal prices, stronger recycling revenue, and higher sulfuric acid sales. The second quarter showed a 15% rise in preliminary EBT to €121 million...
Derichebourg Agrees to Buy Scholz Recycling
French waste‑management group Derichebourg has signed an agreement to acquire the Scholz Recycling Group, a 150‑year‑old European metal‑recycling network owned by China’s Chiho Environmental. The deal values Scholz at roughly €1.6 billion (about $1.9 billion) and adds 180 sites, 3,500 staff and...
Hino Trucks Introduces New Le Series Battery Electric Vehicle
Hino Trucks unveiled its Le Series battery‑electric vehicle at the ACT Expo 2026 in Las Vegas, with production slated for the third quarter of 2026. The line will be offered in two gross vehicle weight ratings—25,950 lb (L6e) and 33,000 lb (L7e)—and features...
World Bank Predicts Metals Price Rise in 2026
The World Bank projects a 17% rise in global metals and minerals prices in 2026, led by a 22% jump in aluminum and a 42% surge in precious metals. Strong industrial demand and ongoing supply disruptions in the Middle East...
CFC Recycling Acquires Goolsby & Sons Recycling
CFC Recycling of Tullahoma, Tennessee, has acquired family‑owned Goolsby & Sons Recycling in Gallatin. The deal keeps Goolsby’s existing team and brand while leveraging CFC’s logistics, resources, and renovation plans. CFC will temporarily close the Gallatin facility to upgrade the...
BlueAlp, KraussMaffei Partner on Plastics Recycling
BlueAlp, a Dutch chemical‑recycling firm, announced a partnership with Germany’s KraussMaffei Extrusion to integrate the ZE BluePower twin‑screw extruder into its pyrolysis process. The equipment will be installed at BlueAlp’s facilities in Italy and Belgium, boosting energy efficiency and material conditioning...
Nova’s Syndigo1 Facility Earns New Certifications
Nova Chemicals' Syndigo1 linear low‑density polyethylene (LLDPE) recycling plant in Connersville, Indiana has secured both the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) post‑consumer recycled (PCR) certification and ISO 9001 quality management certification. The APR stamp validates the facility’s rigorous traceability and quality...
Closed Loop Partners Backs Supersede Expansion with $5M Loan
Closed Loop Partners, a New York‑based circular‑economy investor, has extended a $5 million catalytic loan to Phoenix‑based Supersede. The financing will underwrite equipment for a new Midwest manufacturing plant slated to open this summer, expanding capacity to at least eight additional production...
Origin Materials Nearing Its End
Origin Materials Inc., a West Sacramento PET bottle‑cap maker, announced on May 1 that its board approved selling its PET cap technology and winding down operations. The company will cut 59% of its workforce, with CEO John Bissell stepping down and...
Machinex Releases MIND at IFAT 2026
Machinex unveiled MIND, a system‑wide artificial intelligence platform, at IFAT Munich 2026. The platform extends AI from individual machines to an integrated sorting ecosystem, delivering real‑time decision‑making, system optimization and advanced reporting. MIND powers new equipment such as the AirPulse...
M&J Recycling Debuts P3000e, New Brand Identity at IFAT
M&J Recycling unveiled the P3000e preshredder at IFAT Munich 2026, featuring eDrive technology, UltraBoost and ReCapture, and promising up to 80% energy savings while keeping throughput stable. The machine is built for mixed material streams, offers a compact, service‑friendly design...
Celsa Achieves Profitability in Early 2026
Celsa Group posted a €18 million ($21 million) profit in Q1 2026, its first positive net result since a creditor‑led restructuring that began in 2023. The steelmaker trimmed net debt by more than €2.54 billion ($2.97 billion), a 70% reduction from pre‑restructuring levels, while...
GreenSpark, ReMatter Merge
GreenSpark Software and ReMatter have merged to form ReSpark, a unified platform for the metal recycling sector. The new company will serve more than 800 scrap firms operating over 1,000 facilities across the United States. ReSpark combines GreenSpark's AI‑driven inventory...
California’s SB 54 Regulations Approved and in Effect
California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) announced on May 1, 2024 that the Office of Administrative Law approved the permanent regulations for SB 54, the state’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for single‑use packaging. The rules take effect immediately, launching...
Toyota Tsusho Reports Profitable Fiscal Year
Toyota Tsusho Corp posted a profitable fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, with revenue rising 12% and earnings attributable to shareholders climbing 8% year‑over‑year. The results now incorporate the newly‑acquired Radius Recycling, a U.S. and Canadian metal‑recycling operator formerly Schnitzer Steel. The...
SRG Adds to Holdings in the Carolinas
Dallas‑based Southeast Recycling Group (SRG) announced two transactions that will broaden its metals recycling presence in North and South Carolina. The deals involve acquiring NuCycle’s assets, including a state‑of‑the‑art 4,000‑hp Danieli shredder in Rock Hill, and merging Morris Scrap Metal’s...
LKQ Focuses on Improving Financial Results
LKQ Corp., the leading recycled and aftermarket auto parts distributor, posted first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $3.47 billion, a 4.3% year‑over‑year increase, but earnings slipped sharply as diluted EPS fell to $0.30, down 51% from the prior year. The decline reflects a...
Constellium’s Revenues Increase in Q1
Constellium reported Q1 2026 revenue of $2.5 billion, a 24% increase year‑over‑year, even as shipments fell 1% to 370,000 metric tons. Net income surged to $196 million from $38 million, and adjusted EBITDA reached $359 million, boosted by a $97 million non‑cash metal‑price lag. All three operating...
