Recycling News

• Sims Lifecycle leverages hyperscale decommissioning (2/18/2026) - Sims Lifecycle leverages hyperscale decommissioning For most of its existence, Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) has been viewed as a secondary business alongside its parent company’s metals operations. That perception shifted somewhat with Sims’ latest half-year results, which pushed SLS to the foreground as a core growth engine and a bellwether...
• Assurant reports fast expansion of reverse logistics (2/18/2026) - Assurant reports fast expansion of reverse logistics Assurant reported higher fourth-quarter profit and revenue as its device protection and trade-in businesses continued to expand. The Atlanta-based company’s Global Lifestyle business includes mobile device protection, trade-in and reverse logistics services for wireless carriers and retailers, along with automotive protection products. Total...
• Nebraska awards $7m in recycling grants (2/18/2026) - Nebraska awards m in recycling grants The Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (DWEE) recently announced more than $7 million in grants from its Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive and Litter Reduction and Recycling programs to 126 waste and litter reduction projects.  The grants will help fund waste and...
• Republic Services waiting on fourth Polymer Center (2/18/2026) - Republic Services waiting on fourth Polymer Center Hauler Republic Services will not announce its fourth polymer center “in the very near term,” and hopes pressures from imports of both virgin and recycled PET will ease in the next 12 to 18 months, executives said during a quarterly earnings call in...
• In memoriam: Bruce Parker (2/18/2026) - In memoriam: Bruce Parker Parker guided the Environmental Industry Associations for more than 30 years. Source: Recycling Today In memoriam: Bruce Parker Parker guided the Environmental Industry Associations for more than 30 years.