Industrial Recycling

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Companies with Creative Recycling Programs

Innovations for Sustainability Recycling is important, right? We know it. We all feel a tinge of shame when we use plastic bags at the grocery store. We are conscientious about how we handle our trash at home, and recycle what we can. We make choic...

One Man’s Trash is Looptworks’ Treasure– Upcycling at It’s Finest

Innovations for Sustainability: Looptworks The circumstances surrounding the looming recycling crisis are ushering businesses and makers in the direction of sustainability, and some of the results are quite remarkable. One such company that deserve...

Part 5: A Case Study in Handling Plastic Recycling Waste

The Problem: China’s Import Ban on Recyclables Adversely Affecting Domestic Recyclers Since the 1980s China had imported more than half the world’s annual recyclables, including (according to Greenpeace) an average of almost 9 million met...

Part 4: Logistical Solutions For Inefficient Food Waste Removal

A Creative Solution for a Retail Chain Spending Too Much on Waste Removal By now you already know that iSustain offers creative solutions for Recycling, but did you know we also offer creative solutions for reducing costs on the removal of your Wa...

Part 3: Leveraging Correctional Labor to Remove Contaminants and Improve the Value of Domestic Recyclables

With the “close” of China to waste imports, iSustain saw the need to develop a sorting program in the United States. China offers a ready workforce of low-cost labor to sort recyclables but, with the country’s waste import ban, scrap materials can ...