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Recycling Works Newsletter
Winter 2024- Grant Opportunities, Grant Success Stories, The Impact of Hurricane Helene, CPRC Roadshow at Southeastern Container, APR Event in Charlotte, NC Solid Waste and Materials Management 10-Year Plan Update
Fall 2024- New Staff Announcements, The Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council (CPRC) Your Plastics Means Products Roadshow 3rd Event, Now Accepting Proposals for the 2025 Recycling Business Development Grants and Food Waste Reduction Grants, Employment Opportunities, ESI Annual Conference
Spring 2024- Circular Economy Council Tours, The Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council (CPRC) Your Plastics Means Products Roadshow Kicks Off, The Carolina Recycling Association 34th Annual Conference, Envision Plastics Upgrade, Statewide 10-year Solid Waste and Materials Management Survey, 2024 Food Waste Reduction Grant Winners
Fall 2023- DEACS Grant Applications are Now Open!, PVC Recycling Grants, Solar Panel Legislation, Southeast Recycling Development Council (SERDC) Symposium
Spring 2023 - New Staff Announcement, Updated Emails for All RBAC Staff, New NC WasteTrader Site, 2023 Grant Awards, PET Grants to NC Companies, Circular Economy Council, Powerhouse Recycling Announces North Carolina's First Dedicated Solar Recycling Line, EPA Offers Clarification on Lithium-Ion Battery Waste and Disposal
Winter 2023 - CRA 2023, NC Property Tax Certification Webinar, Direct Pack, Inc. Expands in Rockingham County, Workforce Webinar, Grant Funding for PET Recycling
Summer 2022 - Grant Funding for PET Recycling, Financing for Aluminum Can Recovery Equipment, Relaunch of Recycling Markets Directory, New Aluminum Recycling Facility Coming to the Southeast
Spring 2022 - CRA Recap, State of the State Report, Food Capacity Report, Multifamily Grant, MRF Survey, New Organics Position, Job Posting
Fall 2021 - Recycling Business Development Grant Reminder, MRF Glass Grant, CPRC Webinar, SERDC Conference, Brand Commitments, Ag Plastics Innovation Challenge
Summer 2021 - 2022 Recycling Business Development Grant RFP; DEQ Secretary Announced; NC Business Leaders Use Recycled Content; Save the Date for the CPRC Conference; Governor Cooper Announces Polywood Expansion; Other Announced Facility Expansions
Spring 2021 - 2021 Recycling Business Development Grants; Carolina Recycling Association Conference; CRA Grant Opportunity; Biocycle Features North Carolina State of Organics; Recent MRF Upgrades; Save the Date – Fall Events
Winter 2021 - NC Recycling Jobs Study; NC Organics Recycling Study; The Recycling Partnership Grants - Aluminum Cans and Polypropylene; COVID-19 Check-In; Van Dyke Recycling Solutions MRF Tips
Fall 2020 - NC Recycling Jobs Report; New River Tire Launches Production Line RUBBERlogix; Copper Recycler Launches Multi-Million Dollar Expansion in Shelby; Recycling Business Development Grants; DEACS Annual Report
Summer 2020 - Survey Says: Our Recyclables are Staying in the Southeast; Paper Mill Opening in Chesapeake, Virginia; Join the FREE August 11 CRA Recycling Resilience Webinar; The Recycling Partnership Announces MRF Grant; Coming Soon: 2021 Recycling Business Development Grant Cycle Kickoff; SERDC Wants to Hear from Southeast MRFs
Spring 2020 - COVID-19 Updates and Resources; Jobs Study Survey; 2020 Recycling Business Development Grants Announced; Recycling is an Essential Service
Winter 2020 - North Carolina Recycling Markets Development Roundtable; Carolinas Glass Recycling Summit; CRA 2020; North Carolina Lands Jobs and Investment with New Airplane Recycler; Tracking Growth of Plastic Recycling Capacity in North America
Fall 2019 - Clear Path Recycling Upgrades Bottle Wash to Expand PET Recycling Capacity; Carolinas Plastics Recycling Event; Recycle Right NC Campaign is helping residents be 'cart smart'; 2019 Recycling Economic Impact Report; Accepting Applications for 2020 Recycling Business Development Grants; DEACS Annual Report