New York EPR Bill Undergoes ‘Sweeping Amendments’
New York Senate and Assembly leaders introduced roughly 150 amendments to the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, creating a statewide extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging. The revisions align definitions, timelines and PCR standards with other EPR states,...
Acquisitions Drive GFL Environmental’s Growth in Q1
GFL Environmental reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.644 billion, a 5.4% increase driven largely by eight acquisitions, including the recent purchase of Frontier Waste Solutions in Texas. Net loss widened slightly to $219.2 million, while diesel costs rose about 10% year‑over‑year, prompting...
CG Roxane Launches Marketing Campaign, Expands Tennessee Plant
CG Roxane, the maker of Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water, has rolled out a new integrated marketing campaign called “The Adventures of Al Pine” to humanize its brand and emphasize source integrity. At the same time, the company is expanding...
US Steel to Add DRI Facility at Big River Steel Works
U.S. Steel announced a $1.9 billion investment to build a direct reduced iron (DRI) facility at its Big River Steel Works in Osceola, Arkansas. The plant will link the company’s Minnesota ore operations with the electric arc furnace (EAF) complex, eliminating...
ArcelorMittal Retains Profitability in Early 2026
ArcelorMittal posted a resilient first‑quarter 2026, with operating income surging to $753 million—more than double the $327 million recorded in Q4 2025. Adjusted earnings per share slipped to 76 cents from 86 cents a quarter earlier, though they remain above the $1.05 level a year...
PH7 Technologies Receives Funding From the National Research Council of Canada to Expand Opertions
Vancouver‑based pH7 Technologies is expanding its metals‑processing plant with up to $4 million in NRC IRAP funding to scale recovery of platinum‑group metals and other critical elements. The expansion will boost capacity for spent catalysts and electronic waste, while the company’s modular...
Plastic Ingenuity Using PureCycle Resin in Coffee Lids
PureCycle Technologies has teamed up with Plastic Ingenuity to embed its PureFive polypropylene resin into coffee lids, offering recycled content levels between 25% and 100%. The partnership gives food‑service brands a high‑performance, food‑safe alternative to virgin plastic while advancing circular‑economy...
WM Cites Recycling as a Factor in Earnings Growth
WM reported a 13.5% rise in first‑quarter net income to $723 million, driven by disciplined pricing, cost optimization and sustainability projects. The blended price for single‑stream recycled commodities dropped to about $65 per ton from $88 a year earlier, yet recycling...
Update: Florida AG Subpoenas Plastics Industry Groups, Brands Amid Antitrust Investigation
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued civil investigative demands to major consumer‑product companies—including Unilever, Coca‑Cola, Target, Nestlé and Mondelez—and to environmental coalitions such as the U.S. Plastics Pact and the Consumer Goods Forum. The subpoenas, filed April 21, seek communications, policy...
ICSG Forecasts Secondary Copper Output Boost
The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) projects secondary‑refined copper output to rise 5.7% in 2027, outpacing primary refined production, which is forecast to increase 2.3%. Global refined copper usage growth is trimmed to 2% for 2027 after a downgrade to...
Enerpat Baler Installed in South Africa
United Kingdom‑based Enerpat supplied a $180,000 horizontal baler to CL Trading in Parow, South Africa. The machine, funded in part by producer‑responsibility group Petco, will double CL Trading’s PET processing capacity from 3,500 to 7,000 metric tons per month. By...
EPA Updates PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued updated interim guidance on the destruction and disposal of per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The guidance, grounded in the latest scientific data, recommends three low‑release technologies—Class I underground injection wells, hazardous waste landfills regulated...
CompuCycle, Texas School District Launch Workforce Training Program
CompuCycle, a Houston IT asset disposition firm, partnered with Pearland Independent School District to launch TechCycle, a workforce training program for students ages 18‑22 with disabilities. The initiative received $10,000 seed funding from Texas A&M and teaches participants to dismantle...
Ace Green Recycling Attracts Equity Investors
Ace Green Recycling, a Houston‑based battery‑recycling technology firm, secured $32 million of private‑investment‑in‑public‑equity (PIPE) financing through its SPAC partner Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II. The capital will fund the proposed SPAC merger, support the construction of a Texas recycling facility, and expand...
March 2026 Steel Output Rises Month on Month
World Steel Association data show March 2026 steel production rose 12.7% month‑on‑month to 159.9 million metric tons, yet remained 4.2% lower than March 2025. The rebound was driven by China’s 14.3% output surge after the Lunar New Year break, alongside strong...
Constellium to Supply Airbus
Constellium SE has secured a multiyear agreement to supply Airbus with advanced aluminum alloy extrusions, including its proprietary Airware aluminum‑lithium solution. Airware’s eight alloys promise up to 20% weight reduction while delivering higher stiffness, thermal stability and corrosion resistance. Production...
Waste Connections Reports Increased Sales in Q1
Waste Connections posted $2.37 billion in first‑quarter 2026 sales, a 6.4% increase year‑over‑year, while net income fell 9% to $219.3 million. Operating income slipped 6.7% to $364.1 million, reflecting higher diesel costs and weather‑related slowdowns. CEO Ronald J. Mittelstaedt highlighted a 32.5% adjusted...
Novelis, Infinitum Extend Collaboration in Norway
Aluminum producer Novelis and Norway’s deposit‑return foundation Infinitum have renewed their partnership to recycle beverage cans. Under Norway’s DRS, collected cans are shipped to Novelis’s Latchford plant in the United Kingdom for processing. The agreement secures a stable supply of...