Recycling is a sophisticated, “green” industry that is at the forefront of finding new ways to recycle materials and expand recycling’s infrastructure to match today’s diverse product streams, develop new markets for recycled materials, and improve methodologies to measure recycling system performance.
The industry’s ultimate goal is to conserve resources, reduce contamination in recycling streams, increase processing efficiency, and improve markets for recycled content.
The industry is investing in sorting equipment, collection, processing technologies, continuous safety improvement, tracking apps, and more. Recyclers are continuing to develop solutions for new materials that increasingly end up in recycling streams, like those used in 3D printing materials, composites, and the latest electronic gadgets.