Summer 2019 - Coming Soon: 2020 Recycling Business Development Grant Cycle Kickoff; Recycle Right NC Campaign; North Davidson Garbage Rebuilds MRF with First Awarded DEACS Recycling Infrastructure Grant; DEACS Regional Recycling Infrastructure Grants
Spring 2019 - MRFshed Support; State Environmental Officials Urge Residents to Continue to Recycle Amid Changing Market Conditions; Department of Transportation Paves the Way for Increased Recycled Content; Glass Recycling Foundation Established; 2019 CRA Annual Conference
Winter 2019 - Market Update: Reflecting on 2018; Reminder - Request for Proposals: Regional Recycling Infrastructure Grants; N.C. Recycling Business Grants Spur Private Investment, Job Creation; Register Now for the Carolina Recycling Association Annual Conference; Anti-Contamination Workshops and Messaging
Fall 2018 - Milk Jugs Get a New Life With POLYWOOD; Anti-Contamination Workshops for Community Recycling; Accepting Applications for 2019 Recycling Business Development Grant; Plastics Recyclers of the Carolinas – Join Us in Charleston!; Recycling Business Connections 2018
Summer 2018 - Weathering Market Adjustments of National Sword; Sonoco Raleigh's Optical Sorter is Reducing Contamination in Mixed Paper; Staffing Updates; Coming Soon: 2019 Recycling Business Development Grant Cycle Kickoff; Repeal of Privilege Tax for Recycling Equipment; Register Now! Recycling Business Connections Meeting Returns to North Carolina
Spring 2018 - DEACS Announces New Recycling Section Chief and Division Director; N.C. Recycling Business Grants Spur Private Investment, Job Creation; DEQ Leadership and N.C. House Representatives Visit Synergy Electronics Recycling; 2018 CRA Annual Conference and Trade Show
Winter 2018 - Unifi Hosts Governor Cooper; 2018 N.C. Markets Update; Leigh Fibers Announces Plans to Acquire J.E. Herndon; Recycling Management Resources Acquires New Facilities; Statewide Market and Networking Tours; Carolinas' Recycling Industry Gathers for Year-End Networking Event
Fall 2017 - EGGER Group Builds North Carolina Manufacturing Facility; Unifi Expands Capacity at Yadkinville Plant; Accepting Applications for 2018 Recycling Business Development Grant; Recycling Business Connections Event; Privilege Tax for Recycling Equipment
Summer 2017 - NC Budget Update--State Recycling Program Remains; DEACS Announces New Recycling and Materials Management Section Chief; Colt Recycling Expands to NC; Anson County Welcomes USB Recycling; Verity Resins Blends New Jobs and Increased Tonnage; MAPS AVAILABLE: Permitted Composters and Compost in Bulk
Spring 2017- Celebrating Scott Mouw's 28 Years of Service (and Still Counting!) to the Recycling Industry; Manufacturers Demand for Recycled Materials Fuels NC Economy; Your Bottle Means Jobs Recycling Campaign Launches in Raleigh-Durham; Wake County Food Recovery Summit; 2017 CRA Annual Conference and Trade Show
Winter/Spring 2017- 2017 RBAC Grant Awards Spur Private Investment; Recycle Better: Two NC MRFs Invest in Glass Processing Improvements; New River Tire Recovers, Grows; Construction Drywall Finds Second Life as Soil Amendment with A.L. Baucom Farms; NC Challenge: Expand Food Waste Haulers
Fall 2016 - Unifi Opens PET Bottle Processing Plant; 3rd Annual Recycling Business Connections Event a Success for Recyclers in the Carolinas; New Recycling Campaign Aims for Increase in Plastic Bags and Wraps in Mecklenburg County; McGill Compost Celebrates 25 Years; Stanley Environmental and Earth Farms Organics Acquired
Summer 2016 - Recycling Business Connections Event Returns to Charlotte on Oct. 5, 2016; Foothills Sanitation and Recycling Adds Single Stream Processing Capacity to Rural NC; Composting in NC Going Strong, Food Waste Recovery Increasing; NC Agricultural Plastics Recycling Program Growing Greener; Johnson Brothers Utility & Paving Company Increases Shingle Recycling Capacity in Robeson County
Spring 2016- RBAC Celebrates Matt Ewadinger's 23 Years of Service; 2016 RBAC Grants Spur Private Investment; Sonocco Recycling Opens New MRF in New Hanover County; Upcoming Study to Show Progress and Trends in NC Composting; Carolina Recycling Association Celebrates 26th Annual Trade Show and Conference
Winter 2016 - Carolina Recycling Association (CRA) and Manufactureres Zero Waste Conference; Recovering exess food in focus at 2015 Food Recovery Summit; Carolinas Plastic Recycling Council unveils Your Bottle Means Jobs campaign; More than 125 attend CRA's 2nd Annual Recycling Business Connections
Fall 2015 - Recycling Business Grants Available; Smart Recycling Diverts Food Scraps; NC's Toter Manufactures Carts Used Nationwide; All Green HQ in Charlotte; Food Recovery Summit Nov. 2015
Summer 2015 - 2nd Annual Recycling Business Connections Charlotte Oct. 2015; Food Recovery Summit Planned for Nov. 2015; Unifi Expands; Wallace Farm Expands with second operation in Triad; Roll-Tech Celebrates 20 years; NC Pallet Recycling Expands; NC Recycling Equipment Manufacturers; Sonoco Utilizes Hub-and-Spoke Model
Spring 2015 - New Website for NC Agricultural Plastics Recycling; 2015 RBAC Grant Winners Announced; Contamination at NC MRFs; Verity Resins Closes Loop on Difficult Plastics; Carton Recycling Assistance; RBAC Turns 20; Carolina Recycling Association (CRA) Celebrates 25th Anniversary; New NC Organics Recycling Specialist, Jorge Montezuma
Winter 2015 - Johnson Brothers Repaves Roads with Roofs; Plastic Revolutions Announces New Processing Line; Trade Associations Support Plastic Recycling; New River Tire and Roll-Tech Close the Tire Recycling Loop; Product Stewardship Program for Carpet; 2015 CRA Conference
Fall 2014 - Recycling Business Connections Networking Event Draws More than 150 Participants; Hatteras Recycle's Headquarters Grand Opening; Green Recycling Solutions Opens C&D Recovery Facility; Recycling Businesses Grow with Self-Help Loans; Energy Incentive Programs
Summer 2014 - Recycling Business Connections Networking Event, Oct. 15; GBUSA Invests in Hub-and-Spoke; Republic Conover MRF Grand Opening; Unifi's Repreve Teams with NFL Lions; PPRE Forevergreen Grand Opening; Reily Recovery Seeks Vinyl Siding; Anchors Aweigh Grand Opening; RBAC Welcomes New Staffer
Spring 2014 - 2014 RBAC Grant Awards Announced; Union-Anson Habitat for Humanity Expands Material Recovery; NC C&D Recovery Increases; Todco Expands to Recycle C&D Material; Private, Permitted C&D Facilities Map; Holt Custom Trailer Recycles Abandoned Mobile Homes
Winter 2014 - Job Growth in NC Recycling Industry; 2014 CRA Annual Conference and Trade Show; EarthStone Products Poised for Growth; Rain Water Solutions and Blow Molded Solutions Produce Recycled Product; State Disposal Down; RBAC NCDOC Staff Moves to New Position
Fall 2013 - ReVenture Park Seeks Recycling-Related Businesses; 2014 Recycling Business Grant Round Open; Agricultural Plastic Recycling Grows; Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles for Recycling
Summer 2013 - Gallins Family Farm; Carolina Plastics Recycling Council; CARE PET Carpet Recycling Project; Affordable Care Act; SRT Inc. Fluorescent Bulb Recycling; Winston-Salem's WM Recycle America MRF; Blue Sphere Corp. Anaerobic Digester
Spring 2013 - 2013 RBAC Grant Winners; Degradable Plastics Legislation; Triangle Partnership to Salvage C&D; BlackGold Biofuels Expands to Charlotte; Ply-Gem Creates Jobs in Columbus County; Business Resources & Training Sessions
Winter 2013 - Natural Capital Investment Fund; Tax Exemptions for Recycling; RBAC Launches New Web Design; 2013 CRA Conference; Stanley Environmental/Earth Farms; RBAC Welcomes New Staff Member
Summer 2012 - Food Waste Generation Report; Danny's Dumpsters; FOG Recycling: Piedmont Biofuels, Blue Ridge Biofuels, Grease Cycle; Mahoney Environmental
Spring 2012 - Reflective Recycling; Sonoco Onslow; RBAC Grant Winners; CRA Conference
Winter 2012 - RBAC Moves to Green Square; Mattress Go Round; Self-Help Loans to Recyclers; Barham Farms; Recycling Conferences
Fall 2011 - North Davidson Garbage Service MRF; N.C. DOT New Recycled Asphalt Shingle Guidelines; RBAC Grants Available; Benfield Sanitation MRF; Ford Focus' Recycled Fabric; Wellmark
Summer 2011 - Unifi REPREVE Recycling Center; Model Plastic Bale Specs; Rigid Plastic Recycling; Plastics Revolutions; Synergy Recycling; Polymer Network; Maine Plastics; Electronic Recyclers International
Spring 2011 - C&D Recycling Study; Sonoco Charlotte; RBAC Grant Winners; Plastic Bottle Recycling Jumps; God Bless the USA; Local Government Recycling Growth
Winter 2011 - Clear Path Recycling; Recycling Jobs; SERDC Map; New Life Plastic; Wesbell; Mercury Law; CA Carpet Law; Recycling Conferences
Fall 2010 - CRA SE C&D Conference; Harnett County, Johnson Brother's Shingle Recycling; Pitt County Shingle Recycling Award; RBAC Grants; CDR C&D Facility Closes
Summer 2010 - C&D Recycling Conference; C&D Facilities: CDR, Handle Safe Systems, Abbey Green, Gold Hill Road C&D Landfill; C&D Facility Map; Chatham County C&D Ordinance; Fiberon; Southland Electrical Supply; Green Construction Council of the Carolinas; NAHB National Green Building Program; GeoHay
Spring 2010 - Noble Oil Services; Increase Diversion Supports Recycling Businesses; Plastic Bottles Full Circle Recycle Loop; Independent Collectors Network; CRA Conference; RBAC Grant Winners; MRF Growth (map); Job Study Commences; Dart Container; Plastic Recycling Companies on UNC-TV's "NC NOW"
Winter 2010 - Metech Recycling; CRA Conference; Pallet Recycling Loop; NC Biomass Trader; RBAC C&D Webinar Presentations Available; Recycling Market Directory Growth; Habitat for Humanity Restore Durham and Orange County
Fall 2009 - Clear Path Recycling LLC; Blue Ridge Recycling; Agricultural Plastics; Carpet Recycling Loop; Shaw Industries; C&D Webinar Series; Unifi Inc. REPREVE; Oil Filter Recycling
Summer 2009 - Plastic Bottle Processing and End Use; Clear Path Recycling; Crumpler Plastic Pipe; Custom Polymers; Engineered Recycling Company; Envision Plastics; Hancor; KW Plastics; Mohawk Industries; New Horizons Plastics Recycling; New United Resource Recovery Corp.; Plastic Revolutions; Samuel Strapping Systems; Spectrum Yarns; Unifi; Waste Management's Recycle America; 2009 Recycling Business Grant Winners Announced; CRA News; Otto Container Management; Creative Recycling Systems Inc.
Spring 2009 - Shingle Recycling; Pitt County; Greenville Paving & Contracting, Inc.; Griffin Brothers; Union Gypsum; Carolina Gypsum Reclamation; Dirtball Fashion; Coca-Cola Consolidated and Mecklengburg County Recycle and Win Program; New Disposal Bans; C&D Recycling Market Fair and Seminar; UNC-CH; Orange County; CompuTel; Stonewall Packaging LLC; Jackson Paper Manufacturing; SJF Ventures' Green Economy Summit
Winter 2009 - Market Crash 2008; NC Solid Waste Disposal Rates Down; Sales Tax Incentive; Polymers Center of Excellence; Carpet America Recovery Effort; NC Museum of Art; Earth Farms LLC; Steel Dynamics Purchases Recycle South LLC; Contaminated HDPE Bales; Envision Plastics
Fall 2008 - Employment Growth in NC Recycling Industry; Accent Construction; Coble Sandrock Inc.; 2 Million by 2012; Green Square Demolition Project; State's Electronics Convenience Contract Updated; CompuTel IG LLC; Creative Recycling Systems of N.C. Inc.; Synergy Recycling LLC; RISE Act Federal Law; NC Green Business Fund; New Fluorescent Lights Website
Spring 2008 - Advanced Metal Processing LLC; CRA Annual Conference; Union Gypsum; San-Kawa LLC; Pallet One; Orange Recycling; Reflective Recycling; Container Recycling Alliance; Waste Industries; WM Recycle America; Sonoco Recycling; RBAC Grant Winners Announced; ABC Law Fuels Growth in NC Recycling Businesses
Winter 2008 - Piedmont Biofarms; Southeast Recycling Development Council (SERDC); ABC Recycling Grants; Bar & Restaurant Recycling: Elmo's Diner; Habitat for Humanity ReStore of Charlotte; Recycling Business Financing Workshop
